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Apple Maps EV Routing for Ford Vehicles Now Supports Tesla Chargers
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You will find it listed as "Tesla Supercharger".
To add it, you have to click on your account button to the right of the search bar in maps, then click on "Vehicles", and click on your Ford EV. You can then select which networks you want the EV routing feature to use.
I drive my Mach-Es all over the country, so this is indeed a huge win. Just being able to use Tesla Superchargers has absolutely transformed road trips. But it was frustrating that the built in Apple Maps EV routing didn't support them. Now, all the pieces are in place.
I'm going to experiment with removing some of the other networks I've been using (EA, EVgo, ChargePoint, and a couple others) from the list to see if they are even necessary anymore. If you've used the Tesla Supercharger Network, you know how fantastic it is. Everyone else is way behind, and it feels like some mergers are going to be necessary for them to compete. You just can't convince me the 2, 4, 6, charger stations are the way to go when I can find a Supercharger near by with 8, 16, 24. The chances of getting an available, working charger are simply much, much higher with the Supercharger stations. Not to mention, using the NACS chargers is like putting a garden hose in a bucket, while using the CCS chargers is like trying to rip an Anaconda out of a tree.
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Also the EA strategy of installing a handful of fast chargers in parking lots of businesses like Walmart really backfired. It totally clogs the lots with long lines of cars waiting to charge, blocking many parking spots and impeding traffic. And it’s a fast charger—many people don’t do all their shopping at Walmart in under 30 minutes (if you charge to 80% as recommended). That’s why you get people taking their time shopping and charging their car to 100% for an hour +. (Not to mention the hordes of Uber drivers charging to 100, who bought EVs because of the free charging deal.) Unless there are a crap ton of them, fast chargers should be placed away from crowded areas and businesses except maybe convenience stores (like gas stations have) so there is space and people aren’t tempted to lolligag. This is especially important as charging gets faster (that’s why you don’t really see self pump gas stations attached to shopping centers and restaurants except maybe in unpopulated areas). Until there are plenty of fast chargers to go around, populated places where people shop and eat should be limited to level 2 chargers.
This is all too late for many existing fast chargers, but hopefully EA and others will make necessary adjustments going forward.
Also they really need to stop or severely limit free charging deals and/or of course build out way more fast chargers. I don’t know if Tesla puts superchargers next to busy places—I feel like I mostly see them placed further away—but it doesn’t matter because they have so many chargers.
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iOS - CarPlay - Available Models
Find out which automobile manufacturers currently offer or are planning to introduce models that support CarPlay.
www.apple.com
It's not clear why more don't support Apple's EV routing yet, but the list is likely to grow as time goes on.
Except that if you owned an EV that could use the Tesla Supercharger network, and you went on a sufficiently long road trip, there's exactly 0% chance you would not use it.Stay far away from anything having to do with Musk & Tesla.
Maybe you'd try to avoid it, but you'd eventually come across one of the many areas of the country where other networks cannot handle the volume of non-Tesla EVs. And in particular, the areas where such stations are regularly out of order. At that point, you'd eat your words above.
Consider only three model currently support it, yea the list pretty much has to grow. But, compared to the number of EVs that support CarPlay (all but Tesla, Rivian, and some GM models), the number that support EV routing is pathetically small.iOS - CarPlay - Available Models
Find out which automobile manufacturers currently offer or are planning to introduce models that support CarPlay.www.apple.com
It's not clear why more don't support Apple's EV routing yet, but the list is likely to grow as time goes on.
Did you ever experiment? I just did in both my Lightning and Mach E and even after ONLY listing Superchargers as my preferred network, and putting directions across country, it didn’t route me to a single Supercharger. Very disappointing.
Edit: just to be clear, I was in each vehicle and connected with CarPlay when I did this.
going to be difficult for you to drive a car in the future when most cars on the road will be EVs.Stay far away from anything having to do with Musk & Tesla.
That won’t happen for a long time (in the US) if ever based on how things are going.
EV projected to be more than 50% marketshare in USA by 2030.
5-7 years is roughly the same amount of time an average person replaces their car. not long.
if a person bought a new gas car today, they'll more than likely be buying an ev next time.
Thanks for posting this; I never would have found those settings hidden under the account button.
However, even with "Tesla Supercharger" added as the only selection, it's still adding non-Tesla charging stops on routes between Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin or Houston which both have multiple compatible Tesla chargers. 🤷🏻♂️