Apple adds ChargePoint EV stations & app links to Maps coverage
ChargePoint -- claiming to run the world's biggest network of EV charging stations -- on Thursday announced its addition to Apple Maps, letting Mac and iOS device owners quickly find a station if their electric car is beginning to run low.
Tapping on a station in Maps will offer up more details about the location, such as pricing and/or hours of operation. Significantly, listings also include a link to the ChargePoint app, where people can initiate and pay for charging, and see other information. Apple Pay is a supported payment option.
ChargePoint isn't the only EV network within Apple Maps, though. Charger listings initially began appearing in July, thanks to Apple's deal with Parkopedia.
Apple is rumored to be working on its own electric car, though it could simply end up partnering with an existing auto manufacturer rather than design its own vehicles.
Tapping on a station in Maps will offer up more details about the location, such as pricing and/or hours of operation. Significantly, listings also include a link to the ChargePoint app, where people can initiate and pay for charging, and see other information. Apple Pay is a supported payment option.
ChargePoint isn't the only EV network within Apple Maps, though. Charger listings initially began appearing in July, thanks to Apple's deal with Parkopedia.
Apple is rumored to be working on its own electric car, though it could simply end up partnering with an existing auto manufacturer rather than design its own vehicles.
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I hope Apple will also add SuperCharger sites at some point as well.
You know, for after I win the lottery and can afford a Tesla....
No real need for that. Superchargers can only charge Teslas, and their location and status, is highly integrated into the mapping and navigation built-in to the car.
only to find that a stall is taken?
My point was the general public has no need for knowledge of them, because they cannot be used for anything but a Tesla. Information on all of them is tightly integrated into the Tesla vehicle itself, so there is nothing to be gained by making it public. Nothing WRONG with displaying their location, just not useful for anyone that needs to know.
As I so often find, Maps info is sparse and often unreliable.