EV route planning
Routes for electric driving.
Distance, drive duration, charge duration, charge-stop count, energy, cost in TRY, arrival SoC, traffic, weather, elevation, and route rationale.
Feature system
Navigation, charging, vehicle state, safety, and AI in one app.
Orontes Drive is an iOS-first EV navigation platform for Turkey. It is not a generic maps clone and not only a Tesla remote app. It sits where route planning, charging decisions, vehicle awareness, road-safety context, and Ghost AI meet.
Main pillars
Thirteen product layers, one driving surface.
Charging intelligence
Stops with a reason.
Station name, network, plug types, power, arrival and target SoC, price, estimated cost, availability hints, amenities, feedback, and route alignment.
Map-first navigation
The map stays authoritative.
Orontes keeps EV route and charging logic central while overlaying Apple route notices, ETA, toll, highway, lane, and road-name context.
Hybrid search
Places and chargers are searched differently.
Apple local search, backend ranking, fallback, local charger cache, route/map seeding, Turkey-wide catalog warmup, and Home/Work shortcuts.
Ghost AI
An action-capable copilot.
Route planning, route changes, charger swaps, Tesla commands, favorites, notifications, report submission, app actions, confirmation, and disambiguation.
Tesla connection
Secure linked-vehicle context.
OAuth with PKCE, identity, offline access, vehicle data, location, command, and charging scopes, plus VIN-decoded specifications and vehicle switching.
Live vehicle intelligence
Source-aware telemetry.
Battery, range, speed, charge state, temperatures, odometer, tire pressure, freshness, source quality, OBD-primary behavior, and Tesla fallback.
Bluetooth OBD
Premium live-state quality.
Real Bluetooth OBD source, mapped and unmapped stream inspector, validated push-enhapi subscription flow, and richer live driving values.
Road safety
Radar and section-control awareness.
6,441 normalized Turkey radar records, including fixed cameras, section-control cameras, traffic-light cameras, mobile cameras, and 516 corridors.
Trip replay
Trips are recoverable artifacts.
Route snapshots, location samples, telemetry frames, weather frames, navigation state, backend context, in-app replay, GPX, and .testrip.json export.
Live Activities
Glanceable trip status.
Route name, next instruction, lane hint, reroute state, battery, ETA, delay delta, remaining distance, and overlay banners for radar, charging, assistant, connectivity, and safety.
Personalization
Memory for how you drive.
Home and Work, favorite routes, preferred charging stops, saved route IDs, trip blacklists, favorite stations and networks, station reactions, and voice shortcuts.
CarPlay architecture
Expanded driving surfaces under validation.
The native source tree includes main, dashboard, and instrument-cluster CarPlay scene support with trip preview, navigation sessions, route alternatives, travel-estimate updates, lane guidance, reroute alerts, and synchronized map settings. Public launch language stays careful until entitlement and release validation are cleared.
Detailed inventory
The dense capability list, translated into product language.
Route and trip planning
EV-aware routes, fastest/fewest-stops/min-energy alternatives, projected arrival SoC, charging sequence, drive and charge duration separation, TRY cost, traffic, weather, elevation, corridor character, final approach, charger swaps, Home/Work, and favorite routes.
Charging and charger control
Charger search, station favorites, favorite networks, trip/day/permanent hides, brand blacklists, crowd reports for broken, slow, and too-busy chargers, route-aligned selection, availability hints, plug compatibility, max DC power ranking, and charging-station reachability layers distinct from the personal range map.
Navigation and road context
Turn-by-turn guidance, road and intersection names, lane guidance, speed limits, active section control, next charging stop context, destination SoC, reroute suggestions, and Apple route overlay context.
Ghost and assistant actions
Voice route questions, route changes, charger swaps, route disambiguation, confirmation flows, favorite management, notification toggles, crowd reports, Tesla command execution, native app actions, voice shortcuts, gaze, gesture, and visual assistant states.
Tesla and vehicle intelligence
Tesla OAuth, linked inventory, active vehicle switching, VIN decoding, vehicle specifications, profile inference, Tesla telemetry fallback, Bluetooth OBD priority, feed-state indicators, and command dispatch without routine wake-up abuse.
Trip memory and export
Trip history, completed summaries, replayable captures, GPX export, .testrip.json debug capture export, recorded telemetry playback, recorded weather playback, and support-friendly portable artifacts.
Notifications and glanceability
Charging complete, radar approach, route deviation, trip summary notifications, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island Live Activities, ETA, battery, reroute state, and overlay banners.
