Charging stations have eased the acceptance of electric cars among Indian users and that is why people no longer hesitate in taking these cars for long distances. During long trips, availability of EV charging stations is essential and Google Maps’ app is of great help to locate the nearest charging station.
Google Maps now has a solution to locate the nearest and best EV car charging station in India based on users’ reviews. Earlier by using the phone’s GPS, anyone can locate the charging point on Google map and charge electric car. But now, Google has introduced AI-powered summaries which helps to locate charger’s specific location based on helpful information from user reviews.
So whether you’re planning a drive or already on the road, the new way to find the closest EV charging station is a revolutionary move. Using this new update, you can easily find specific information about the location of EV chargers, plan charging stops for road trips, and more.
Using the Google map, you can find the nearest Ev charging stations to charge Ev cars very easily and for this all you need a phone with gps & internet and latest and updated version of Google map. This all will take only few seconds and in this Google AI-powered feature will also help to describe a charger’s specific location. Let’s dive in and find out everything about this super cool feature in detail below:
- Turn on the phone GPS
- Open Google map
- Now on top; scroll right and tap more…
- Scroll down and under serviced, tap on charging stations
- Now a list nearest charging points will open, tap on any 1 which is close to you!
So now in Google Maps, the location of the nearest EV charging station is clearly visible and AI-powered summaries (which is a new feature) will help in a better way on how to reach the charging point. This AI-powered summary helps you understand better about the charging location and shows you customer reviews and ratings.
This feature saves a lot of time as the car owner or driver does not need to scroll down and check the ratings and reviews of each individual charging station to know more about it. AI-summaries provide users with accurate, well-defined, and useful information from which you can take immediate decisions.
Apart from that, the google map helps and let you know more about the charging station like total number of charging points, type of charging point (CCS1, CCS 2, ChadeMO, Tesla), average waiting time, successful & unsuccessful ratio, average billing per unit, service and more.
In addition to that, If your car run out of charge or need to recharge it while driving, you’ll soon be able to see nearby chargers on the in-car map, along with real-time port availability and charging speeds. This update will be rolled out globally, starting with Google Built-in vehicles in the coming months.
Google is planning to launch more new updates to Google Maps in the coming months. Based on car battery’s charge level, the in-built app will make your travel easier even at night by suggesting restaurants, hotels, resorts, and shopping malls that provide car charging facility and parking.
So, these new updates to google map help users to easily locate the nearest charging station to charge electric without any confusion and even identify charging spots along their route.
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