Electric car route planner, step by step
evrouteplan works out your trip before you leave: where you need to stop and charge, how long you will be stopped, the battery you arrive with at each point and how long it takes in total. It does it with your model’s data, not with an average.
- Set the route. The start and up to five destinations, with the battery you leave with and the minimum you want to arrive with at each place. You can type addresses, businesses or service areas, tap the map or use «My location».
- Pick the car. Over 100 electric models from 33 brands, each with its usable battery, its maximum charging power and, for many, its real fast-charging curve.
- Simulate. You get two plans: the fewest stops and the fastest, with every stop on the map, its charging time and how to navigate to it.
What it takes into account to work out the real range
An electric car’s range is not the WLTP figure on the data sheet: it changes with every trip. The simulator adjusts it leg by leg with:
- The speed you will drive at, which matters most on the motorway.
- Wind and temperature forecast at each point at the time you pass it, and the heating or cooling that goes with them.
- The elevation along the route: what climbing uses and what going downhill gives back.
- Your car’s charging curve at each charger, because charging from 10 to 80 % does not take the same as from 50 to 100 %.
- The chargers that really are on your route, their power and, when known, whether they are free right now.
- Cold in the battery: below 15 °C it estimates the energy to warm it up before charging (labelled as an assumption).
The report shows where the time goes (driving, stopping and charging) and where the energy goes (speed, climate, wind and elevation), and the charging cost if you enter your price per kWh. To see what owning the car costs per year, use the cost calculator.
Frequently asked questions
Is the route planner free?
Yes. You use it without signing up and without paying. If you like, you can keep your car, your preferences and your routes in your own browser.
Where do the chargers come from?
From Open Charge Map, the open database of charging points. Only those listed as in service are used and, when Google publishes it, you see how many connectors are free right now.
Does it take wind and temperature into account?
Yes. With the forecast on, it uses the wind and temperature forecast by the ECMWF model (through Open-Meteo) at each point of the route, at the time you pass it, for departures from today up to 7 days ahead. If you turn it off, it uses the temperature you choose.
What about the minimum battery when arriving at a stop?
The minimum you choose is always respected. Only if it is 15 % or less and the route cannot be done any other way is arriving below it at one specific charger proposed, clearly marked and never below 6 %. With a minimum of 16 % or more, it never goes below it.
Does it work outside Spain?
Yes. Routes and address search cover Europe, and chargers come from Open Charge Map along the whole route.
Can I take the route to my phone’s navigation app?
Yes. Every stop has a «Navigate» button that opens Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze at that charger, and the whole route can be sent to Google Maps.
Are the results exact?
They are estimates made with our own tools, not official ones. Route, distance and elevation are real (Google Maps); real consumption also depends on how you drive, the load and the state of the car.