I still plan manually as no EV route planner works. Apparently Google are introducing an option.
The French now require Google to show the shortest route by default in an attempt to lower emissions etc. and apparenty it will be rolled out across the maps platform soon for all countries (although I'm not sure that it actually works yet even here though!). There is the ability to show EV chargers on route with Google already, but it's currently really clunky and the option is hidden pretty well in both the desktop and mobile apps - this lack of EV planning surprises me when one considers that Google is the standard mapping choice for some OEM infotainment systems such as Polestar via their Android Automotive OS and thus already has the capability to plan stops etc.
In our Luxury/Trophy Connect version there is the option to plan a route in the iSmart app and send it to the car - I couldn't get this to work at all; it planned the route fine in the app and transferred it to the car, but all I got was a message in the car saying your planned journey will start soon, but could not find how to initiate the plan in the sat nav anywhere - I probably missed something and need to spend more time investigating this, but didn't have the time or inclination when I tried it last.
I used ABRP Premium via a free code for 14 days use (just Google ABRP trial code, there are heaps out there) to plan and navigate my trip from Bordeaux to Barcelona and back last week. What I found was that it's pretty pessimistic with it's calculations despite using the live weather and traffic options as well as specifing the ZS LR as the vehicle I was using, and I could constantly get 15-20% better consumption than ABRP had planned without adjusting my normal driving style (meaning that I skipped a couple of planned charging stops); I'm not sure if ABRP's planning would improve if it was connected directly to the car via an OBDII dongle, but as I don't have one I couldn't test that.
ABRP does provide a pretty good first pass when planning though, especially on the web version at home, so that you can tell roughly how long the journey will take including stops. There is also a lot that can be configured such as SOC leaving and arriving, departure date/time etc. which all makes for differing calculations, none of which can be done in Google. The map when displayed on the car screen is OK, but it doesn't zoom in at junctions in the same way as Google and many others do, so it can be a little harder to follow in complex or unfamiliar situations. However, what annoyed me the most is that I couldn't find the way to stop the Bluetooth connection between ABRP and my watch (didn't even know that was a thing until I started driving!) and it buzzed my watch 3 times for every turn; it was infuriating and lead to me just turning my watch off for the journey - first-world problems I know!
What I do think is a really good option though is that you can plan on ABRP then export the route to Google/Waze/HERE or even What3Words via the 'share to map' option, then use your favourite app to navigate which works pretty well - my version is still in the Premium free trial period, but I assume this export function works even on the free version, which would be pretty useful.
