TomTom has expanded its E-Mobility Suite with Electric Vehicle Management, a self-service platform designed to help automakers integrate new electric vehicle variants into navigation, range calculation and charging planning within minutes rather than months.
The Dutch navigation technology company said the platform allows manufacturers to register vehicle variants using basic specifications, including battery capacity, charging connectors, dimensions and weight. Each vehicle then receives a digital identity that can be used across TomTom’s services.
The shared data foundation is intended to reduce the need to integrate the same vehicle separately across different applications. Automakers can use the information for in-car infotainment systems, companion apps and web-based services.
Vehicle Data and Range Prediction
Following registration, TomTom’s AI-powered energy consumption model combines physical calculations with real-world driving data to generate vehicle-specific estimates for driving range and charging requirements. The company expects the predictions to improve as more data becomes available.
TomTom is also expanding its charging search and route-planning capabilities. Its EV search function covers more than 2.3 million charging connectors across 117 countries, providing information on charging power, opening hours, current availability and expected utilisation when a driver arrives.
The system also includes reliability ratings intended to help drivers identify charging points that may be unavailable.
With EV routing, the platform selects suitable charging stops along a journey and can recalculate the route if a driver changes or skips a planned stop. Journeys prepared in a companion app can also be synchronised with the vehicle’s navigation system.
Existing Automaker Partnerships
TomTom has previously worked with automakers on electric vehicle navigation. In 2024, the company and Volkswagen software subsidiary Cariad presented an optimised navigation solution for electric cars. The system accounts for factors including driving range, traffic conditions, driving style and charging station availability, with the initial rollout planned for Audi.
Leo Sei, SVP Product, UX & Marketing at TomTom, said the platform is intended to shorten integration times while improving the information available to electric vehicle drivers.
“In today’s EV market, carmakers need to be able to launch fast while getting the driver experience right,”
Sei said.
“Carmakers know their vehicles, and we know how those vehicles use energy on the road. With Electric Vehicle Management, automakers can onboard new EV variants in a fraction of the time previously required and connect them immediately to our complete EV suite. The result is faster deployment, more accurate range guidance and a better EV experience for drivers.”
API Integration and Availability
TomTom said its services currently support more than six million electric vehicles worldwide. The new features can be integrated through application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs), or accessed through TomTom’s own navigation solutions.
Electric Vehicle Management is available through the company’s MyTomTom system. The platform is aimed at automakers seeking to streamline the deployment of EV navigation services as their model ranges and vehicle configurations expand.