The Porsche Taycan is the second car to adopt Apple Maps’ EV Routing

Apple is offering Porsche Taycan homeowners with extra choices for planning journeys round EV charging areas. As introduced on the Porsche web site, Taycan fashions within the US can now make use of Apple Maps EV Routing, a function inside Apple CarPlay that enables drivers to plan routes that embrace charging stations and adjusts instructions primarily based on the car’s remaining battery life.

Apple Maps EV Routing offers instructions primarily based on real-time site visitors info whereas monitoring the car’s cost ranges and figuring out applicable charging stations throughout a journey. When the Taycan’s battery drops too low, the service will direct drivers to the closest appropriate charging station and supply estimated charging instances.

The Porsche Taycan is simply the second automobile to undertake Apple Maps’ EV routing because the function was introduced in 2020. At the moment, Apple stated it was working with Ford and BMW to combine EV routing into their automobiles. Three years on and it nonetheless hasn’t made its means onto any BMW fashions, with the Ford Mustang Mach-E being the one different car to help the function. 

Previous to this replace, Taycan homeowners needed to shut ‌CarPlay‌ to create a route that included charging stops through Apple Maps. Taycan fashions already embrace Porsche’s personal Charging Planner which may equally direct drivers to charging areas primarily based on the car’s anticipated battery life. Porsche claims the Apple Maps EV Routing function isn’t meant to exchange this, however present its clients with extra route planning choices.

“We’ve listened to our clients, and so they admire flexibility,” says Steffen Haug, Managing Director, Porsche Digital within the firm’s press launch. “This integration with a product that they’re already acquainted with offers extra choices and confidence in how they use their Taycan, each in day-to-day actions and on longer street journeys.”

Apple Maps EV Routing is supported on all Taycan fashions, however Porsche notes that fashions from 2021 or older might want to have a free software program replace put in at a Porsche service workshop to allow it. In any other case, Taycan homeowners simply want to attach the My Porsche App with Apple Maps on an iPhone operating not less than iOS 16.4.