Set up electric vehicle routing in Maps on iPhone

Set up electric vehicle routing in Maps on iPhone

The Maps app can help you plan trips that include stops for charging your electric vehicle (EV).

Important: Available on select vehicles. Refer to your vehicle’s owner guide for compatibility information. EV routing isn’t available in all countries or regions.

When you get driving directions, Maps can track your vehicle’s charge. By analyzing elevation changes along the route and other factors, Maps identifies appropriate charging stations along the way. If you drive until your charge gets too low, you’re offered a route to the nearest compatible charging station.

Set up EV routing through CarPlay

For a compatible vehicle that doesn’t require an app from its manufacturer, use CarPlay to set up EV routing in Maps.

Note: Refer to the owner’s guide for your vehicle for compatibility information.

  1. Connect your iPhone to CarPlay.

  2. In Maps on iPhone, get driving directions, tap Connect (above the list of routes), then follow the onscreen instructions.

See Intro to CarPlay and iPhone.

Set up EV routing using a vehicle manufacturer’s app

For a compatible vehicle that requires an app from its manufacturer, use the app to set up EV routing in Maps.

Note: Refer to the owner’s guide for your vehicle for compatibility information.

  1. In the App Store, search for the manufacturer of your vehicle.

  2. Download the app that supports EV routing for your vehicle.

  3. Open the app, then follow its setup instructions.

  4. In Maps, tap your picture or initials at the top right of the search card.

    If neither your picture nor initials appears, tap Cancel next to the search field, or tap the search field, then tap Cancel.

  5. Tap Vehicles, tap Connect Your Electric Vehicles, then follow the onscreen instructions.

See Get apps in the App Store on iPhone.

Choose a different vehicle when you get directions

If you drive multiple vehicles, you can change which vehicle Maps provides routing instructions for.

  1. Get driving directions.

  2. Before you tap Go, scroll down in the route card.

  3. Choose another electric vehicle, or if you’re driving a vehicle that doesn’t have an EV routing app on your iPhone, tap Different Car.