User Guide

Works out where and how long to charge on a long trip.

1. 1On the Route page, type your start and destination and pick them from the list; add a waypoint if you like.
2. 2Choose your car, then set your starting battery and the battery you want left on arrival.
3. 3Tap Suggest Route: you get the charging stops, the kilometre for each, charging time and battery on arrival.
4. 4Open the route with all its stops in Google Maps, or send it with Share Plan; whoever opens the link sees the same plan on the site or in the app.
5. 5Choose a departure time (now, in 1–3 hours, tomorrow morning); the forecast is taken for that time, and you see the arrival time including charging and the total cost.
6. 6Compare the Fast, Balanced and Fewer Stops modes side by side for the same route: number of stops, total time, arrival percentage and cost.
7. 7Tailor the plan with Avoid Toll Roads and Prefer Stops with Facilities; the plan won't suggest motorway rest areas facing the other way.
8. 8Each stop shows amenities such as toilets, café, restaurant and shop, plus drivers' notes from the last 3 hours.
9. 9Put the stops in your calendar with Add to Calendar; add a route you drive often to Saved Routes, with its settings, using Save Route.

Stops are chosen from DC stations that fit your car's socket; pick your car in My Cars.

Your next charging stop, arrival time and directions in one tap; finished trips in My Trips.

1. 1Tap Start Trip on the Suggest Route result.
2. 2The next-stop card shows its kilometre, charging time and estimated arrival; open your map with Directions and send the arrival time with Arrival ≈ time · Share.
3. 3If the stop was reported full or faulty, switch to the backup; time your charge with I've Started Charging, tap Next Stop when done and End Trip when you arrive.
4. 4My Trips lists finished trips with stops, charging cost and savings versus petrol; PDF report and image sharing.
5. 5With Started Charging, the time left to 80% counts down; in the app you get a notification when it's up, and on iPhone it shows on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island.
6. 6If your battery at a stop differs from the plan, pick its percentage so the rest of the route is recalculated; open the remaining stops in Google Maps in one go.
7. 7As you approach a cold stop, the app reminds you to precondition your battery 25 minutes before arrival.
8. 8At the end of the trip, enter your arrival percentage: your car's measured consumption is updated; add the stops to your log in one tap and share the trip as an image card.

No background location is used; you move through the stops yourself. Trips stay on your device and move with the backup file.

Write your route and your question in your own words; the maths is done with our own route engine.

1. 1Open the Charging Assistant from the menu.
2. 2Type your question: "I'm driving from Izmir to Ankara tomorrow morning, where should I charge?", "Cheapest fast charging in Kadıköy?", "How much is a kWh at ZES?"
3. 3The answer shows stops, time, cost and departure time; go to the route screen with Open Plan, and set off with Start Trip.

Your active car is taken from My Cars; to ask about a different car, include the model in your sentence.

110+ models or your own car; charging time and cost at every station.

1. 1In My Cars tap Add Car; pick from the list or, if it isn't there, enter battery, consumption and sockets with My Own Car.
2. 2Add as many cars as you like with a nickname and plate. Choose the one used in calculations with Set as Active.
3. 3Station pages show the 10–80% charging time and estimated cost for your active car, with your other cars compared below.
4. 4On the map, use the Fits My Car chip to show only points that match your car's socket.
5. 5The list has 470 electric models; your active car is used in the route plan, on station pages and in cost calculations.
6. 6Consumption measured from your trips and battery health calculated from your log appear on your car's card; share them with Battery Report.

Put two of 470 electric models side by side: range, charging time, cost.

1. 1On the Compare Cars page pick two models; just type "mercedes cla" or "id7".
2. 2Range, 10%→80% charging time and cost per 100 km at home and on public DC appear side by side.
3. 3Compare how many stops and how many lira each one takes on the Istanbul–Ankara route.

Sorts fast chargers with known prices from cheapest up.

1. 1On the map, use your location or pick a province.
2. 2Tap Cheapest Fast Charging above the list: with your location, points within 25 km are sorted by price; with a province, the points in that province.

Charging cost, the cheapest time to charge at home and the yearly cost of electric vs petrol.

