The new Google Maps promises to improve the experience when driving an electric car

Google is working on improve Mapsyour maps and navigation application, to make the app more convenient to use while driving an electric car. For this, the application will include tools that will allow plan long distance routes taking into account stops in charging stations.

At least, that’s how they discovered it through 9to5Google when reviewing the code latest version available of the Google Maps app for Android. In it, indications have been found that point to the arrival of automatic route calculation functions for electric cars.

You can plan stops to charge your electric car with Google Maps

For several years now, Google Maps has the option to show electric car chargers along the routes. Taking advantage of the work done in recent years in this regard, Google plans to go a step further and generate complete routes based on the number of stops and charging stations available along the way.

The changes have been discovered in the version 11.65 of Google Maps for Android. In your code, there have been text strings that will be used in the route planning function once it is available, and will give the user the option of know how much battery your car will have upon arrival at the destination, whether or not it is necessary to stop at charging stations, or if there are no compatible charging stations along the route.

The version of Google Maps integrated into Android Automotive already includes the option to plan recharging stops during routes

Some of these functions are already integrated into automotive androidthe version of Android for vehicles that can already be found in some car models such as the most recent from firms such as Polestar or Renault. Therefore, it is to be expected that its interface and operation are similar to what we can already find on said platform.

Although no more information is known about the arrival of this feature, it is most likely that it will begin to reach users over the weeks.