Release notes

✨ Improvements

• Improved stability through several software updates.

🐞 Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where an incorrect start range when using OPTIMIZE_TRAVEL_TIME was displayed.

✨ Improvements

• Improved tile service cluster break-up by adjusting the expansion zoom calculation.
• Improved filtering of stations by excluding onboard chargers below 20 kW for all models with onboard capabilities higher than 20 kW.

🐞 Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where the routePath query changed the route path location search from a strict find to nearest point search.
• Fixed a bug where list queries accepted negative integers.

⚡️ New features

• Added the input argument operators to the newRoute mutation! We are happy to announce the release of a tiered preferred operator system and the ability to exclude operators from routing! From now on, in your route request, you will be able to add what operators you want us to prefer in order of ranking, and let us know if there are operators you wish to exclude from the route calculation! The same functionality is possible to include in the config of your client ID, which will soon be possible to adjust in the dashboard; get in touch with us directly until then.

✨ Improvements

• Improved charge time estimates by introducing a generalized charge curve model that accounts for the On Board Charging (OBC) power threshold and drop-off characteristic at higher state of charges. The generalized charge curve model is used for all cars for which we have sufficient data. We will increase our coverage over time when more data becomes available.

✨ Improvements

• Improved release times by lowering the memory usage on our end to end tests.
• Improved performance for several sections of the Chargetrip dashboard.

🐞 Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue with the optimal route where in some cases a station was selected far from the optimal route.

⚡️ New features

• Added chargeMode. This field can be set to OPTIMIZE_TRAVEL_TIME and ALWAYS_TO_MAX_CHARGE.

ALWAYS_TO_MAX_CHARGE will give you a route response where we recommend charging to the maximum capacity at every charging stop. The default maximum charging capacity is 80%. For all our existing customers, this is the default setting.

OPTIMIZE_TRAVEL_TIME optimizes the charging time at each station, in order to decrease the total travel time. You will only charge up until the state of charge you need in order to reach the next stop.

✨ Improvements

• Improved CI/CD for faster releases.

⚡️ New features

• Added 'raw' turn-by-turn instructions that can be used in combination with navigation SDK's to offer turn-by-turn navigation. To receive the instructions, add the instructions argument to the newRoute mutation. Don’t forget to also request the instructions in the getRoute request. Important: this feature is still in active development and it should only be used for test purposes until further notice.

✨ Improvements

• Improved performance for several sections of the Chargetrip dashboard.

⚡️ New features

• Added the field max_electric_power which gives the maximum electric power in kW of a connector/adapter. max_electric_power is exposed on the carList, Car and CarPremium query.
• Added the ability to configure the time it takes to halt, start and stop charging on client level. We default to 5 minutes if you choose not to change this. This functionality will soon become available to you in the dashboard.

✨ Improvements

• Improved the description of the power field for connectors and adapters to: "Usable electric power in kW".

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where the route mutation returned an internal server error when the operatorPrefer parameter was set to true and the operatorIds parameter set to null.
• Fixed an issue where safeRiskMargin could be set to null. An integer between 0 and 60 is now required.

✨ Improvements

• Improved stability through several software updates.

⚡️ New features

• Added configurable charge speed for our customers. By default we use the average charge speed, but customers can now choose to use the maximum charge speed instead. This functionality will soon become available to you in the dashboard.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue with the tariffs module where in some cases the wrong tariff was displayed.
• Fixed an issue when the WebSocket broke and it didn’t return a result on a subscription by adding a KeepAlive message.

✨ Improvements

• Improved the performance of our Tile Service to provide more structured clustering and faster response times.

⚡️ New features

• Added the ability to change your Chargetrip account password through your profile.

✨ Improvements

• Improved performance for several sections of the Chargetrip dashboard.

In this release, we introduce pathPlot, a new property that combines the data from our previous elevationPlot and aggregated data from routePath query. The received data is more accurate, and the response is quicker.

⚡️ New features

• Added the pathPlot property in favour of elevationPlot.
• Added support to search the carList by id.

✨ Improvements

• Improved how routes should be queried. A single additional route query is no longer needed after you started a route subscription.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Removed the unused operator and station subscriptions.
• Fixed an issue where in some cases an incorrect connector type was selected at charge stations.

⚡️ New features

• Added support for URL parameter authentication on top of header authentication to provide a more seamless Mapbox integration. See our updated documentation here.

