Route planning via Apple maps

[RobQ]

I just traded in my Taycan CT4 for a Macan 4. on the Tacan I could do my routeplanning on Apple CarPlay using Apple Maps, which worked perfect but now I see that it is not possible to do this on the Macan. Do they expect this feature will become available on the Macan. On the Taycan it worked great as you had all the info on the screen (incl. distance to the next charging point and the estimated SOC upon arrival of this charging point.). Definitely preferred this over the Porsche planner.

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[PrudentOcean]

You can do this using the My Porsche app on your phone, and then send the route to the car.

The ability to do this in Apple Maps may come in the future but there isn't any official info available.

 

[JonnyDW]

I think you need My Porsche in Apple CarPlay which the Macan apparently does not have.

I asked about it here

 

[tmrqs]

I think you need My Porsche in Apple CarPlay which the Macan apparently does not have.

I asked about it here

It's unrelated.
Apple Maps supports the Taycan natively (as it does with the Mach-e for instance), whereas it doesn't the Macan. Nothing to do with the My Porsche app.

 

[JonnyDW]

Interesting. How does it interface to get the SOC?

 

[PrudentOcean]

I think you need My Porsche in Apple CarPlay which the Macan apparently does not have.

I asked about it here

No. Route planning including charging stops can be done using the native navigation system in the PCM, or the My Porsche app on your smartphone. You don't need to use the My Porsche app in CarPlay (which isn't available on the Macan EV).

 

[JonnyDW]

Short answer: Apple Maps gets SoC and vehicle-specific energy data via the Apple CarPlay vehicle integration (a CarPlay/vehicle OEM collaboration) — when your iPhone is connected over CarPlay the car exposes telemetry (battery SoC, energy-use model, battery capacity/efficiency profile, optionally charger-compatibility and preconditioning APIs) to Apple Maps so the app can do range/energy modelling and insert charging stops.

Key technical points:

• Transport layer: CarPlay provides an authenticated local connection between iPhone and vehicle (USB orwireless). OEMs implement CarPlay extensions that permit exchanging EV telemetry with the iPhonewhile CarPlay is active.
• Data exposed: current state of charge, usable battery capacity or SoC %, real-time energy consumption(or vehicle-specific consumption model), vehicle model/config, and supported charger information.Apple uses the vehicle model + telemetry + map elevation/speed estimates to predict energy use.
• Privacy/control: enabling EV Routing requires pairing/consent on the vehicle/iPhone so the userapproves sharing vehicle data with Apple Maps; SoC updates only occur when CarPlay is connected (perOEM docs).
• Battery preconditioning: some OEMs added an API/handshake so Apple Maps EV Routing can notify thevehicle it’s routing to a DC fast charger; the vehicle then decides whether to precondition (available onlyfor OEMs/models that implemented this, e.g., some Ford Mach‑E model years and some Porsche/Taycanintegrations).
• Implementation variation: exact fields, update frequency, and whether preconditioning or charger-selection commands are supported are OEM-specific and require the manufacturer to implement theCarPlay EV Routing/telemetry hooks.

Ford and Porsche worked with Apple on this - the Taycan was actually the first car to support this, ever. Not lost hope the Macan will be supported one day...

I think we’re talking about the same thing. The OEM integration is My Porsche in Apple CarPlay. I expected to be able to add through the functions tab on the smartphone app but it’s not available.

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