Chargemap - Charging stations 4+

All your charging needs in one app

Great little app that has been invaluable for my travels in UK, Ireland and France.
ChargeMap allows you to search for chargers by type, speed and cost. Additionally, once you have entered your car make and model, you can put in your planned route with preferences for charger type, network type and charge % charge on departure/arrival (among other variables) to calculate where and when you may need to stop to charge.
Lots more functionality in the app too - download and check it out. Best EV charge app I have used (and I’ve tried a few…)

Absolute garbage! AVOID!!

Lots of charging stations shown, but information is often not accurate and the Chargemap card is highly unreliable. Also you only get one and could easily lose it. Why isn’t everything on the app so you can charge up and pay that way? Ps Charging an electric car on a long journey is a logistical nightmare, incredibly frustrating and a massive headache. I’m going back to petrol after my recent experience in France (petrol stations are very easy to find, all prices are clearly displayed, they work 99% of the time, you don’t have to register beforehand and in one minute you can add c300 miles of range. Compare that to being unable to find charging points, when you do find them they are invariably faulty, busy, you need to have registered, take an age to get started and even longer to add more than a few miles unless you pay way more than the equivalent price per mile for petrol. Great for buzzing around town, but a waste of time on long journeys) Update - some charging points now work with the app (apparently - haven’t tried it yet). Map is utter garbage - can pin stations, but no way to see them on the map. No favourites option. Absolute garbage!

Developer Response ,

There are many things in your feedback. First of all, we're sorry to hear about your experience. However, you should bear in mind that gasoline and electric vehicles operate in 2 very different ways.

Chargemap does not own the charging stations and, as a result, the information we display comes from the operators with whom we have signed a roaming agreement.
If the status and/or availability information was not up to date on Chargemap, it's because we unfortunately didn't get the information - we're sorry about that. However, we do have a contribution tab where users can provide us with information. In addition, you can go to the charging station and leave a comment, which will be dealt with as soon as possible. Finally, users also have the option of registering recharges on the application (which is not compulsory, by the way), which provides real-time information on the availability of recharging stations.

I'm sure you'll agree that we're doing everything we can to ensure that our community can intervene and provide us with information about charging stations.

The fact that not everything is on the app is simply due to the fact that charging cards are a separate category: for the moment, it's not possible to completely dematerialize a charging card. However, we have made it possible to charge via your cell phone on a number of networks.

The Pass is linked to an account, but you are free to create several accounts if you wish to have several Chargemap Pass. If you lose it, simply report it as lost/stolen and you can order a new one for €7.

Prices are clearly displayed on our Chargemap app: for each Chargemap Pass compatible station you have. our prices on the website and app.

Last but not least, there's a button for pinning favorite charging stations.

We remain open to discussion and improvement wherever possible.

Very useful but very flawed

This app is so unfriendly. Ignoring the times it just junked my route under construction, it is a bit of a nightmare building a route in the first place. There is no means to point at the map and add a waypoint (I know I can tap a charger and say charge here but it doesn’t add it to the route as a waypoint). The map is incomplete, in that there are locations named on the map but I cannot enter them as waypoints. The routing software adds bonkers detours for no reason at all - for someone with range anxiety or on a new route and so blindly following the suggested route this will have a negative impact. Years and years ago I used the Garmin software for planning routes and it was already way better than this. Nonetheless it is a fantastically useful app - I just hope the list of chargers and their states is accurate! We’ll find out. Hopefully the route building algorithm will improve as will the route editing experience. I’d like to see it succeed.

Developer Response ,

Hello, we're sorry to read this feedback. We're working on a specific pointing system. Please note that we also have constraints linked to the cartography, which doesn't allow us to do everything like a GPS. You have to enter a precise address to find a recharging point. Do you have any examples of “crazy” detours? They may be adjustments to our calculation algorithm. We manage a considerable amount of data, but it's also possible to recalculate a route yourself if it doesn't suit you. If you have any concrete examples, we'd be delighted to hear from you. After all, our aim is to help you plan an itinerary with peace of mind! Thank you for the rest of your very encouraging message.