How to Find a Compatible Electric Vehicle Charging Station Using Google Maps
Electric cars may be the future, but differences in charging plugs from different manufacturers and models make finding a compatible EV charging station much more difficult than just driving up to a gas station. Thankfully, Google Maps on Android now has an EV Settings menu that makes finding EV charging ports that work with your car less of a headache.
Google Maps may point to open EV stations for a while, but Android Police says users can now indicate the type of charging station they want and filter out those they don’t.
Prior to this update, Google Maps users had to take the risk and hope that the EV station they were stopping supported their car. Either that, or use a third-party station finder app that already includes such filters. Speaking of which, the new EV plugin filter is currently only available for Google Maps on Android, and Google hasn’t specified if it will come out in an iOS version and when, so iPhone users might want to stick with those third-party vendors. station seekers at the moment.
How to filter search results for EV stations by connector type in Google Maps
There are several ways to open the Google Maps EV settings menu and set your preferred charging station type.
The first way is to search for charging stations for electric vehicles in Google Maps on Android. Below the search bar is a new drop-down menu that will allow you to change which connectors you want to use. By default, the menu is set to Any Connectors , but if you click on it, you can select your preferred connector type from the list and the search results will be adjusted accordingly.
However, you can also apply filters in your Google Maps settings so you don’t have to filter your searches every time.
You should see a small notification box at the bottom of the search results page asking if you want to see only compatible charging stations in the search results. Click on “Add surebets” and you will be taken to the filters page, where you can add or remove types of surebets according to your preferences.
You can also go to the filter page to open Google Maps on Android, tap the three-line hamburger icon, then go to Settings> Electric Vehicle Settings . Click “change” next to the “Your surebets” field to select the types of surebets that will appear in the search results.