Waze now exhibits EV charging stations on its driving map

Waze can lastly enable you to find and drive to close by electrical car (EV) charging stations throughout the US, letting you discover EV pit stops simply as simply as you’d a gasoline station. You may also seek for charging stations alongside your route, which ought to make it a bit much less worrying to discover a place to juice up your EV if Waze is your most popular navigation app.

Waze is partnering with Volkswagen for the initiative. As a part of the marketing campaign, you’ll be able to change your automobile icon inside the app to Volkswagen’s all-electric ID 4 SUV (in case you’re bored with polluting the digital air in your cartoon smiley face on wheels).

This could give the Google-owned navigation app the increase it must meet up with its extra mainstream counterpart, Google Maps, which has been displaying EV charging stations since 2018. Google Maps additionally helps you to filter the stations by EV charger plug varieties, exhibits you which of them stations are at the moment in use, and even makes use of AI that will help you plan journeys together with your EV.

It’s additionally value mentioning that Apple Maps launched a characteristic in iOS 14 that permits you to plan your route round EV charging stations. If your car is appropriate with the app, Apple Maps may even observe your cost and routinely add appropriate charging stations to your route in case your cost will get too low.