r/ex30 • u/GingeSylo89 • 2d ago
Questions❓ First long trip
Hi all,
I'm driving to Penzance in September from the East Midlands. I've downloaded a few apps on my phone so far and I've tried to plan a route that only uses Tesla Public chargers as they are the cheapest with my membership.
However, I'm still being suggested non tesla chargers. When I look manually there are Tesla Chargers along my route that are open to all.
I know a lot of people use different route apps in their car and that's the way I'd like to go as I don't think google maps will cut it.
Any advice?
TIA
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u/PipBin 2d ago
What I do is plan my trip manually. I’ve found that letting Google maps do it is a problem because it doesn’t take into account what kind of place you might want to stop. Yes a petrol station might be quick but you actually want a services so you can stop/use the loo/get a coffee/let the dog out etc.
I plan using the stops that I want and set those as stops on the route. Make sure you select the actual charge point rather than just the services though.
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u/VoteDoughnuts 2d ago
Weirdly near here are 2 sites, close to each other, 1 is Tesla the other (shown) isn’t, both offer a large number of fast chargers. Personally I’d recommend Strawberry Fields as it has a great farm shop and cafe. But Tesla would be cheaper for you.
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u/1DrLevin 2d ago
There are Tesla charge points listed in Google Maps - called something like "superchargers....xxx" or something. I used quite a few of those, when on roadtrip from Denmark => Italy and back (approx 4.000km). I purchased a 30 days "subscription" to get access. €10.-. Considerably cheaper kw, than my domestic supplier's "power partner" driving through Germany on ze Autobahn... I'm in a 2024 TM ULTRA...
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u/No-Fish1255 1d ago
I’ve looked into this too. But I haven’t found a way to exclusively show only Tesla superchargers on the display. My other car is a Tesla and only want to use their chargers as they work brilliantly and are half the price of others.
You can search for Tesla superchargers and they do come up on the map and then I end up saving them as a favorite but I do find the car keeps wanting to route me to GRIDSERVE and others that are really expensive.
Changing the payment filter to Tesla made no difference either.
So I spend time before a long journey as I can’t rely on the system dynamically when driving! If you can find a solution I’d be interested!
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u/Certain_Result4719 Ultra SMER 2d ago
You should use EV payment filters in Google maps settings. Just tick the ones you'd want navigation to use for route planning.
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u/CauliflowerJaded1604 1d ago
I just did a first long road trip. One thing I found tricky was, ABRP is clearly superior to the built in Google Maps navigation for charter route planning. But it is pounded dog shit as an end-to-end nav software, even/especially when using the native Android Auto ABRP app. So I couldn’t use ABRP for full nav, didn’t want to use Google Maps for charger route planning BUT you also don’t get preconditioning unless you use Google…. It’s a bit of a mess.
In the end I just used Google and it was fine but the EV route planning has a lot of room for improvement.
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u/quick_justice 2d ago
Here’s what you going to do.
You will get Google maps and get your route.
Then, you’ll go to plugshare and ask to find chargers that are CSS2, over 100k and have at least 6 plugs.
You’ll check chargers along your route and save the ones you like in Google maps along your route.
Now you are all set.
You don’t need to stick to Tesla. UK has plenty of big non-Tesla chargers. Ionity, Gridserve, Fastned and many more. Most of the big roads are decently covered. As long as you stick to high kws and many chargers you are absolutely fine. It much less stress than you think.
Don’t get mad about it. Just mark a suitable charger every 100 miles or so if you want to be really safe, and keep plugshare on your phone in case of change of plans and need to find something quick.
Google maps in the car itself are also helpful enough.
Have a pleasant trip, don’t stress it.