Toyota Brings Apple Maps Ev Routing To Its Newest Models

Toyota artillery electrical vehicles (BEV) owners tin now person Apple Maps thief them scheme charging stops on their way via CarPlay. Alongside an announcement that nan Toyota bZ is now connected sale, nan automaker says each 2023 and newer battery-electric vehicles tin now merge real-time artillery accusation to thief drivers pinch iPhones find compatible chargers. In nan US this would simply mean nan bZ4X, which is being replaced by nan bZ.

Apple Maps will return into relationship factors for illustration artillery capacity and elevation changes erstwhile estimating artillery percentages connected presence and charging times.

CarPlay is Apple's in-car infotainment strategy offering maps, music, almanac tools, Siri and more. While it's presently compatible pinch over 800 car models, EV-charger routing requires entree to nan car's artillery info, which intends automakers must activity pinch Apple to alteration nan feature.

The integration's rollout remains beautiful limited, and earlier today's announcement nan only compatible vehicles were nan Ford Mustang Mach-E, nan F-150 Lightning and nan Porsche Taycan.

Toyota besides said nan 2026 bZ will person entree to nan Tesla Supercharger network, opening up much than 25,000 charging locations for nan caller model. The bZ features nan NACS charging standard, first created by Tesla earlier being open-sourced for nan full industry.