Daimler claims its new EQ Ready app will help motorists decide whether it makes sense for them to switch to an electric car or hybrid.
The smartphone app can record real journeys made by the user, analyse his or her everyday mobility behaviour and compare it with numerous parameters of electric and hybrid vehicles. This makes it possible to try out e-mobility in a virtual yet realistic way, the automaker said.
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The app (of course) also recommends which alternatively powered model from the Smart or Mercedes-Benz ranges best matches the user’s individual behaviour.
The new app will go online for the Frankfurt show where it will be demonstrated.
Mercedes-Benz customers and members of Daimler’s management board let their usage behaviour be examined for e-suitability.
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“The general conclusion is that electric cars and hybrids in e-mode are much more suitable for everyday use than most people believe. Following their personal reality check with our app, even sceptics discover that an electric car or hybrid would satisfy their mobility needs,” said Wilko Stark, head of Daimler & Mercedes-Benz Cars strategy and head of CASE.
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By GlobalDataThe EQ Ready app can already be downloaded free of charge for iOS and Android in German and English. It is initially available for Germany; further countries and features are planned. The smartphone records the journeys made by the user in their car (of any make). This generates a realistic usage profile that is significantly more meaningful than a once only test drive.
Users log in to their Mercedes me account and enable the tracking feature in the app. This records speed, acceleration plus stops or longer breaks, as well as ambient parameters such as temperature and altitude profile. This makes it possible to calculate the range and energy consumption.
Users can also manually enter potential charging stations, such as at home or at their place of work. In future, the app will be extended to include publicly available charging stations.
The personal mobility behaviour determined in this way is transmitted by wifi or mobile data to the Mercedes me server, where the relevant parameters of Mercedes-Benz and Smart electric cars and hybrids are stored. Also in the case of a hybrid, the evaluation of mobility behaviour focuses exclusively on all electric mode.
Developed by Mercedes-Benz, the software model for the app uses vehicle-specific data such as energy consumption, range, cd value, weight and rolling friction coefficient. The vehicle efficiencies derived were evaluated in road tests. The result was a very high agreement between simulations and real values, Daimler said.
Based on the reference vehicle selected by the user, their personal values for range and energy consumption are determined and their mobility behaviour evaluated.
The user can disable the tracking feature at any time. It also regularly reminds the user data is being recorded.
The EQ Ready app is another CASE project and was developed in cooperation with “Digital House”. In a structure inspired by start-ups, the project quickly proceeded from idea to in-house incubator through to realisation. CASE summarises the strategic orientation at Mercedes-Benz Cars, bundling the following future topics into a single unit: connectivity (Connected), autonomous driving (Autonomous), flexible use (Shared & Services) and electric drive systems (Electric). The four CASE fields are an integral part of the corporate strategy of Daimler AG. The aim is to shape intuitive mobility for our customers through intelligent dovetailing of the CASE topics.
EQ is Daimler’s new electric mobility brand. Its first series-produced model, the EQC, is set to be produced at Bremen from 2019.
