3 free applications to find a charging station for your electric vehicle

The application, which simulates routes, takes into account the autonomy of your vehicle according to several criteria (average speed, weight transported, etc.) and indicates the remaining autonomy estimated at different stages of the journey. You can fairly easily know the geographic area where you will have to make a recharge stop. This requires selecting the recharging terminal near each stop suggested by the application to obtain the full route accompanied by the details of your consumption.

ChargeMap

ChargeMap is a free mobile application that indicates the charging stations for your electric vehicle near you or on a given route.

Description

You have a rechargeable electric or hybrid car and you worry about breaking down your journey ? Download and install the free loadmap charging stations search. Available on Android, iPhone and iPad smartphones and tablets, its geolocation system tells you on an interactive map, charging stations near you or on a given route.

The ChargeMap interface remains very simple and translated in several languages, including French. For France, the software is based on official government data on the recharge terminals of the country. Note that the application lists more than 166,000 electric charging stations across Europe. On the other hand, for some countries that do not do this official census work, it is users who indicate the location of connectors.

The use of the application is intuitive and very easy. Authorize Loadmap to use your geolocation system and indicate your position to find out the nearby charging stations. You can then filter the connectors systems compatible with your vehicle. For each terminal, users can consult different information: Types of sockets, timetables, means of access, charging power, Community notes and comments, as well as photos taken by users to report little visible terminals for example. Because ChargeMap is also a community application where users can give their opinion, comment and give additional indications to help other community members.

You are about to take the road and you are looking for all the terminals on your trip ? ChargeMap is still there to help you. Indicate your departure and level of charge, enter your arrival point and filter the types of terminals compatible with your car. The free application will calculate the route so as not to break down.

Note that the application is compatible with the ChargeMap Pass badge which allows you to pay on several types of terminals and offering different subscriptions or types of payment. In addition, with the ChargeMap application, the cost and time of recharges at each terminal are taken into account in your route.

3 free applications to find a charging station for your electric vehicle

Avoid the dry failure by easily finding a charging station for your electric car.

Electric vehicle owners know it well, before going on an escapade, it is better to plan your journey in advance to provide the recharge stops. With lower autonomy and different consumption of a thermal vehicle, the transition to the electric car is not done without a few frights: autonomy can vary depending on heat, car loading and speed, While there are several sockets of sockets to connect your vehicle to a charging station.

If it is very easy to find a fuel pump, finding a charging station in the middle of nowhere can quickly turn into a nightmare. To avoid you having to use a tow truck due to a flat battery, the editorial staff has selected three applications for you to find a charging station for your electric vehicle.

1. ChargeMap

ChargeMap is the reference to find charging stations. Real master stallion in the matter, ChargeMap Already claims over a million users and some 450,000 charging stations in Europe and worldwide.

After having geolocated you, the application displays all the charging stations found nearby and classified using a color code according to their load speed. Each station listed by the application has detailed information such as access hours, the types of plugs supported, as well as notes and comments published by the community. Operating thanks to its users, ChargeMap Also invites you to use yourself by publishing photos and comments regarding the charging stations you use or even by adding new terminals.

The application displays in real time the availability of charging points and allows you to filter your search. You can thus search for a loading terminal by connector type, load speed, compatibility with the loadmap pass, free terminals, open terminals 24/7, only on motorway areas, etc. In addition, the application knows how to generate a route and offers you to open your usual GPS application to launch navigation to the recharge point.

Finally, ChargeMap offers a payment badge compatible with the majority of loading terminals in Europe, without subscription, and which allows you to pay only what you consume. A detailed invoice summarizing all your refills is sent to you each end of the month. It will cost you about twenty euros to acquire it, including assistance.

The +:
+ Number of charging points listed
+ Completeness of the information provided
+ Ease of use
+ Possibility to acquire the multi-network badge to pay your recharges

THE – :
– Unable to reserve
– obligation to connect to access the prices

2. Plugshare

Remembering nearly 440,000 public stations around the world, Plugshare also works thanks to a community system. In our latitudes, the application lists the charging stations of the main networks and presents itself as the official locator of the charging stations for electric vehicles taking advantage. It is also she who operates to find the nearby charging stations within the Myford Mobile application.

After having geolocated you, Plugshare Indicates on a map all the nearby charging stations. Support on one of them makes it possible to obtain essential information such as the load network or the type of plug. By entering the details, you will get the exact address, the detailed list of the proposed sockets, the access hours, as well as the conditions required to use it (badge specific to the network, private terminal, reserved for members/customers, etc.)). If all stations are not housed in the same brand, some have photos published by other users, and sometimes even comments, the application allowing to “point” to indicate your presence and publish an opinion.

Natively, Plugshare only offers you the charging stations compatible with the vehicle entered in the first use. It is however possible to relaunch a search by modifying the different filters offered in the app. Finally, a journey planner is integrated into the application to help you find more easily a charging station compatible with your vehicle on a defined route.

The +:
+ Number of stations listed
+ Bounds filtering by compatibility with your vehicle
+ Possibility of planning a journey

THE – :
– Unable to reserve
– Obliged to connect to create a trip

3. Nextload

Claiming more than 200,000 charging points for electric vehicles worldwide, Nextload lists both the public recharging terminals but also the terminals of its own network. For the time being very limited in France, the recharging network Nextload is however better deployed in neighboring countries and allows payment directly from the smartphone.

Regarding the location of public charging stations, Nextload displays them directly on a card, or on a double display system mixing card and list. The terminals referenced are sorted using a color code indicating their condition: green when they are free, orange when occupied, brown in maintenance, purple when a charging station is being installed and blue When

The status is unknown.

For each of the terminals referenced, the application indicates the load speed, the types of connectors used, the access hours, the exact address as well as any comments of other users. In addition, the application allows you to launch a route to the charging station of your choice from your usual GPS application. It also proposes to filter the results according to various criteria, including the load speed and the type of socket offered.

The application, which simulates routes, takes into account the autonomy of your vehicle according to several criteria (average speed, weight transported, etc.) and indicates the remaining autonomy estimated at different stages of the journey. You can fairly easily know the geographic area where you will have to make a recharge stop. This requires selecting the recharging terminal near each stop suggested by the application to obtain the full route accompanied by the details of your consumption.

Only shade on the board, if the routes can be saved and exported, Nextload does not allow them to open them in their entirety in a GPS app with guidance like Google Maps or Waze.
The +:
+ Number of public terminals listed
+ Possibility of simulating routes with estimation of autonomy according to several criteria
+ Possibility of planning a complete route including charge stops

THE – :

– Little information on terminals for lack of users
– Unable to launch the route generated by the application in a real GPS app