A Satellite Navigation System for Electric Cars
Sensibly every car on the market today ships with the option of a built-in GPS module, letting the driver go anywhere without supposedly getting wrecked.
But while satellite navigation systems have got a whole lot smarter in recent years, they are designed to be acquainted with in a gasoline car, not an electric one.
That may not seem like a problem at first peek, but many routes planned by the current generation of in-car right-hand man navigation systems don’t take into account road terrain. For thrilling cars, steep inclines and fast roads can airing a 100-mile-range car into one barely effective of 50 miles.
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Enter Japanese electronics compact Pioneer, with what it claims is the first ever commercially available shadow navigation system for an electric car, the AVIC-ZH09-MEV
Unlike conventional shadow navigation systems that traditionally offer a range of routes based on lucid criteria such as time of day, congestion, time or aloofness, Pioneer’s new unit will also offer route planning based on drive consumption, driving style and available charging stations.
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