1. 1On the Prices page pick your car: the cost from 10% to 80% on AC and DC and the cost per 100 km are calculated.
2. 2In the Electric or Petrol? guide, enter yearly km, your home charging share and the petrol price; see the yearly and per-100-km cost side by side.
3. 3In the Cheapest Time to Charge at Home guide, find out whether to plug in now or at night based on your tariff.
4. 4Home electricity is calculated from the EPDK tariff, public charging from the networks' current average.

Each network's rules, current tariffs, the price index and verified offers.

1. 1Tap a network in Charging Networks: number of stations, AC and DC prices and the network card (idle fee, reservations, payment methods, roaming, customer service).
2. 2Follow networks' prices month by month in the EV Charging Price Index and download them as CSV.
3. 3Charging Offers lists bank card and charging network offers: only those verified on the official page, removed automatically when they expire.
4. 4Tariffs are regularly re-checked against the networks' official websites; if a price is wrong, report it from the station page.

Log your charges and see monthly costs and savings versus petrol.

1. 1Tap Charged Here on a station page or Add Charge in the Charging Log; the cost is calculated from kWh and unit price.
2. 2The log shows this month's total, energy, number of charges and average ₺/kWh; you can filter by car.
3. 3The green line shows your savings versus a petrol car; tap it to update the petrol price.
4. 4Export your entries to Excel with CSV, or get a printable Monthly Report for expense claims (it can be saved as PDF too); receipt screenshots you attach are added at the end.
5. 5Add a receipt photo; kWh, amount and date are read on your device. See them all in My Receipts and download each month as a ZIP.
6. 6Search entries by station, network, car or note; with Repeat, add a new entry with the same station and price in one tap. A deleted entry comes back with Undo for a few seconds.
7. 7Set a monthly budget: you're warned at 80% and when you go over; you can give each car its own budget.
8. 8If you enter the charging time, the average power is calculated; share it anonymously if you like, so the speed measured by drivers appears on the station page.
9. 9If the price you paid differs from the listed tariff, a warning appears; report the price difference or prepare a Dispute Summary in one tap.
10. 10See the year's number of charges, kWh, spending and savings in the Yearly Charging Summary; download the accounting pack as one ZIP.

Overcharged, hit with an idle fee or at a station that didn't work: know your rights and complain with evidence.

1. 1Read the EPDK 2026 rules in the Your Charging Rights guide: price display, prohibited extra fees, the 85% rule, 24/7 support.
2. 2Tap the relevant entry in the Charging Log and open the Dispute Summary; the tariff comparison and kWh check are ready.
3. 3Print the summary or save it as PDF; contact the network's customer service first, and EPDK if it isn't resolved.

The closest stations to you, with distance.

1. 1On the map, tap Use My Location.
2. 2The map zooms to you and the list is sorted from nearest to farthest.

Your location is only used when you ask and is never stored.

Search by province, district, network or station name; filter by speed, power and price.

1. 1Type a province, district, charging network (ZES, Trugo…) or station name in the search box at the top.
2. 2Narrow the list and map with the Fast DC, 150+ kW, Known Price, 24/7 and Fits My Car chips.
3. 3After choosing a province, pick a district from the strip; the numbers show the points in each district.

Sockets, power, price, opening hours, directions and problem reports.

1. 1Tap a station on the map or in the list and open its page for details.
2. 2Get directions with Google, Apple or Yandex; the heart adds it to your favourites.
3. 3If something is wrong, tell us with the form at the bottom of the page.
4. 4Connectors card by card: type, power, how many there are and, if live data is available, whether they're free right now; the connector that fits your car stands out.
5. 5See the location with Street View or Satellite View before you set off; if it's right, get directions.
6. 6Where it's located (rest area, shopping centre, fuel station) and nearby toilets, café, restaurant, shop and car park.
7. 7Leave a "How is it now?" note (Busy, Available, Broken, Worked, Not public); answer the access questions. All anonymous.
8. 8If you've charged here, you see your last charge from the log, the ₺/kWh you paid and how the tariff has changed since that day.
9. 9If the location is wrong, mark the real spot on the map; stations with restricted access show a warning at the top of the page.

Expand the map to full screen and, if you like, see your heading and coordinates.

