After weeks of researching EVs, I’m convinced the EU should focus more on standardizing EV charging ports than phone chargers 🤪

Edit: It’s CCS2. The plethora of options in the EV charging apps made it seem more confusing than it is.

@simonbs Do we have any other than CCS?
@gahms I don’t know. There are tons of charging ports in the EV charging apps 😄

@simonbs Aaah yes. The charging apps are generally not very good. Really weird. “How hard can it be?” 😊

I guess the data are low quality. Besides that, the UI is quite bad in all the apps I have tried.

I have been hovering over Xcode “New Project…” several times 😊 Luckly been distracted evey time.

@gahms I fear I'll have the same feeling when I get an EV. I certainly think there's a market for a good app with a yearly subscription. We need the Ivory and Overcast of EV charging apps 😄
@simonbs @gahms i think you only really need the app if you have a bad car. Charging should be handled in the car navigation system.
@mshdk @gahms In this case "bad car" is any car that doesn't have Android Automotive, isn't it? There seems to be very few of those.
@simonbs @gahms i dont see why android is needed? It should be in the navigation, Tesla does a really good job, xpeng does a decent job.
@mshdk @simonbs @gahms Not Android, Android Automotive. That’s the software running on the head unit. E.g. used by the Macan E.
In Germany we usually have either type 2 or CCS, older cars like my Zoe only have type 2, but newer ones can do both.
I often use Google Maps first when searching for chargers.
@helge @simonbs @gahms That was what i was talking about but if you have to search for chargers on anything like a regular basis the experience is already broken. The car navigation should automatically plan charging into your drive or suggest it near your destination.
@mshdk @simonbs @gahms Which is precisely what Android Automotive can do, hence the original mention. (even with Apple Maps on some cars 😬)