The plus and premium version cost £29.99 and £47.99 per year, and give you a few extra features, like What3words navigation, enhanced filters and charger ratings to help you avoid the less reliable chargers. There’s a free version, that allows you to do basically everything you may need. Key features include search, filters, list of nearby chargers, detailed info on each charging point, Zap-Chat community feature and a smart route-planner. Zap-Map has almost all public charge points mapped and around 70% showing live status data, so you can tell if a charger is in use. It launched way back in 2014, and today the majority of UK EV drivers have it installed on their phones. Zap-Map is the most well-known of route planners for EV drivers. Keep reading to find out which of these we’ll be reaching for on our own road-trips… 1. We put the top EV route planners to the test:įor each app we asked it to plan a 250-mile route from Aberystwyth, Wales to Essex in a VW ID.3.
But, although there are more reliable chargers, there are also more EVs on the road, so you are still better off doing a little planning before you set off on a long trip. The good news is that road trips in an electric car are getting easier and easier, with faster chargers – and more of them – dotted along A-roads and motorways. Our top picks are: Instavolt, Osprey, MFG and Gridserve. Plan to stop before you hit 20% (better for your nerves and battery) 3. Stop rapid charging around 80% full (any more takes much longer) 2. Our three golden rules for charging on EV road trips:ġ.
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