Distance alone is not enough, especially in winter, mountainous terrain, and changing weather conditions. It would be extremely helpful to see the estimated battery percentage required to reach the next charger, based on elevation profile, weather, and driving conditions, which ABRP is great at calculate.
This would help answer questions like this at every charging stop:
Has the car consumed more or less battery than expected so far?
With my current battery percentage, will I realistically reach the next charger?
If the charger is occupied, should I wait, or is it safe to continue to the next one?
It would also significantly improve charging decisions while charging.
By seeing the expected percentage consumption for upcoming legs, it becomes easy to decide how much to charge, quickly balancing safety margins against charging time, without doing too these complex manual calculations by differencing a lot of values.
This way, it is easy to choosing between alternative routes in real-time. A shorter, faster route with fewer chargers (the “red” route; 1,2,3,4 ) may work well in summer but can push battery limits in winter. A slightly longer route with more reliable charging options (the “green” route; 5,6,7,8,9) is safer but more time-consuming. Being able to see the expected battery percentage consumption between chargers makes it much easier to delay the decision for the exact charger, and adjust dynamically during the trip as conditions change.
So it is a slight different way of using ABRP than the start+end → caluculate way.
Instead, all potential chargers is added as waypoints and trip is calculated up front. The final decision of which chargers to use is done real-time based on conditions during the trip.
Showing estimated battery percentage consumption between chargers, not just distance, would be a major usability improvement.

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Edgar Bjørntvedt
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Edgar Bjørntvedt
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