A new eco-friendly navigation service has emerged that predicts slopes to reduce battery consumption.

Tmap Mobility has launched a ‘Battery Efficient Route Guidance’ service specifically for electric vehicle users. This is the first time a comprehensive mobility platform provides low-carbon routes.

The battery-efficient routes are based on Tmap Mobility’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) map, recommending paths that consume less battery by considering the slope of the road along with the previously provided traffic information and travel distance. Users can now choose the battery-efficient route in addition to options such as Tmap recommendations, prioritizing toll-free roads, minimum time, shortest distance, highway priority, motorcycle access, and child safety routes.

Users can activate the battery-efficient route guidance feature by setting it to ‘ON’ in the lab menu within the TMAP home screen. It is available only if the vehicle profile settings are configured to indicate the representative vehicle as ‘electric’ and ‘small car/passenger car.’ Currently, the service is targeted at regular electric passenger cars, but it is expected to expand to internal combustion engine vehicles in the future.

Tmap Mobility has developed a battery consumption prediction model for this service. By analyzing road inclines such as uphill and downhill, it identifies patterns across national roads and applies artificial intelligence technology to predict battery consumption for each road. In addition to considering roads with high battery efficiency in the existing TMAP navigation algorithm, it delivers optimal routes that users find acceptable by factoring in multiple variables such as distance, time, and fees.

Choi In-jun, the leader of the map content team at Tmap Mobility, emphasized, “The battery-efficient route guidance is a new feature developed to meet the needs of users who prioritize battery fuel consumption. We aim to evolve into an eco-friendly mobility platform in line with the carbon neutrality era.”

Lee Sang-jin daedusj@autodiary.kr