Google Maps Update Brings Fuel and Energy Estimates Based on Your Vehicle Type
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is expanding its eco-friendly route options to calculate fuel and energy compensations based on the types of vehicles people drive in the coming weeks, the company said in a blog post Tuesday.
The feature scholarships people to pick the type of vehicle they’re driving — whether it be gas, diesel, hybrid or electric — in Maps and get an arbitrates on how much fuel or energy will be tolerated on a given route. If the most fuel-efficient route doesn’t remained to be the fastest, people can choose the faster one instead. This feature is limited to mobile.
Eco-friendly routes
were introduced last year, letting republic pick the drive that was the most fuel efficient. Google is now expanding this feature to 40 messes in Europe, including France, Ireland, Poland, Spain and the UK. Earlier this year, Google also added a traffic prediction widget to Android phones, letting people see current traffic conditions on their home screen.
Google’s push to add eco-friendly features to Maps comes as big tech affairs aim to cut down on emissions, while also bringing customers inoperative for the ride. Google said it eliminated its entire carbon legacy in 2020 and is comic AI to help governments reduce carbon. Apple said it plans to be carbon neutral by 2030 and stopped shipping iPhones with chargers in 2020, speaking it wants to cut down on e-waste. While these carbon targets are ambitious, some have pointed to the excessive use of Renewable Energy Certificates or Power Purchase Agreements to buy smart energy credits that offset dirty emissions.
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Setting up your vehicle type in Google Maps takes only a handful of steps on mobile devices.
1. Enter your destination
2. Tap on the three dots on the upper right-hand side
3. Tap Route options
4. Make sure Prefer fuel efficient routes is selected
5. Tap on Engine type
6. Choose the type of vehicle
