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An extra row of apps is now visible on cars with big enough screens and electric vehicle routing for some fords.
Saved you click.
Apple does a thing.
Macrumors: You won’t believe the major changes coming to i!
Restricting EV routing to certain car brands is ridiculous.
it’s not clear to me this is strictly limited to ford. apple added nav support for the tesla supercharger network (NACS) in maps. Ford was the first non-tesla brand with access to NACS but many others can use it now and more will in the future. Ford also released a PR statement about it but obviously they aren’t going to mention other car brands in it.
edit: as the other comment mentioned, this feature will only work with cars that share the car's SOC through CarPlay so apple can plan your route with chargers. This is a choice of the manufacturer to offer that support, not a limitation by apple.
The question would be whether other brands share their SOC with CarPlay to do so?
Nothing special is required if you’re just looking for somewhere to charge. Most third party charging apps will ask you in settings to either select your car model and/or preferred charging plugs.
Now if this CarPlay is some trip planning feature where it automatically fills in stops based on your current range and destination, I can see that requiring some sort of special communication with the car.
As a workaround, I’ve been telling maps to search for “DC fast” when I’m looking for a charger. It’s kludgy, but it seems to work.
yes, that is the feature they just implemented for NACS. it was already working for other networks in Ford EVs.
Current range would be a must to make it „EV routing“ — and I believe the data flow direction from car to iPhone is not yet fully supported for every model.
Not exactly a big upgrade.