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Improved UI for finding food

Feature Requests

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.

Posted by Robert Dana ·
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  • Joel Carter

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    Nov 6, 2025

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    Merged request

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    1 vote

    Preference fo selecting charging stops with food nearby.

    Add charging stop filter that prefers stops with food nearby (within 100m)

  • Mark Bloxham

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    Nov 4, 2025

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    Merged request

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    1 vote

    Selection criteria for multiple charger stops with food availability.

    🚧 THIS IS A TICKET MIGRATED FROM UPVOTY. The original ticket and comments will be available for a limited time over at:
    https://abrp.upvoty.com/b/request-a-feature/selection-criteria-for-multiple-charger-stops-with-food-availability/
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    When planning a long journey I would like to only select charge stations with food and facilities, I.e autoroute services. In ABRP at present if I select charge stations with minimum 6 points I often get stops like Fastned with no facilities. If I chose the option for food nearby this overrides the minimum 6 points and guides me to a small town service station or carpark with only 1 charger.