This tool lets you visualize exactly how far an electric vehicle can travel on a single charge and lets you compare between different car models.
Planning to rent an electric car somewhere to travel and explore a new place? Thinking about getting an EV yourself? This web app will let you understand what to expect from an electric vehicle.
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Hey everyone! We've built this tool for the growing number of travellers looking doing roadtrips in electric vehicles.
It's hard to properly visualize how far an EV can drive. Particularly for road trips and travel, many people are hesitant to use an EV because they are worried about range.
The tool is available for individuals to use, but is built as a white-label tool for use by car rental companies and automotive companies.
Check it out at go.chargetrip.com/range-spider
This is a helpful tool, thanks for sharing!
Is it available in all regions of the world? And does it take into account elevations (eg. hilly terrain like New Zealand)?
this is a great tool- good job! I drive an EV in Japan and have to use google maps to figure out my distances and plan for superchargers along the way using the Tesla car info and google, but an app like this would be very useful- also depends how you drive and how hilly things are, you can definitely drive slower and more steady with less heat/AC to make it last longer. I look forward to seeing EV car rentals soon too!
Are you using a WLTP or EPA range for the tool, the former is always widely optimistic, and some manufacturers game EPA whilst others like the German manufacturers nearly always exceed EPA. A real world range from someone like EV database might be more practical.
Does the tool taken into account weather conditions. E.g. winter conditions can reduce range by up to 20%; and road speed, the range dropping significantly as the speeds increase.
Other factors like hills and regeneration play a part as well.
There could also be a white label market for used cars, but you’d probably need to include battery degradation from a battery health report as well.
This doesn't use WLTP or EPA. Each vehicle has its own energy consumption model built by Chargetrip and the calculations themselves account for external variables including elevation, road surface, driving speed, and weather.
This is what makes this so accurate and why you see quite a lot of variation, rather than simply a radius of even distance around the point.