I’ve heard horror stories of Darts Farm(?) being really busy
Yes, its a bottleneck until the new Exeter Supercharger opens. More stalls than it used to have (8 old 150kW and 4 new 250kW/CCS ones)
will want to avoid that if it’s easy to do so
Awesome shop there though ...
Not sure ABRP would take that ["want to avoid"] into consideration
Yes, you can say "Avoid this Supercharger" - map-pin changes to a (-) to remind you that its set to AVOID.
I have exported ABRP data to Excel and then marked up for a trip to e.g. Alps. I want to know what I must leave a Supercharger with for some option - e.g. Calais in order to avoid Sevenoaks which is an old type, not many stalls, and typically is busy with everyone else just off the train ... so I have Min %age to reach the one after that - but if I have plenty of time before my train I can charge enough to get all the way home. Also what charge I need at a supercharger to reach the next one - i.e. if I arrive there "comfortably" then press on, otherwise stop and charge. e.g. if rain causes the need for more stops
So a bit like your manual planning, except that I am using ABRP as a driver-aid - much the same as I do with FSD
For each stop I twiddle with:
Must ARRIVE-WITH or DEPART-WITH %age - e.g. an overnight stop where I want enough to do some sightseeing running-around, or because I will charge overnight and will depart with 100%
Set DEPART time (where that is different to "Leave when done")
My DWELL TIME - e.g. if I'm going to stop for lunch I can set to, say, 60 minutes and let the car charge as much as possible. (ABRP lets you set either, and also time & kW for a 3rd party charger)
(I also set the DEPART time for the beginning to 00:00 [and for any subsequent days setting off leg] so that all timings are relative to start time)
Having done all that what-if fiddling
(and printed it, or saved it as an ABRP Favourite), I then click on alternative route/superchargers and ADD WAYPOINT to experiment. Coming back from Alps there is a west/east choice that can be made. One is more motorway, faster, longer. The other slower/shorter. Because shorter means less charging which can make it quicker
Here's a quick fiddle - Cambridge to Edinburgh in an M3 LR 18" Aero. 5 MPH wind, 20C, leave at 100%, arrive at 25%
By default ABRP has routed via Ferrybridge and Adderstone.
If I add Grantham as a waypoint (
or mark Ferrybridge as "Avoid") it then uses Washington for the 2nd charger stop (and decides it is better to have slow-top-end to 86% rather than adding a 3rd charging stop). This is 15 miles, and 8kWh shorter, but 8 minutes longer. At 30p / kWh that's a saving of £2.40