![]() ![]() Since the car wont necessarily know the hotel is also a charging stop. Then I edit the route to add the hotel as a stop. ![]() My strategy for my road-trip - Michigan to Florida and back (I'm still in Florida) is to let it plan the whole trip (as if I were going to drive straight through without stopping to sleep) but then use PlugShare to locate hotels with Level 2 charging along the route. is let you filter for chargers near food, shopping, lodging, etc. I did a write-up about it as well as a video. Then pick "Change Charge station" and this opens a map (you can zoom out) to show other charging stations that might be nearby. It'll expand to show details of that stop. If you don't like any of the selected stops, expand the details by tapping the up-arrow (where it showed the trip summary). Below the map it will show "Total Trip Time", "Arrival Time" (that's based on the departure date & time which defaults to the current time but you can set it for a future date & time) and the total amount of "Charge Time" on the trip. Once it calculates the trip, you'll see a map overview of the route with charge stops. ![]() It will AUTOMATICALLY add charging stops (If needed) based state of charge when you start the trip and predicted consumption. With that said, firing up the internal navigation with a preloaded trip is just a few clicks away and can be done easily even while driving instead of pulling over and screwing around with an infotainment reboot.įordPass -> Map -> Trip Planner (aka "Power my Trip") -> Create New Trip PlanĮnter start & destination. However Android Auto on the MME has a tendency to be a bit flaky and craps out at times when you least expect it. I primarily use Google maps for navigation because nothing else comes close, and for longer trips I will plan with ABRP and then share and export the trip to Google maps on my phone and then navigate via Android Auto. What I was trying to asses is what the Ford Pass app is actually capable of, particularly when you have the very convenient ability to upload a plan to the vehicle ahead of time without actually being in the vehicle. The whole value proposition of a mobile app should be that you are able to do this sort of planning from outside the vehicle, or the comfort of your home and then easily upload to vehicle.Īnd again to those suggesting ABRP, as i pointed out in the opening post I'm fully aware of ABRP and it's capabilities. The fact that the mobile app has a more crippled version of what's available in the car sounds pretty counterintuitive. But I would like to know if I can do it on Ford Pass app, because I like the ability to upload the trip to vehicle ahead of time in case Android Auto goes wonky, as it sometimes does. I do see that if I add a destination outside the range of the vehicle it auto adds pit stops for charging, but I would like to add multiple stops manually and upload to vehicle rather than just having it randomly select stops based on charging alone without concern for nearby amenities etc.Īlso, yes I'm fully aware I can use ABRP to do the same. But what if I was on longer journey and wanted to plan out multiple stops along the way based on estimated energy consumption to plan ideal charging stops based on nearby amenities?Īs it stands right now, it's not very useful to me as a "trip planner" when I am limited to basically a single destination. Right now as far as I can tell, you can basically supply only two inputs, your start point, and your end point. Maybe I'm missing something incredibly silly and obvious, but is there a way to add multiple stops to the trip planner on the Ford Pass app? ![]()
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