Driving time estimates are too low
I'm a fan of yours. I used to work on an EV route planning project at Google, and happy to chat š
Here's a route I have a lot of experience with (Satu Mare, Romania to Pfaffikon SZ, Switzerland):
ABRP: 11 hr 48 min drive, 1 hr 51 min charging -> 14 hr 4 min total (doesnāt add up)
Google Maps: 14 h 4 min drive
Apple Maps: 12 hr 46 min drive
Realistic driving times are closer to Appleās estimates. I'm confident, because I drove this route ~30 times. Toggling ABRP's "Real-time traffic" option results in only a 6 min diff.
FYI: I have ABRP Premium, using Real-time traffic, 100% reference speed, 130 km/h max speed, Realtime weather.
- Where does this happen?
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Bo (ABRP)
Jan 8, 2025
Thank you for the good feedback! Do you think your driving speed is limited by traffic typically or is it more that ABRP overestimates the speed in non-traffic situations too for this route?
Janos Levai
Jan 8, 2025
ABRP does seem to overestimate the travel speed in non-traffic situations. I also did these trips overnight when there was no traffic, and I donāt think itās possible to achieve these short driving times while respecting the speed limits.
On top of that, the āReal-time trafficā feature doesnāt seem to have much of an effect. It increased driving estimates by only 6 minutes for this scenario.
IMO itās better to underpromise driving times. My friends recently followed the exact itinerary described by ABRP, and their trip lasted a good 16 hours instead of the 14. They were massively disappointed with their EV.
Iād be curious to hear if other ABRP users experienced the same issue, and what could be done to improve the estimates.
Bo (ABRP)
Jan 8, 2025
Agree, we will investigate deeper. If you have specific road segments where you think we are especially wrong, let us know.
Janos Levai
Jan 8, 2025
The route above is an example that is consistently wrong. If you give it a go with different navigation apps (like Google and Apple Maps), youād find that the ABRP driving estimates are overly optimistic.
It could be a good idea to take the most popular trips in ABRP between major cities, and benchmark them against Google, Apple, Waze, etc.