Show HN: I hacked together an app that lets you charge anywhere in the US
Hi HN,
Long time reader, first time poster. The EV charging infrastructure in the US is quite a mess (unlike the EU), where we have very few roaming options and the apps suck to use. Have been spending the past year building a native Swift app which lets you charge with over 7 networks, and it's really easy to use. I've seen a lot of threads on HN on this topic so thought I'd share it here :)
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/porta-charge/id6449201933
Sorry that it's not on Android yet... I made a web app for the time being, which lets you start a charge from our web app on mobile, but the MapKit JS library from Apple is very meh / slow and in the process of switching it out... https://portacharging.com Any feedback is super appreciated! Thank you I do not want to dissuade you, but keep in mind: https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24312002/ev-plug-and-char... Thank you for sharing, I'm familiar with ISO 15118 but did not hear about that initiative with the OEMs / JOET, that's a step in the right direction... I'm skeptical however, a vast majority of the existing L2 and DCFC chargers in the US are not compatible with ISO 15118 so you'd need to replace all of those (150k+) chargers since you need both the firmware of the charger and the vehicle to implement that standard, it's super complex