Improved UI for finding food

When approaching a charging stop near mealtime, the inevitable question arises: should we stop and pick up food prior to the charger, or is there food which works for us in the immediate vicinity that we can walk to while charging? This is a little challenging as a passenger and almost impossible to do safely as a solo driver. Ideas / problems to solve:

  • Be able to see what restaurants are near a charger while in “drive” mode. Right now you have have to go back to plan mode, risking that you may miss turns / exits while finding something to eat.

  • Make it easy to navigate to google / Apple (yelp) / TripAdvisor restaurant information and reviews

  • Search for food “along route” like Google or Apple Maps. Even better, show food along route ordered by proximity to charger and additional time it would add (Google and Apple tend to preferentially show you food close to where you are, vs close to a destination).

  • Make it possible to set a preference to select chargers with food in the immediate vicinity. Ideally this would not be a global setting (since it may not matter for stops at other times of day) but somehow would be selectable for certain charging stops or based on configurable times of day.

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Open

Board

💡 Feature Requests

Date

6 months ago

Author

Robert Dana

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