Google Maps Introduces New Transit, EV Features

New fea­tures on Google Maps will eas­i­er to find elec­tric car charg­ing sta­tions and tran­sit infor­ma­tion, Chris Smith in BGR.

As Smith explains, Google Maps will start includ­ing tran­sit options by default along direc­tions in some . “If you pre­fer pub­lic tran­sit over oth­er alter­na­tives, you’ll also love anoth­er fea­ture Google just launched for Google . You can search­es along the lines of ‘Boston to ,’ and you’ll get sched­ules and tick­et prices, com­plete with links to the rel­e­vant book­ing options. The fea­ture will also sup­port search­es for bus­es.”

For elec­tric car dri­vers, Google Maps will col­lect user-gen­er­at­ed data to find the near­est EV charg­ing loca­tions, and, in some cas­es, real-time port avail­abil­i­ty.

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