Your trip,
perfectly charged.

How our EV route planner works

Enter a start and destination and we route you along real roads, then overlay every public charger within 30 km of the line. Each candidate stop is scored on detour distance, peak power, stall count and operator reliability.

The planner sizes charging stops to your car's real-world consumption, your starting state of charge and the battery level you want to arrive with. You can override any stop or ask the planner to prefer a specific network.

Results render as a step-by-step itinerary with driving distance, charging time and a one-tap link to navigate. The same data powers a shareable trip summary you can send to a passenger or paste into your in-car system.

What sets us apart

Most route planners pick the nearest charger to a straight line. Ours goes further:

• Battery curve modelling — fast charging slows above 60–80% on most EVs. We bias stops toward charging in the steep, fast part of the curve, then leaving.
• Weather-aware range — sub-zero temperatures can shave 20–30% off winter range. We adjust the per-leg energy budget accordingly.
• Elevation and gradient — long climbs (Alps, Snowy Mountains, Pennines) materially increase consumption; long descents claw some back via regen. Both are modelled.
• Stall-count weighting — a 4-stall 150 kW site beats a single-stall 350 kW site for trip reliability, and the planner reflects that.
• Multi-country support — UK, France, Italy and Australia share a single planner with country-aware connector and tariff defaults.

Long-distance EV trips made easy

Some of the most-planned routes on EV Charge Routes:

• London → Edinburgh (~650 km) — one or two stops via the M1/A1 corridor, with Gridserve, Ionity and InstaVolt hubs spaced every 70–120 km.
• Sydney → Melbourne (~880 km) — two to three stops via the Hume Highway, anchored by Chargefox and Evie ultra-rapid sites at Goulburn, Tarcutta and Wodonga.
• Paris → Marseille (~775 km) — typically two stops on the A6/A7, with Ionity, TotalEnergies and Allego HPC sites at Beaune, Lyon and Montélimar.
• Rome → Milan (~575 km) — one or two stops on the A1, with Free To X, Enel X Way and Ionity hubs near Firenze, Bologna and Modena.

For each route the planner picks stops that minimise total trip time, not just driving time — fast chargers off the motorway often beat slower ones on it.

Range anxiety, solved

Range anxiety usually comes from two unknowns: how far you'll actually get, and whether the next charger will work. We address both.

• Buffer planning — every stop is sized so you arrive with at least 10–20% battery. If a site is offline you still have miles to spare.
• Charging-speed expectations — we show the realistic kW your car will pull at each stop, not the headline kW of the charger. A 350 kW post is irrelevant if your EV caps at 150 kW.
• Stop redundancy — where possible we choose multi-stall sites with at least one backup charger nearby on the same corridor.

Tips for first-time EV road trips

1. Pre-condition the battery 20–30 minutes before a fast charge — most cars do this automatically when you set a DC charger as the navigation destination.
2. Charge to 80%, not 100%. The last 20% is the slowest and often makes the trip longer overall.
3. Plan your first stop within range of a backup — bias toward 50–60% of indicated range for your first leg until you know your car.
4. Carry a Type 2 cable for AC destination charging at hotels and restaurants.
5. Install the operator apps for the networks on your route as a fallback to contactless.
6. Set realistic average speeds. Driving at 130 km/h vs 110 km/h can cut range by 20% on a motorway.
7. Take the break the charger forces — a 20-minute coffee while charging is safer than pushing through.

Frequently asked questions