Smart mobility service provider Be-Mobile has partnered with mobility organisation Touring to launch a route planner specially designed for EVs.
Users of the Touring website and app can generate a “realistic route” that takes into account available charging stations and stopping times. Touring said while it has offered a route planner that features the current traffic situation for a long time, it is now expanding it to respond to the further electrification of vehicles.
This follows research by Be-Mobile which showed that drivers of electric cars suffer from range anxiety, due to external circumstances, such as traffic jams, bad weather or a queue at electric charging stations.
To address these concerns, the route planner shows where the driver can stop and whether there are any charging stations available. The collaboration added its solution estimates whether the charging station will be available when the driver arrives based on current availability and historical data.
Icons are also used to indicate which leisure facilities in the area can be used while the car is being charged.
Touring and Be-Mobile hope that with the adapted route planner the partnership can continue to support customers and facilitate the switch to electric travel.
Bruno de Thibault, CEO of Touring, said: “Taking care of personal mobility in all its forms is in Touring’s DNA. Now that electric driving has started to take off, Touring is helping to remove the last obstacles.
“An extensive network of charging stations is of course a must, but with this smart route planner we are going a step further to increase the ease and security of charging, thus giving consumers confidence.
“Being able to put Be-Mobile’s smart technology and rich data processing at the disposal of our Touring members and every car user is a great proof that electric driving is becoming more accessible day by day.”
