Google Maps just added a new feature that's a gamechanger for electric car drivers

Google Maps just fixed one of the most irritating parts of public EV charging.

It’s the kind of frustration you only understand after pulling up to a station and finding every stall occupied.

And if you’ve ever driven an EV in a busy city, you know exactly how often that happens.

Now Google has made one small change that could save drivers a lot of pointless detours.

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The Google Maps update EV drivers have been waiting for

Google has finally added live Tesla Supercharger availability to Maps – the real-time stall counts that tell you exactly how many chargers are open before you get there.

Until now, that information only existed within Tesla’s world. 

You’d need to check the Tesla app or be sitting in a Tesla to see if a station was packed. 

Google Maps could guide you to a charger, obviously, but it couldn’t tell you whether you’d be waiting behind three cars with 10 percent battery.

With this update, that gap disappears.

Superchargers now show the same little numbers already visible for EVgo, ChargePoint, and Electrify America: open banks out of the total. 

Tap a location and Maps will show charger type, speeds, and everything else you actually need to make a call.

And it works everywhere from phones to desktops or whatever you navigate with.

It also lands at exactly the right moment. 

Tesla has opened its network to nearly two dozen brands, which means far more EVs are eligible to pull into a Supercharger than even a year ago. 

The old drive-there-and-hope approach just doesn’t work anymore.

Now you can check availability instantly and choose a station that suits your needs.

Fewer wasted trips. 

Fewer last-minute reroutes. 

A bigger moment for the EV charging ecosystem

This charging update isn’t just a user interface tweak. 

It smooths out one of the biggest real-world frictions stopping people from switching to electric.

For anyone without home charging, knowing a station is free before you drive there is a huge quality-of-life upgrade. 

It turns Maps into a real all-in-one charging planner instead of just a navigation tool.

And as more brands move to Tesla’s charging connector, this kind of live data becomes essential.

A small fix that makes the whole system feel smoother.

Thanks to Google’s latest update, one everyday annoyance that’s been sitting in plain sight for years is officially gone.

And for millions of EV drivers, that’s a gamechanger.

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