{"id":2001,"date":"2022-03-22T14:40:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/22\/apple-maps-ev-routing-is-finally-coming-to-the-ford-mustang-mach-e\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:40:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:40:49","slug":"apple-maps-ev-routing-is-finally-coming-to-the-ford-mustang-mach-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/22\/apple-maps-ev-routing-is-finally-coming-to-the-ford-mustang-mach-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Maps\u2019 EV routing is finally coming to the Ford Mustang Mach-E"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/21\/22985495\/apple-maps-ev-routing-ford-mach-e-charging<\/a>
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Ford Mustang Mach-E owners will seemingly soon have another option for planning out a route: Apple Maps\u2019 long-awaited EV routing (via 9to5Mac<\/em><\/a>). It\u2019s understandable if that feature doesn\u2019t ring a bell \u2014 Apple announced it at WWDC 2020<\/a>, saying that it\u2019d be coming to BMW and Ford cars with iOS 14, but it\u2019s mostly been silent about it since. According to the Apple Maps site<\/a>, the feature assesses \u201cyour charge level, elevation, and compatible charging stops along your route.\u201d <\/p>\n

A page posted to Ford\u2019s website<\/a> says that Mach-E owners with either a 2022 model year vehicle or certain versions of the \u201921 model will be able to access the route planning while using CarPlay (though it does mention it hopes to get it to all Mach-E drivers by the end of the year). After they\u2019ve enabled it, Ford says the screen will show how much battery the car will have left when you get to your destination. <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s possible the Mach-E could be the first vehicle to get this feature, which would mean that there was quite <\/em>a long wait between announcement and rollout. Scouring the internet, I couldn\u2019t find solid reports that the feature has made its way to any BMW models \u2014 i3 owners seemed pretty sure they wouldn\u2019t be getting it<\/a>, and i4 buyers seemed pretty sure they would<\/a>, though that car is scheduled to start shipping this month<\/a>, according to BMW. (I\u2019m sure now that I\u2019ve said this, I\u2019ll hear from tons of people saying that they\u2019ve been using it for a year.) <\/p>\n

Apple didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter, and its support article for the feature<\/a> simply says that it requires a \u201ccompatible vehicle.\u201d I wasn\u2019t able to find a list from Apple on which cars were compatible. Given some of the answers in Ford\u2019s FAQ for the feature<\/a>, it does seem like some work is required on the part of automakers to make the car and phone talk to each other, which could explain why the rollout took so long.<\/p>\n

Apple Maps has had the ability to search for EV charging stations for a while<\/a>, pulling up ones near you and letting you route to them as ICE drivers can with gas stations. While that\u2019s good for a quick fill-up, it doesn\u2019t help when planning out longer trips like the routing feature is supposed to. <\/p>\n

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