I am using the Google API features to bring you routing and geocoding functions. For small web sites these services are free but there are limits to those free allowances. Once you go over those allowances Google will block the application until the next day when a new allowance is permitted. As a result of … Continue reading EV Route Planner – 10 Waypoint Limit→
Great News! The next version of the planner is now out and it is a big update. Until now the only stops you could enter into the planner were stops at charging stations. This was fine for basic route planning but there were a few scenarios that you couldn’t plan. Now you can add stops … Continue reading EV Route Planner – 0.8a – Non-Charging Stops→
Although there is more to do before I am happy to launch the Planner I think from the feedback I have had to date, it is fair to say that it is looking very promising. So I thought I’d list a few things I am planning… just to let you know the direction I intend … Continue reading EV Route Planner – Wish List→
Now we are moving on with the planner development you will want to feedback comments, bug reports, requests for new features etc and I am really looking forward to you all doing that. Sometimes it is difficult to hear comments from others especially when it is your “baby” they are talking about and, potentially, criticising. … Continue reading EV Route Planner – Feedback and Comments→
I saw the following post on Speak EV… Just has a play with the latest version and was intrigued by the way the options operate. Initially I put in a range of 75 miles from 100% and changed the miles per kwh to 3.5 as that is my long term average. This gave me a … Continue reading EV Route Planner – Usable Energy Calculation→
As you can read on other posts on the blog I have one or two issues with the battery of our new Nissan Leaf. Eventually the dealer replaced the battery and since then it has been performing well. In fact, it has been doing so well that I thought I should post the LeafSpy screenshot … Continue reading New Leaf Battery – Performance Update→
Version 0.7b of the planner introduced the elevation chart. This video is a brief run through of how I would use the chart and also some hints at how future versions might develop it further. Tip: Watch it full screen to see the details 🙂 I also need some info from you… see the end … Continue reading EV Route Planner – Elevation Chart→
Today has been hard work. Firstly I must apologise to everyone that uses my web and email services. I started out this morning just needing to fix a small issue with one of my web sites and as a result of rather optomistic and over-enthusiastic upgrades to the server I found myself in a position … Continue reading If it ain’t broke…→
UPDATE 16:24 All should now be OK. Let me know if you see any further strange behaviour of your web site. Thanks for bearing with us ——————————————————————- UPDATE 14:47 Server still down. I am working hard to resolve… sorry ——————————————————————- Sorry but sudden extra load on the web server means I am having to upgrade … Continue reading Server Upgrade NOW!→
Just a quick note to let you know what has been happening with the EV Route Planner recently… For a while development on the Planner was halted whilst I investigated the data quality on Open Charge Map to determine if I was happy using OCM data. I didn’t want to use OCM data if I … Continue reading EV Route Planner – Update→