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Enode icons in BYD cars

Hi guys! I would love to have another way of showing my BYD car is connected to Enode. As it is not a permanent or real-time connection I don’t think the “Signals bar” icon works for this. It keeps “connecting” and “disconnecting”, when in reality it updates info every “X” minutes (seems like 5 minutes or so). Maybe an “enode” icon is enough, checking every 15 minutes if ABRP has the latest data or it shows some kind of error in logs. If it doesn’t show any error, ABRP understands everything is fine and it keeps the Enode icon “green”, though maybe its data is from 4 minutes ago. If ABRP finds any error (can’t sync, lost connection for more than 10 minutes or something like that), ABRP can show a “Lost connection” icon. It can also be a matter of how ABRP syncs with Enode, I don’t have the tools nor the knowledge to understand exactly how it’s working, but right now is a little distracting and doesn’t show the reality as it may show for a while a “disconnect” icon when it’s simply waiting for the next check

Miguel Picado Filgueira 2 days ago

Cheapest route or total charging cost.

Apps like Chargeway have really good real-time pricing information; while I care about arriving quickly, I really only use ABRP for longer trips and then coupled with Chargeway along the route to figure out where I should stop along the overall route based on price per kilowatt hour. For example, I'll choose an overall route with ABRP, and then use Chargeway along that route to figure out where charging is going to be substantially cheaper. It doesn't change the overall route at all, but it will save me $50-$100 over a road trip. That adds up. Level 3 prices vary wildly from $0.30-$0.70/kWh, with some places exceeding $1/kWh. I would also like to see features like: if you leave 30 minutes later than you suggest you'll be able to save $15 in charging costs or save 20 minutes in traffic. If ABRP let me prioritize stops based on cheapness of Level 3 charging, I would replace virtually every other EV app with it. Something like 2h15 minutes ($35 in charging cost), 2h45 minutes ($15 charging cost).

Dave K 7 days ago