r/abetterrouteplanner

I am planning my first big road trip with ABRP, as a first time EV owner. I have premium and all the things but few things I cannot figure out.

I have an ID4 from 2022. I added the car into the app, and got a OBD BLE dongle to use live data.

I will be going from Netherlands to Italy. I want to make the app use only Tesla Superchargers, I added it as a preferred network and added it to favorites but it keeps suggesting other networks. I do not mind if the route is different or a bit longer as long as it uses the Tesla Superchargers, how do I force it to navigate me to my destination via Tesla Superchargers?

When using the app with Apple CarPlay, the map is super zoomed in, when I try to zoom out and continue driving it resets to zoomed in mode, is there a setting or way to change this? Or is it better on Android Auto, I have an Android phone I could use if needed.

Main reason I want to use Tesla Supercharger network is because it is cheapest and also from what I read the most reliable in Germany/Italy as some other ones might not work or are broken and so forth.

I'm new to EV charging in general, and I understand there are many factors that determine charging rate, I'm just curious how real the charging time estimate is in the trip planner. Is there a way to force ABRP to assume a specific rate?

hi folks, I have a stupid question.

i'm not very familiar with abrp and have been using abrp on longer journeys with my id.4 pure 52kwh for approximate planning, no live data, by manually putting in starting SOC and approximate kwh/100km value. vw doesn't offer online services, so no other option than obd for live data, where I currently live and don't want to use obd. therefore, i'm currently planning to stick with approximate planning.

that being said, i've tried using abrp yesterday for an urban journey, 10-15km and used it on carplay. my soc was wrong at first (not off by much), i wanted to adjust it later after i set off via navigation settings. after hitting the road, the soc seemed to adjust itself and state a similar SOC as the real life (+- 2%).

have i missed something lately? does abrp and my car now somehow communicate with each other via carplay and show correct-ish SOC? or was it a coincidence somehow that I set it to a nearby value? am I hallucinating?

Hi,

There is no option to show the both estimates at the same time. Have you ever been in an electrical car with kids on an almost empty battery?

Kids would like to see time until swimming, i would like to see if we can actually make it till the next charger 😂🫣.

Can't sign in. Says my password I wrong. Passord saved in password manager so it's not wrong

Trying to reset I don't get a reset email

Are they having problem?

I've been test running ABPR for a couple of days now with my ID 7 car. I want to use it as a replacement for Google Maps in Android Auto because it has the status of the car through the OBD. However, it has some serious downsides that I wanted to check if other people experience the same.

1. very slow phone, high CPU usage and battery drain. My phone becomes pretty much unusable. As soon as I stop the ABRP app the pixel starts acting normally again
2. its not as precise as, for instance, google maps or here maps. Most of the time it doesn't see me taking a turn or it constantly puts me on a cycle road next to the road I'm driving on. This makes routing pretty much unusable.

Anyone else experience these issues?

I've had a search but can't see this answered.

I've looked around ABRP but I can't find a way to set my departure charge. The planner assumes current charge level but I'm going to charge to 100% overnight before setting off. I want to know what it'll suggest for places to stop on the journey but they need to be based on the reality that the car will be fully charged.

It *must* be there but I can see it.

Anyone?

Hi, I have a 2025 ë-Berlingo and it has a 52 kWh battery, not the 46 that ABRP assigns to it. Also, there is at least optionally a quite efficient heat pump, so often the planning of ABRP is quite pessimistic.

Planning a route and ABRP wants the first leg to be 2h 50min. Frankly that's pushing my limits, and my children are simply not going to sit in the car for almost three hours.

Us there any way of setting a maximum leg time?

How do I close ABRP in CarPlay so I can connect the OBD dongle to other software? Even after force closing the app on my phone it persists in CarPlay.