Android Auto SOC estimator while towing - any way to modify this?

[user-name-required]

Hey all

Anyone know how to modify the Android Auto state of charge estimator on arrival feature, to reflect towing?

I have found it to be really accurate for most of my road trips and daily drives, but when towing, it does not change to reflect the towing load like the truck's range estimator on the instrument cluster.

Anyone found a way to change the settings to try and get that to work while towing?

What I like so much about that feature, vs just the trucks range estimator, is that the SOC calculation takes elevation into account, and seemingly the route's speed limits as well. While driving without a trailer, it was able to correctly estimate that we would arrive somewhere 50kms away and only use like ~3% of charge from where we were at that moment, because we had 1200+ meters of elevation to lose.

Meanwhile, the truck range gauge was freaking my wife out because it was showing we only had ~40-50 kms of estimated range left to go an actual 50 kms, because it was basing that largely on the driving efficiency thus far for that leg. In the end, the SOC estimator was right and we arrived with the ~10-12% that it said we would.


Anyways, it is super handy to have, and I was hoping someone here has figured out how to hack that SoC estimator to reflect the impact of towing a trailer.



Thanks

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[SteuLight]

I haven't found a way to do it in Google Maps. This is one of the reasons I like ABRP. I can have a separate vehicle that is my truck while towing, and I can set the mi/KWH (currently 0.9 @ 65 mph). Then the whole app works like it should - although I do have to tell ABRP not to communicate with the truck on range, SOC, etc.

 

[user-name-required]

I haven't found a way to do it in Google Maps. This is one of the reasons I like ABRP. I can have a separate vehicle that is my truck while towing, and I can set the mi/KWH (currently 0.9 @ 65 mph). Then the whole app works like it should - although I do have to tell ABRP not to communicate with the truck on range, SOC, etc.

Isn't ABRP a paid subscription app though? I thought I read someone mentioning that.

So in your view, you set up your truck and give it the avg efficiency ratings, and then it takes that, and also factors in elevation, speed limits, etc., and it has been pretty accurate for you? Even up and over mtn passes, etc.?

And then you only look at ABRP on your phone, and not integrated with the truck navigation/SYNC system, or android auto, etc.?

 

[RickLightning]

Isn't ABRP a paid subscription app though? I thought I read someone mentioning that.

So in your view, you set up your truck and give it the avg efficiency ratings, and then it takes that, and also factors in elevation, speed limits, etc., and it has been pretty accurate for you? Even up and over mtn passes, etc.?

And then you only look at ABRP on your phone, and not integrated with the truck navigation/SYNC system, or android auto, etc.?

ABRP is free.

If you want to use it with the OBD connection (I never have), there is a paid version, and that lets you project it on the center screen also. I have no reason to do that.

 

[SteuLight]

Isn't ABRP a paid subscription app though? I thought I read someone mentioning that.

So in your view, you set up your truck and give it the avg efficiency ratings, and then it takes that, and also factors in elevation, speed limits, etc., and it has been pretty accurate for you? Even up and over mtn passes, etc.?

And then you only look at ABRP on your phone, and not integrated with the truck navigation/SYNC system, or android auto, etc.?

There is a free version, but I do have a subscription it's only $50 / year. The subscription allows you to integrate with Android Auto, have multiple vehicles, live traffic and weather, plus a bunch of other features (like setting SOC at destination).

It does take the average ratings and factor in elevation, speed limits, weather, and has - in my experience - been very accurate. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good.

I find that it's better than Google Maps in a number of ways: ability to set efficiency ratings, better at charger selection/preference, and I like the interface a little better.

Google Maps is better with live traffic and estimated time of arrival, but not much else, IMO.

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