5 Best EV Charging Apps

In the past few decades, the economy has seen a major transformation. The technology and the science have advanced at a faster rate and has impacted the economy to a greater extent. The boom in the IT sector has enabled the people to access the convenience and services of the advanced technology. The industries have come up with various advanced and innovative technologies. The automobile industries have worked in line with the various technology companies in order to deliver a product or service which is able to serve the people in a holistic manner. The companies are working constantly in order to provide the best quality services to the people, both in terms of convenience and safety. Today, the job of the cars is not only limited to the driving and parking part, but the industries are constantly working to incorporate several advanced services like advanced braking engine facilities, facilitate autonomous driving through mapping systems, better fuel efficiency and an overall better vehicle. Electric vehicles (EV) have become really popular and now they are able to compete with the best fuel efficiency vehicles. EV can be categorised on the basis of its features.

Types of Electric Vehicles (EV)

The Electric vehicles fall into several categories. Some of them are:

• Battery driven electric vehicles:

Battery electric vehicles, also known as BEV has a battery pack and it is fully electrical and do not have a gasoline engine. These vehicles can be recharged at the recharging stations. These vehicles are eco-friendly in nature as they do not emit harmful gases into the atmosphere and thus, they are zero emission vehicles.

• Plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles

Plug-in Hybrid electric vehicles also known as PHEV is an amalgamation of both motor and engine. They have a smaller batter than the regular hybrid vehicles and can be recharged through regenerative braking. A PHEV can travel a distance of around 10-40 miles only using the battery, after that the gasoline engine comes to rescue. The electric vehicle can further travel using the gasoline engine to a much larger distance. The only demerit that the PHEV face is the charging, PHEV takes a much longer time to get recharged.

• Hybrid electric vehicle

Hybrid electric vehicle work on the same line of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. It is also having both the motor and the gasoline engine and can be recharged through regenerative braking. The only difference between a hybrid electric vehicle and a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is that they have a much larger battery than the plug-in hybrid and hybrid EV and can be recharged by plugging in the grids. The hybrid vehicles provide you a coverage of about 1-2 miles of distance before the gasoline engine turns on. Having known in detail about the electric vehicles, now let’s discuss the best Electric Vehicles (EV) charging apps available in the market. Some of the EV charging apps are listed below:

1. Charge Fox

Charge Fox is an electric vehicle charging system which claims itself to be the Australia’s largest network. This application can provide you the real time information about the charging stations. The applications can even check and inform you about the availability of charging facilities at a certain charging station, about the current price at which it is available and the even functionality of the charger. Charge Fox can help you to locate the plugs in the country that include standard charging, fast charging and ultra-fast charging facilities. Charge Fox even work in collaboration with various EV manufacturing firms and can offer you a variety of discounts.

The app offered by the tata power takes into consideration all the benefits and grievances of the customers. The apps help the customer to identify the location of the various charging stations available and the help in the online payments of the bill. It incorporates all the features and facilities in order to deliver a safe, easier and secure system to the users.

3. EV connect

EV connect is one of the most vigorous and rich featured software which works on the cloud-based platform. It is having a huge customer base and has around 4.5 – 4.7+ ratings in the google and the apple play store. The EV connect app provide you the facility to control and monitor the various charging stations and thus get insights regarding them. This would prevent the users to face any unforeseen circumstances. You can open the app and check the availability and the price of the certain charging PowerStation’s and according to the convenience can chose to go to the required power stations.

4. Charge Point

Charge point is known to be one of the biggest global EV charging apps available in the market. It has a network of almost 114000 electric vehicle power stations and work in 14 countries. The charge point app has recently removed its operation in Australia which has led to a decline in the customer base. But the high feature and the facilities provided by the charge point app is enough for it to be used globally across a wide range of customers.

5. Plug Share

Australia has a number of charging stations operating, but plug share is one of the most desirable among all due to the facilities and the services that it provides. Like any other EV apps, it also provides the real time estimation of the charging stations. In addition to this, it aims to deliver a huge coverage in terms of location. The apps work in the entire Europe and the US. It has a map which would help you locate different charging stations and even consist a map filter which would help you to segregate the charging stations on plug types