Super App fürs Routing mit dem e-Auto
Das ist die beste App für die Lade-Planung beim Reisen, die ich kenne. Seitdem wir die App nutzen, planen wir kaum noch Pausen mit Restaurant Aufenthalt ein, da man nicht mehr grundsätzlich bis 80% lädt, sondern nur so viel, wie wirklich erforderlich ist, um zum Ziel oder dem nächsten Ladestopp zu gelangen. Vielfältige Voreinstellungen ermöglichen eine gute Möglichkeit, dem eigenen Sicherheitsgefühl entsprechend die Ladestopps zu planen. Nach unserer Erfahrung werden einem nur Ladestopps mit mehr als 6 Ladepunkten angeboten, sodass die nicht ganz aktuelle Anzeige der Belegung im Normalfall kein Problem ist.
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Update broke GPS
After the latest update the app randomly freezes on car screen and stops GPS location updates. The HUD displays only one thing as next turn and it's both wrong and doesn't change. Although force quitting the app on phone unfreezes GPS updates, HUD never unfreeze and remains stuck.
Wow…
A few years ago I was a bit impressed with how ABRP helped find charging stations, but guidance was pathetic.
Today was our first road trip on a new route in quite a while. So I plugged min mi OBD-3 and went….about a mile and I switched to the fruit guidance app… I really thought Rivian would’ve made ABRP at least work. It took almost an hour to provide initial guidance, and after I selected the route, no more visual map and laggy guidance next to the fruit brand. Blows my mind how bad this app remains, at least on iOS.
Today was our first road trip on a new route in quite a while. So I plugged min mi OBD-3 and went….about a mile and I switched to the fruit guidance app… I really thought Rivian would’ve made ABRP at least work. It took almost an hour to provide initial guidance, and after I selected the route, no more visual map and laggy guidance next to the fruit brand. Blows my mind how bad this app remains, at least on iOS.
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Doesn’t seem up to date on road closures
🤦🏼♀️ It mapped me thru CLOSED Squirrel Hill Tunnels in Pittsburgh
Impossible to link app to dongle
You know you’re In trouble when app states, “Try it again a few times; sometimes, it takes a moment for initial data to be transferred.”
Sent me to chargers that were not compatible
Ended up doing the old fashioned scramble because the app sent me to chargers that were not compatible with my car (CCS.) Then the app would not let me submit feedback about the charging location. App seems sticky/glitchy. Not easy to use. I had high hopes, but have not been impressed.
Parou de funcionar em plena viagem, causando vários contratempos e situações de risco na estrada.
Parou de funcionar em plena viagem, causando risco à viagem.
Hard to make changes to route
Even with the paid subscription changing chargers requires replanning a route completely. Very difficult to navigate the app, Ford routing works better and with couple of clicks a charger can be replaced on a route. Not a bad app but not worth the price of use.
Excellent mais manque info traffic
J’utilise un dongle pour la connexion en temps réel avec ma batterie. La planification d’itinéraire est excellente pour l’autonomie de batterie et la recherche de chargeurs. Mais il manque toutes les infos de traffic et de conditions de la route (accidents, signalements…).
Je dois donc utiliser une autre app en parallèle pour recevoir les signalements et optimiser mon itinéraire.
Dommage, ABRP serait PARFAITE avec ces infos.
Je dois donc utiliser une autre app en parallèle pour recevoir les signalements et optimiser mon itinéraire.
Dommage, ABRP serait PARFAITE avec ces infos.
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Connexion avec la e208
Très bonne application en temps réel avec les % des batterie et avec abonnement à l’année pour voir sur l’écran directement à la voiture avec CarPlay ! On peux même choisir l’itinéraire que propose ABRP et connaître l’état des batteries à l’arrivé .
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From East coast to west Coast - better than Goggle Maps
Ok, so I am first time new-ish EV owner ( Hyundai Ioniq 5 2026)
I planned a SOLO road trip driving from Virginia - to Maine- to Canada- Midwest - Pacific North West and Southenr California. This was in a span of 12 days. Here’s my take:
1. A+: great for planning g - I love how it plots all the fast chargers for me
2. B+: the prediction of how much you need to charge to is not as reliable. I always overcharge because based on my driving and the current weather conditions , it sometimes drains the battery faster. So even if it says , charge only up to 75 percent, I would go up to 90.
Recommendation : I wish the accuracy would be better specially after learning my driving habits , live weather ,live traffic etc.
I planned a SOLO road trip driving from Virginia - to Maine- to Canada- Midwest - Pacific North West and Southenr California. This was in a span of 12 days. Here’s my take:
1. A+: great for planning g - I love how it plots all the fast chargers for me
2. B+: the prediction of how much you need to charge to is not as reliable. I always overcharge because based on my driving and the current weather conditions , it sometimes drains the battery faster. So even if it says , charge only up to 75 percent, I would go up to 90.
