Android Auto Google Maps plug choice prevents NACS (non-Tesla)

[hack-e]

I have found that in Google Maps outside of Android Auto you can choose your car to be Electric then choose your plug types, including NACS (non-Tesla), which is very useful if you have a NACS adapter:

However, if you use Google Maps from Android Auto, you are not allowed to choose and instead they appear to be pre-selected:

You cannot select or deselect these.

I have told the MME in the Public Charging app not to hide stations that require a NACS adapter. But I guess that info doesn't get passed on to Android Auto.

Anyone know for sure who is at fault: Ford or Google?

Is Google's Android Auto making an assumption about the vehicle or is Ford not passing the this info to Android Auto. I am guessing Ford is at fault. I just want to know who to file a bug report to in order to get it fixed.

It sure would be nice to have this fixed so you can search for all compatible charging stations in Android Auto Google Maps when you own a NACS adapter.

The only workaround is to turn off the Your Plug filter completely but then you get every plug type in the search results and then dig deeper to check compatibility.

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[Mach-Lee]

I assume it's Google's fault, they write the app. You probably had to select the Mach-E as your vehicle type during setup, so they needs to add the NACS adapter to the list of plugs for Mach-E.

 

[hack-e]

The thing is that there is nowhere that you select your vehicle in Android Auto. That makes me think it's the responsibility of each vehicle's software integration engineers for Android Auto to fill out a descriptor for the Android Auto software to know the vehicle's capabilities.

Regardless, it occurs to me that Android Auto could let the user override the selections. There are other settings that the car provides that Android Auto lets you override, such as which side the steering wheel is on. It lets you choose left, right, or car default as well as the day/night mode for Google Maps:

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