✨ Improvements

• Improved our calculations in regions where the density of stations is still low by widening our search for possible stations if the first route fails.

⚡️ New features

• Chargetrip's Graph Engine has been rebuild from the ground-up to maintain performance and withstand higher loads. The new version of the engine calculates routes faster, uses more variables and gives back better results.

✨ Improvements

• Improved the client environment's stability by moving the import and processing of station data outside the client environment.
• Improved route calculation speeds when searching for stations along a route.
• Improved route calculation speeds when using preferred operators.
• Improved car data processing.

Today we are rolling out an overhauled carlist query which allows for better frontend performance and search results. For an example on how to use all these new features, you can go here.

⚡️ New features

• Added pagination to the carList query.
• Added search over naming.make, naming.model, naming.chargetrip_version to the carList query.
• Added filter for availability to the carList query.

✨ Improvements

• Improved car data clustering. Fields are now categorized by using nesting.

This release improves the structuring of our car data. This improvement however includes breaking changes and requires migration. The fields that require migration can be found on the deprecation page.

✨ Improvements

• Improved car data structuring which allows for better clustering and query scalability.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented using stations as via point.

This week we extended our station data by including historical station availability. Not every station includes this information at the moment but this will increase over time.

The predictive availability module contains this week's predictions. For every hour, there is an availability scale ranging from 1 to 5.

The days of the week start at 1 which results in the following weekdays values:

⚡️ New features

• Station data has been extended and now includes historical station availability.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where error codes were not consistent.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that hid 24 / 7 information for some stations.
• Fixed a bug where alternative routes with a single charge were not displayed correctly.

This release introduces the chargetripRange field. The Chargetrip Real Range helps displaying a realistic range for all EV models. The range is based on Chargetrip's research and driving data. You can find more details on the car section.

⚡️ New features

• Added the chargetripRange field.

✨ Improvements

• Migrated fields from the carList query to the car query to allow caching of the carList query.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where the number of amenities were not equal when comparing between the stationList and amenityList.

✨ Improvements

• Improved outside temperature model which enhances the route computation speed and improves the charge stop accuracy.
• Various other improvements to improve our route calculation speed.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where the ordering of alternative routes was wrong.

This release is all about errors. We know, you hate getting them but we tried to make debugging a little bit easier. Apart from that we also included all custom error codes in our documentation. Please be aware that in addition to our custom error codes, GraphQL throws an INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR as a generic HTTP-error. Please ignore this error and use only our custom error codes.

⚡️ New features

• Added custom error codes and detailed error descriptions. No more guess-work.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Various small bug fixes.

✨ Improvements

• Improved the description of our recently released chargetripEdition field.
• Improved various chargetripEdition field names to be more descriptive.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where via points were not correctly added to the route.

This week the chargetripEdition field has been released. Often car manufacturers don't make a distinction between different versions of the same modal. By using the chargetrip edition we make sure you always have a unique car name.

⚡️ New features

• Added the chargetripEdition field.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed a spelling mistake by renaming recommandedSpeed to recommendedSpeed.
• Fixed the destination type from stationVia to stationFinal when adding a station as final destination.

⚡️ New features

• Added the ability to request alternative stations along an existing route.
• Added the ability to set charge stations as waypoints to an existing route.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Renamed the stationAlong field to stationsAlongRoute.

⚡️ New features

• Added support for selecting different power filters.
• Added support to select all available connectors.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed various spelling mistakes and inconsistencies in our documentation.

⚡️ New features

• Added support for OCPI 2.2. OCPI specifications can be found here. The full specifications can be found here.

Today's release contains an exclusive Eco-Movement Integration. Next to our free Open Charge Map stations, your account can be pre-loaded with over 100.000 highly curated premium charge stations across Europe. Our premium station data includes real-time availability, pricing, and charging history. You no longer need to connect several costly charge station database providers to get European coverage. See Eco-Movement for more details about regional limitations. Contact us for pricing.

⚡️ New features

• Added an exclusive Eco-Movement integration.
• Added support for OCPI 2.1.1

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed various spelling mistakes and inconsistencies in our documentation.
• Fixed missing descriptions for all types that return values with a unit.

⚡️ New features

• Added support for Peugeot e-208 and Seat Mii Electric.
• Added support for the OCPI Tarrif Module. More information about the OCPI 2.1.1 specifications can be found here. The full specifications can be found here.

🐞️ Bug fixes

• Fixed various spelling mistakes and inconsistencies in our documentation.