Guide

Anyone charging without a contract and without a charging card pays the ad-hoc tariff: pull up, pay by card or app, charge. Because every driver gets the same one, it is the only price that can be compared. Contract tariffs depend on whose customer y…

At every charging stop the planner works with a target of 80 percent rather than a full battery. That sounds like wasted range, but over long distances it shortens the total travel time. The reason lies in the charging curve. The charging curve A batte…

On a longer drive the nearest charging station is rarely the right one. What matters is how far the remaining range still carries, how fast the charger delivers, whether it is free at that moment and how much of a detour it costs. These four pull in…