“It’s a very important segment. It’s a part of the automotive environment, but electrical vehicles need better information because you have charging range anxiety and want to know how far you can go before you need to charge the car,” he said. “Carmakers are equipping older electric vehicle cars with sophisticated mapping technology to enable this functionality and we see it as an important extension of what we are doing, from guidance for navigation to safety and vehicle management.”
Mapmaking, he said, has evolved significantly in the last few years, with the company now having access to real-time on-road data. This helps it update road signs and other landmarks on a more regular basis, increasing the accuracy of the product.