Recommendation : I wish the accuracy would be better specially after learning my driving habits , live weather ,live traffic etc.
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Kinda janky still
There’s a lot to like here but ABRP definitely makes a few promises it can’t keep. It needs to be more stable. The UI and user flow needs some refinement (make it easier to tell the app your current battery state when planning, making changes, etc.). The filters and preferences for things like “dog friendly” locations don’t seem reliable or well integrated. Sometimes the app becomes unresponsive and/or super laggy in car play. Even just using the quick action for nearby chargers often used very stale location data, sometimes resulting in directions that involved a U-turn back in the wrong direction. Overall, I was a little disappointed with the in-car experience on my recent road trip. It’s definitely a big challenge to make an app like this without a direct connection to the car’s real time data but there are still ways to make it work a little better. Looking forward to seeing ABRP evolve over time.
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Disappointed to say the least
Certainly, some of the issue has to do with my vehicle, not connecting directly with the app. I found that manually updating the state of charge mid route was incredibly difficult in CarPlay.
Manually rerouting to an alternate charger in CarPlay was impossible. I usually just cancelled, and recalculated.
The worst part is missing Tesla superchargers that are on Google Maps.
Manually rerouting to an alternate charger in CarPlay was impossible. I usually just cancelled, and recalculated.
The worst part is missing Tesla superchargers that are on Google Maps.
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Good App but still debatable
I have subscribed and connected it to an OBD for real-time SOC updates. It can be a bit wonky at times, but overall it works.
I used the app for my 1 way Kerala trip.
Pros:
Reliable charging stations along the route
Charging stations based on SOC
Navigation routes (debatable)
Cons:
The navigation doesn’t seem to factor in 4-wheeler compatibility. At 1 point it took me through a farm with a nice view, but the road was extremely narrow even though there was a much better road available.
The ETA is way off. It kept showing travel times that were 2–3 hours shorter than what it actually took. Seems like traffic, terrain or something else isn’t being factored. Something is really wrong here.
The navigation itself. Wow!!!. I missed a turn to a charging station, and ABRP literally took me into someone’s backyard and expected me to drive through their house. That’s when I switched to another navigation app.
Overall: This app has potential, at least until OEMs come up with a mapping system like Tesla.
The biggest plus was the reliable charging station suggestions. Most of my trip was ad hoc, and ABRP took away some of the range anxiety with the charging stations.
That said, I still had to switch to another navigation app for the actual driving directions and have ABRP in the background for SOC monitoring and charging suggestions, especially on the return trip.
Right now, it’s a good companion app. But considering it’s a paid subscription and also relies on an OBD for the best experience, I expect the navigation to be much better.
So it’s a 50-50 for me. I am still rooting for ABRP because I really like what it’s trying to do, but the navigation needs to catch up.
I used the app for my 1 way Kerala trip.
Pros:
Reliable charging stations along the route
Charging stations based on SOC
Navigation routes (debatable)
Cons:
The navigation doesn’t seem to factor in 4-wheeler compatibility. At 1 point it took me through a farm with a nice view, but the road was extremely narrow even though there was a much better road available.
The ETA is way off. It kept showing travel times that were 2–3 hours shorter than what it actually took. Seems like traffic, terrain or something else isn’t being factored. Something is really wrong here.
The navigation itself. Wow!!!. I missed a turn to a charging station, and ABRP literally took me into someone’s backyard and expected me to drive through their house. That’s when I switched to another navigation app.
Overall: This app has potential, at least until OEMs come up with a mapping system like Tesla.
The biggest plus was the reliable charging station suggestions. Most of my trip was ad hoc, and ABRP took away some of the range anxiety with the charging stations.
That said, I still had to switch to another navigation app for the actual driving directions and have ABRP in the background for SOC monitoring and charging suggestions, especially on the return trip.
Right now, it’s a good companion app. But considering it’s a paid subscription and also relies on an OBD for the best experience, I expect the navigation to be much better.
So it’s a 50-50 for me. I am still rooting for ABRP because I really like what it’s trying to do, but the navigation needs to catch up.
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Disappointed
I was excited to use this app for my first road trip. I carefully set everything up, including my preferred and ❤️ chargers, as well as those I wanted to avoid. It worked okay for some of the trip, but it seemed to ignore my preferences mostly. And it took us way off the beaten path where there was no cell service, which made me nervous. Some sketchy rural areas. And the speed limit shown on the app was almost always wrong. My biggest gripe was that it took me to a charger that doesn’t seem to exist (it had a 1 start rating). Why would you take me there?
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A must have
We just completed our first extended trip in our EV. I’d like to share some tips for other EV owners.
You give it your source, destination, and any stop you want and it determines the best route. You pre-define it with your car (model), starting charge, desired arrival charge level, your favorite charger brands (think gas stations), etc. It figures out your best route to get where you are going. I also select a bathroom nearby and also a food stop if possible. I always start with a 100% charge and like to arrive about a 40% charge. ABRP then calculates you stop here for 13 minutes, there for 22 minutes, another one there for 17 minutes and you end up at your location with 43% charge remaining.
