Introducing eCarApp for the iPhone

The eCarApp has arrived to give the average daily commuter the confidence and assurance that electric vehicles will provide them with the range and comfort that meets their unique driving needs.

Today, automobile makers are rolling out thousands of cars powered by advanced state of the art batteries. The number of electric powered cars will rise to nearly a million in just the next couple of years.

Taking the first steps in making a dramatic change can be difficult. However, switching to an electric car is easy when you know exactly how you and your new EV will behave in your everyday life. Enjoy using eCarApp to compare your driving experiences with different models from Nissan, Chevrolet, Renault, BYD, Coda, Tesla, Toyota, Porsche and many more.

After each trip in your gasoline powered car, share your electric vehicle's trip simulation with others in the eCarApp community. Let your information help accelerate the adoption of electric cars, charging stands and battery swap stations in your city, state and nation.

Trip Details

eCarApp provides a detailed trip summary view for the current trip being recorded.

The user provides a trip name to identify the trip for display later in the trip log. After that all that is needed to record the trip is to tap on the green Start Trip button.

Whenever the user stops along the way or when the final destination is reached, the user can view a summary of the trip including the current power level of the battery.

Whenever the car is parked, eCarApp indicates that the car is charging to simulate the amount of energy that could be replaced in the battery while the car was plugged in to a 'virtual' charger.

Once you are back on the road, eCarApp automatically stops 'virtually' charging the EV's battery and indicates the new Battery level and the total time the EV was charged during the trip.

The Cars

eCarApp simulates the driving experience of dozens of Plug-In Electric Vehicles (PEV) and Plug-In Hybrid vehicles (PHEV).

As of July 2011, 7 automobile manufacturers are delivering PEVs at various price points. On the high end, Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive are delivering cars against a 1 year wait list. Mid-range all electric vehicles are being delivered from pre-orders totaling 10,000 vehicles from Nissan, Renault and Coda. On the low end, Wheego and Think are delivering all electric city cars as confirmed orders are individually placed.

eCarApp contains specifications for each make and model being delivered to customers today. In addition, eCarApp has specifications all makes and models of PEVs and PHEVs that have been announced for production in the near feature. This large list of cars allows the user of eCarApp to realize the range potential of cars that will start hitting the showrooms within the next year or two. When their favorite make and model that meets their driving needs arrive, drivers will be ready to buy without hesitation.

The Trip Log

eCarApp records your trip as you drive as if you were driving the electric car that you have selected.

When you have reached your destination be sure to add your trip to your own Trip Log and to share your simulated EV driving experience with the eCarApp community.

Details of your destination and your stopping points along the way will provide valuable information for the installation of public and commercial charging spots or battery swap stations in your area.

Please add your daily trips to your Trip Log so the eCarApp community can grow with your shared driving experiences.

You are in control of all shared data regarding your simulated EV trips. Share as often or as little as you want.

The more EV driving experiences that are shared the faster electric vehicle adoption will take place and the faster we rid ourselves of the over dependency on petroleum to fuel our transportation needs.

The Route Map

The eCarApp traces your EV driving experiences onto a map view as you travel in real-time. The route taken is shown as a color coded trace in either green, purple or red. The colors indicate the battery level for the particular car chosen for your trip.

A map maker is dropped along the route for every mile traveled which can later be selected to display the actual battery level at that specific point.

eCarApp Settings

eCarApp allows the user to customize a number of settings to make the app suitable to the driver's local and viewing desires.

The user can choose to have information displayed in English units or Metric units.

Map markers can be made visible or hidden to make the map view more readable.

The user can hide location information from the eCarApp community while still sharing battery usage, trip distances and battery capacity information.

The map view can be made smaller or larger depending on level of detail the user would like to see and based on the length of the overall trip.

All these setting help provide the user with the most readable trip information and best map view possible for the current trip in progress.