Native app architecture
iOS-first, Swift 6.2+, iOS 26+ target contract, MV-first SwiftUI, local-first SwiftData, MapKit, ActivityKit, WidgetKit, AVFoundation, speech/audio coordination, SceneKit Ghost presentation, and TR/EN localization direction.
Backend services
Identity, routing, vehicle, radar, assistant, trip, notification, charger, profile, and incident services, supported by Photon, Valhalla, OSRM legacy/bootstrap paths, Postgres, Redis, and NATS.
Roadmap direction
Where the platform can deepen next.
These themes are intentionally framed as roadmap-aligned expansion, not launch promises.
Deeper battery analytics and battery health modeling.
Richer climate control surfaces and vehicle automation alerts.
Drive, charge, and idle analytics for more complete ownership context.
Profiler-style telemetry dashboards and broader premium connected-vehicle layers.
FAQ
Answers for the questions Orontes should handle clearly.
What is Orontes Drive?
Orontes Drive is an iOS-first EV navigation app built for Turkey. It combines route planning, charging-stop intelligence, Tesla connection, Ghost AI assistance, road-safety context, and trip-aware driving tools.
Is Orontes Drive only for Tesla drivers?
No. Tesla is a deep integration layer, but Orontes Drive is positioned as an EV navigation platform first, with route planning, charging intelligence, favorites, safety context, trip history, and assistant workflows beyond Tesla alone.
What is different from a normal map app?
A normal map app is usually optimized for fastest arrival. Orontes Drive is optimized for electric driving, which means battery, charging stops, projected arrival SoC, charger quality, route conditions, and vehicle-aware context matter.
Does it automatically plan charging stops?
Yes. The product models charging-stop selection with stop sequence, route fit, target SoC, estimated duration, availability hints, and charger-specific rationale.
Can it show projected arrival battery?
Yes. Projected arrival SoC is part of the route model and active navigation context.
What is Ghost?
Ghost is the app's AI copilot for route-aware conversation and action flow, including trip questions, route changes, charging-stop swaps, Tesla-related commands, shortcut handling, and selected in-app actions.
What makes Ghost different from a generic chatbot?
Ghost is grounded in trip, vehicle, charging, radar, road-safety, navigation, memory, and app state. It is designed to be concise, relevant, and useful while driving.
Can Ghost change routes or swap chargers?
Yes. The assistant tool layer supports route planning, route changes, and charging-stop swaps with confirmation and disambiguation where needed.
Can Ghost control app surfaces?
Yes. It can trigger native in-app actions such as opening first-party sheets, recentering the map, cycling map style, and opening known radar or station detail surfaces.
Does Orontes support Tesla account linking?
Yes. Tesla account linking uses a secure OAuth flow with PKCE, and linked vehicles can be surfaced inside the app.
What does Tesla connection unlock?
It helps Orontes Drive understand linked vehicles, improve route and vehicle context, surface inventory, support in-app commands, and align profile inference with Tesla-specific vehicle information.
Does it support live vehicle telemetry?
Yes. The product includes source-aware telemetry handling with Tesla and Bluetooth OBD feed states.
Why is Bluetooth OBD important?
Bluetooth OBD can deliver deeper live-state fidelity than cloud-only polling, and Orontes treats OBD as the preferred live feed when available and valid.
What charging intelligence is included?
Charger-aware search, route-side and detour-aware stop selection, station preferences, blacklists, issue reports, availability hints, power context, and cost-aware trip logic.
Does it include road-safety features?
Yes. Radar and section-control intelligence are part of the product, including thousands of normalized Turkey radar-related records across enforcement types.
Can I save regular places?
Yes. Home and Work are modeled as first-class favorite places, alongside favorite routes, favorite stations, favorite networks, and voice shortcuts.
Can I replay trips later?
Yes. Completed trips can be replayed in-app, exported as GPX, and exported as .testrip.json debug captures.
Does Orontes support Live Activities?
Yes. The native app includes Live Activity surfaces for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with trip-relevant context such as instructions, ETA, battery, reroute state, and overlays.
Does Orontes support CarPlay?
The native source includes substantial CarPlay architecture, including main, dashboard, and instrument-cluster scene support. Public language should frame it as internal/native capability under validation until release gates clear.
Is Orontes built for Turkey specifically?
Yes. Turkey-first direction appears across route/search architecture, radar data strategy, and overall product positioning.
Next step
Bring the feature system into your first routes.
Join early access and tell us which parts matter most: charging stops, Tesla connection, Ghost, radar awareness, trip replay, or all of the above.