However, I don’t like ABRP’s actual route guidance. It is to (voice) chatty for me while driving. But each stop has an address so I put that address into Apple Maps (Google Maps, Waze, whatever) and Maps is more knowledgable about traffic delays, best routes, etc. Same destination (kind of - more in a minute) and for me less voice chatty.
Same destination, not really. Maps gets you to the address. However I’m sometimes dropped off at the street address, not the final maze in the parking lot to the front of the store. But even that isn’t good enough. This is where ABRP comes back to life. ABRP’s destination is the lat/long of the actual charging station which is usually in some far corner of the parking lot. No looking around to find it at the mall.
ABRP is free but you can get a paid version. I paid for 1 month while I took this trip. It gives you additional features but honestly I don’t think I needed or used any of them. I do want to support the developer so I’ll see what future trips require.
One thing I (we) would like is the ability to say something like find me a DQ (Dairy Queen) along the route as well. That feature doesn’t exist on either ABRP or Maps that I know of yet. So we sill watch for DQ signs and venture off the route on our own at times.
You also still need the charging stations app to use and pay for the electricity. I probably have a dozen now. Electrify America, ChargePoint, EVgo, Tesla (no I don’t have a Tesla but I have a Tesla charger adapter), Shell, Blink, etc. A couple of stations supposedly will simply take a credit card, but I found the app more reliable than a simple credit card.
You give it your source, destination, and any stop you want and it determines the best route. You pre-define it with your car (model), starting charge, desired arrival charge level, your favorite charger brands (think gas stations), etc. It figures out your best route to get where you are going. I also select a bathroom nearby and also a food stop if possible. I always start with a 100% charge and like to arrive about a 40% charge. ABRP then calculates you stop here for 13 minutes, there for 22 minutes, another one there for 17 minutes and you end up at your location with 43% charge remaining.
However, I don’t like ABRP’s actual route guidance. It is to (voice) chatty for me while driving. But each stop has an address so I put that address into Apple Maps (Google Maps, Waze, whatever) and Maps is more knowledgable about traffic delays, best routes, etc. Same destination (kind of - more in a minute) and for me less voice chatty.
Same destination, not really. Maps gets you to the address. However I’m sometimes dropped off at the street address, not the final maze in the parking lot to the front of the store. But even that isn’t good enough. This is where ABRP comes back to life. ABRP’s destination is the lat/long of the actual charging station which is usually in some far corner of the parking lot. No looking around to find it at the mall.
ABRP is free but you can get a paid version. I paid for 1 month while I took this trip. It gives you additional features but honestly I don’t think I needed or used any of them. I do want to support the developer so I’ll see what future trips require.
One thing I (we) would like is the ability to say something like find me a DQ (Dairy Queen) along the route as well. That feature doesn’t exist on either ABRP or Maps that I know of yet. So we sill watch for DQ signs and venture off the route on our own at times.
You also still need the charging stations app to use and pay for the electricity. I probably have a dozen now. Electrify America, ChargePoint, EVgo, Tesla (no I don’t have a Tesla but I have a Tesla charger adapter), Shell, Blink, etc. A couple of stations supposedly will simply take a credit card, but I found the app more reliable than a simple credit card.
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Used to be awesome, not so much anymore.
I used to use this app all the time to plan trips, and while it was a little quirky, it was always extremely helpful to plan trips and charges in a Tesla. Not so much anymore. I can’t now set my initial SOC (at least not simply, I haven’t found out how to do it at all so far. It used to be so simple), and my paths seem to need to route back to where I started from giving me really weird driving times. It might be “a better route”, but it is certainly not a “planner” anymore. Maybe you should change the name to just ABR.
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Doesn’t allow prospecting for chargers
Although this app does a pretty good job of plotting routes it fails miserably at displaying a general map showing chargers. I am much prefer charge hub and PlugShare for locating places to charge.
I wish Rivian had adopted a better mapping system than this one.
I wish Rivian had adopted a better mapping system than this one.
So Disappointing - Cancelling My Subscription
I have been a year subscriber, but they recently partnered with Rivian to hand over all our personal data. I definitely did NOT agree to that when I subscribed, and I would apply for a refund from Apple, but they won’t allow you to after 30 days. I didn’t pay to give my info to third party companies. So disappointed by this shady behaviour. As much as I rely on the app for my driving, I did NOT CONSENT to handing over my data, and I would not have renewed my subscription a few months ago had I known this was going to happen. Shame on the developer.
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Not all chargers are listed but loving it
Good thing is that it looks for chargers that are nearby other chargers and restaurants or restaurants room by default
So if some charger was not working there can be backup chargers also the estimated time to charge at a station is also good
So if some charger was not working there can be backup chargers also the estimated time to charge at a station is also good
