There’s nothing worse than going for a late-night chili dog run only to discover your EV sucked dry in a 7-11 car parking zone. To attenuate so-called “range-anxiety,” there’s the Carminat TomTom Z.E. Live, an in-dash navigation system that not just keeps drivers from getting lost, but in addition offers a visible cue to how much power’s left. Sticking with the fairway theme, the device provides the foremost eco-friendly and efficient routes (with nearby charging stations) — leaving drivers feeling good about putting the pedal to the metal. The nav will come pre-baked in all future Renault Fluence Z.E.s — but we wouldn’t be surprised to determine other EV manufacturers implement similar add-ons sooner or later. Take a look at the total PR after the break.
IAA 2011
AMSTERDAM & FRANKFURT–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On the IAA Frankfurt Motorshow TomTom and Renault today, launch their first in-dash navigation system, specifically designed for electric vehicles and traditional fitted at the Fluence Z.E.
The Carminat TomTom Z.E. LIVE receives information from the battery on its current state of charge, that’s used to choose the available range of the vehicle. This knowledge is then visualised at the navigation screen, showing the adventure against the available range and the routes to the charge stations. This may help to effectively plan charging and take away drivers’ “range anxiety”, giving them confidence that their journey may also be completed. The system also includes an eco-routing – providing the motive force with an technique to select the foremost energy efficient route.
Finding the suitable charging station information and placement (amongst the 5000+ so that it will be available in Europe on the end of 2011) is significant to drivers. The TomTom Home application will provide users with the newest charging station list at any time when they connect their SD card to their computer. The Carminat TomTom Z.E. LIVE will inform the users in real-time concerning the availability of charge stations en route, letting them stop and ‘fill-up’ when needed.
“It truly is the primary navigation system TomTom is launching within the area of electrical vehicles and it represents a very good milestone for us as an organization on this exciting new market. The Carminat TomTom Z.E. LIVE for Fluence Z.E., can be the third major development within the already successful Carminat TomTom series and underlines our fruitful relationship with Renault,” says Giles Shrimpton, Managing Director TomTom Automotive.
“We’re more than happy with the strong partnership we now have developed with TomTom through the years and that we will give birth today to the subsequent evolution of our product – the recent Carminat TomTom Z.E. LIVE. This solution is a key feature of our new Fluence Z.E. The electrical vehicle programme is of significant importance to us at Renault and the Carminat TomTom Z.E. LIVE plays a big role in its success”, says Stephen Norman, Global Marketing & Communications Director, Renault.
Further, the Carminat TomTom Z.E. LIVE comes with LIVE Services including HD Traffic, providing drivers with its unique dynamic routing; giving them the fastest path to their destination in keeping with the most recent traffic situation.
Key Features
* Electric vehicle routing functionality, including routing to and via charge stations, and integration with battery management solution
* Eco-routing function
* Visualisation of obtainable range at the map and navigation display
* Automatic updates of charge stations via TomTom Home with search functions for discovering of nearest charge station, in addition to those around destination or other location
* HD Traffic – unique combination of real-time traffic, in keeping with a network of over 80 million probes in Europe and dynamic routing
* Local Search
* Weather
* Safety camera alerts, to aid the client to drive more safely and responsibly.
* IQ Routes technology so the user always gets the appropriate path to his destination. This technology calculates your routes in keeping with the true average speeds measured on roads. Always supplying you with the fastest route, and most accurate travel time, hour-by-hour, day-by-day, saving you time, money and fuel.
* Advanced Lane Guidance shows which lane to take at junctions so that you don’t miss your turn. At the most difficult highway intersections, realistic 3D representation of the junction keeps customers relaxed and safe.
* TomTom Map Share allows the user to make corrections to his/her own map and ready to take advantage of thousands of corrections made by TomTom users daily.
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