Google Maps is reportedly engaged on a function that would present customers energy-efficient routes whereas navigating to their vacation spot, primarily based on the kind of engine inside their automobile. Last 12 months, the tech big introduced that its Maps app would supply navigation through routes which might be fuel-efficient and higher for the setting. While the variety of electrical autos (EV) within the US continues to extend, Google Maps at the moment presents the identical routes for EV and an inside combustion engine (ICE) autos. However, each engines behave in a different way, which suggests an ICE car’s fuel-efficient route won’t be as environment friendly for an EV, and vice-versa.

According to a report by 9To5Google, the corporate is engaged on a Google Maps function may permit customers to change between sorts of engines, providing them instructions to their vacation spot through essentially the most fuel-efficient route. The new function was noticed within the code of the newest beta replace model 11.39 of Google Maps, and is at the moment not seen to customers.

Last 12 months, Google had launched the function that allowed car homeowners to decide on essentially the most fuel-efficient and setting pleasant route. However, the service doesn’t present routes primarily based on the kind of car, as an alternative providing customers a single fuel-efficient route from level A to B for every type of autos. A fuel-efficient route for an ICE powered car won’t be the as environment friendly for an EV or a car with a hybrid engine. While the report reviews the existence of strings suggesting an choice to ‘select engine sort”, it doesn’t specify the kind of engines that will likely be supported.

Back in June Google introduced that Android and iOS customers in India, Indonesia, Japan, and the US will be capable to get an estimate of the toll worth on the Google Maps app for almost 2,000 toll roads. The function may even consider elements reminiscent of having a toll or not, the day of the week, and the time of crossing the toll to supply an estimate, based on the corporate.