Google announces new features in one of its most popular applications. The tech giant has announced that it is rolling out significant updates to Google Maps to improve the experience for electric vehicle owners. These improvements, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), aim to facilitate access to detailed information about charging stations, allowing drivers to plan their routes more efficiently and conveniently.
To optimize the distribution of the electrical load and avoid collapse situations such as those experienced at certain charging stations during Holy Week, Google Maps will offer users real-time information on the availability of chargers.
The information collected will also cover charging stations located in places that are difficult to access. In this sense, AI will play a fundamental role in offering precise directions to find these less visible charging points.
Based on information obtained through user reviews, Google Maps will use artificial intelligence to offer precise instructions on how to find the most remote chargers. In the statement, Google notes that drivers, when heading to a charging station, may encounter a detailed description like this: “Go to the underground parking lot and follow the signs to the exit. Just before you exit, turn right.”
The information offered by Google Maps is based on the abundant number of reviews that users share daily on the platform. Additionally, users will have the ability to evaluate whether the instructions for finding the less visible chargers were helpful or not. These opinions will help Google provide more accurate directions in the future, thus improving the user experience and the efficiency of the navigation service.
Google Maps also plans to introduce other improvements related to the location of electric car chargers. Soon, the application's browser will show in real time the charging points closest to the user's route, as well as the availability of spaces and the charging speed.
This function will be available first in electric vehicles that have Google Maps pre-installed in their systems and will later reach the rest of the vehicles. The Californian company has not reported a specific date for the launch of these new features in the application, but it is expected that they will be operational before summer.
Finally, Google Maps will implement a new feature that will suggest charging points when planning a route. Drivers will receive information on arrival time, as well as an estimate of the remaining battery level and the recharging time required at each stop.
There is no doubt that Google Maps is one of the most popular tools for finding charging points for batteries. But there are other equally useful applications to know where the public chargers are located.
One of the best known by electric vehicle users is Electromaps. This application has more than 160,000 charging points registered throughout Europe and has 120,000 active users. The app provides information about whether the charging point you want to use is paid or free and offers the possibility of managing payments directly from the platform.
In addition to Electromaps, another notable application in the field of charging for electric vehicles is Place to Plug. This app offers an interesting novelty: users can share their own private charging points with other electric car drivers. Previously it is necessary to make a reservation request.