1. 1Use the expand button in the corner of the map for full screen; the same button or Esc exits.
2. 2The compass button shows the direction your phone is facing (e.g. Southwest · 225°) and, with your location, latitude/longitude; a north button appears when the map is rotated.
3. 3Tilt the map with the 3D button: on the site mountains rise up and buildings appear as you zoom in; tap again to return to the flat view.
4. 4Density map at country level, clusters and points as you zoom in; stations that drivers reported available or busy in the last hour are coloured.
5. 5Narrow down the map with AC, DC and amenity (toilet, café, shop…) filters.

On iPhone you need to tap Show Heading once and allow access for the direction.

Turkish, English, German, Russian, Arabic, Persian; dark at night, light by day. Your choice is remembered.

1. 1Pick your language from the menu; the same page opens in that language. Arabic and Persian display right to left.
2. 2Tap the sun/moon button in the corner of the map or the Appearance section in My Cars.

Your cars, log and favourites in one file; phone ↔ website.

1. 1In My Cars tap Download Backup; the file is saved to your device.
2. 2In another browser or in the Şarj Rehberim app, choose the file with Restore from Backup.

The points you use most, in one list.

1. 1Tap the heart on a station.
2. 2See them all on the Favourites tab; on the map, the Favourites chip shows only them.

Home screen widget, trip card on the lock screen; new point and price alerts on Android.

1. 1For iPhone and Android; live on the App Store and Google Play, links in this section.
2. 2The home screen widget shows the nearest and cheapest fast charging without opening the app.
3. 3On Android you get a notification when a new point opens in a province you follow or when the price changes at a favourite station; these alerts aren't available on iPhone yet.
4. 4In trip mode your next charging stop stays in the widget and the notification (a Live Activity on the iPhone lock screen); directions in one tap.
5. 5On iPhone, lock screen widgets and Live Activity, with the next stop in the Dynamic Island; the Car Budget widget shows each car's spending this month.
6. 6Full screen on iPad, Android tablets, foldable phones and Macs with Apple silicon; the car screen on CarPlay and Android Auto.
7. 7Offline trips: when a trip starts, details of the stops and backup stations are saved to your device, so they still open if you lose coverage.

With a backup file you can move your cars and log from the website to the app.

On tablets and Mac too

The app runs full screen on iPad and Android tablets: the map uses the whole width, lists and station pages sit in a comfortable centred column. The same App Store and Google Play link gives you the tablet version. On Macs with Apple silicon (M1 and later) the same app installs from the Mac App Store.

Connect your phone to your car; Şarj Rehberim opens on your car's screen.

1. 1Connect your iPhone to CarPlay or your Android phone to Android Auto; the Şarj Rehberim icon appears on the car's screen.
2. 2Fast chargers around you on the map, nearby chargers and favourites in Find Charging; filters for 150 kW+ and stations that fit your car.
3. 3Tap a station: 10%→80% time and cost for your car; start navigation with Directions, and mark it available or busy with Report.
4. 4In trip mode, the next stop stays on the car screen too. On iPhone, say "Nearest fast charger in Şarj Rehberim" to Siri.

The car screen comes with the app; it isn't on the site. Install the app from the App Store or Google Play.

Charging time, connector types, winter range, AC vs DC, the tourist guide and ready-made route pages.

1. 1Guides covers calculating charging time, connector types, home charging, winter range, long-distance planning, how to use a charging station, AC vs DC and a guide for tourists.
2. 2Intercity Routes has ready-made charging plans, stops and a return-trip note for routes such as Istanbul–Ankara.
3. 3The Türkiye Charging Report has infrastructure figures by province, district and network; province and district pages have an analysis of that place.
4. 4What's New lists every update to the site and app, with dates.

Fleet report, car rental kit, adding a map to your website and getting a charger installed.

1. 1Fleet Charging Report: combine your drivers' log CSVs into one report; monthly cost, kWh and network split by driver and car, as PDF and CSV.
2. 2For Car Rental Companies: A4 counter and in-car posters in 6 languages; the QR code takes your customer to the charging guide in their language.
3. 3Embed on Your Site: place the charging map or a station list on your own website.
4. 4Install a Charger: send a request to have a charging station installed at your home, residential complex, hotel or business.

Your cars, log and favourites stay only on your device.

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