A bad route is never just a detour for a fleet: it means a vehicle off the road for longer, a driver caught off guard, a charging stop in the wrong place. Chargemap is upgrading its route planner to make planning your business journeys across Europe even more reliable.
Points to remember
- Routes calculated faster and covering shorter distances
- Fewer charging stops, and stops at more reliable charging stations
- Fewer surprises for your drivers on the road
Fewer surprises on your journeys
In our internal tests, calculated journey times were reduced by close to 22 minutes on average, with gaps that can exceed several hours on the longest routes. Vehicles with smaller batteries benefit the most, a key point for urban fleets or service vehicles, which are often the most constrained.
The reworked calculation engine also cuts down on unnecessary detours and U-turns, for a more direct, consistent route from start to finish.
Less time lost charging, more vehicles available
Fewer stops, better placed: in our tests, the number of charging stops decreases, departures with a battery that's too low become far rarer, and stops take place at charging stations with more reliable availability. A direct benefit for your vehicles' downtime, and for keeping your fleet's charging budget under control.
How did we test these improvements?
Our teams compared both versions of the route planner on the same dataset: over 1,000 requests, 184 real-world journeys, 5 European countries, 5 vehicle profiles, and more than 240,000 charging stations, using the same rates and terrain for both versions tested.
These results come from our internal testing phase. They give a representative trend of the improvements made, but results observed in production may vary depending on actual traffic and charging conditions.
Want to see in detail how the route planner works and how to get the most out of it day to day? Read our full guide.
This route planner update will be deployed directly within the Chargemap app. If your team already has the app, make sure it's up to date to benefit from these improvements as soon as they roll out. If some of your drivers don't have it yet, now's the time to install it.
