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Choose your vehicle
Select the vehicle profile that best matches your Ford EV so EVDataBot can apply the right pack capacity and baseline thresholds.
Set up EVDataBot and make the most of your vehicle data.
This guide covers the essentials for getting connected, understanding the app’s main areas, and using EVDataBot safely and effectively with a compatible Ford EV and OBDLink adapter.
Quick Start
Initial setup
The first-run flow is designed to get you connected quickly while still giving you control over adapter type, permissions, and vehicle profile selection.
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Select your adapter
Pick OBDLink CX for Bluetooth Low Energy or OBDLink MX+ for Classic Bluetooth. If you use MX+, pair it in iOS Bluetooth settings first.
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Grant key permissions
Location access enables trip routes and distance calculations. Notifications enable charging, battery, and summary alerts.
Connecting to your vehicle
- Plug your supported OBDLink adapter into the vehicle’s OBD-II port.
- Open EVDataBot and confirm the selected adapter type in Settings if needed.
- Wait for the app to establish a connection and begin reading telemetry.
- For BLE adapters, reconnection is designed to feel automatic once the adapter is known.
If the app does not connect, verify adapter power, Bluetooth availability, and that the selected adapter type matches your hardware.
Use EVDataBot as a companion, not a primary instrument
Always rely on the vehicle’s built-in dashboard and alerts for critical driving information. EVDataBot is best used for enhanced visibility, not as a replacement for native instrumentation.
Core Areas
What you can do in the app
EVDataBot combines live diagnostics with historical analysis, so the main features tend to reinforce one another.
Live dashboard
Monitor SOC, voltage, current, temperatures, low-voltage battery condition, tire pressure, and other telemetry while connected. The preconditioning advisor alerts you when battery temperature may affect DC fast charging performance.
Trips history
Review recorded drives with route maps, distance, efficiency, elevation changes, and weather context. Filter by time period, tags, or towing status to compare efficiency across different driving conditions.
Towing mode
Toggle towing mode before or during a trip to flag it as a towing trip. Towing trips are tracked separately so you can compare towing vs. non-towing efficiency (mi/kWh). You can also retroactively mark past trips as towing from the trip history context menu.
Efficiency goals and achievements
Set a target efficiency (mi/kWh) and track your streak of trips that meet it. Earn achievement badges for driving milestones like total miles, efficiency streaks, and trip counts. Review your progress in the weekly digest.
"Will I Make It?" range check
Enter a destination to see whether your current state of charge can get you there. The estimate uses your real driving efficiency history rather than manufacturer range estimates.
Saved locations and smart tagging
Save locations like home and work so trips are automatically tagged when they start or end near those places. Bookmark frequently driven routes to track efficiency over the same path. Trips can also be tagged manually or by route fingerprint.
Charging analysis
Inspect charging sessions, view charging power trends, and estimate time-to-full with richer historical context. Smart charging reminders learn your habits and notify you when your vehicle may need a charge.
Battery health
Use health and degradation views to spot long-term trends and monitor pack behavior over time. Configurable alert thresholds notify you about low-voltage battery warnings, cell voltage variance, and other conditions.
HomeKit integration
Connect EVDataBot to Apple HomeKit to trigger scenes automatically when you arrive home, depart, or finish charging. For example, turn on your garage lights on arrival or adjust your thermostat on departure.
Reports and exports
Export trip history as CSV (including towing status) and generate richer PDF reports when advanced reporting features are enabled.
Vehicle profiles
Support for multiple vehicle profiles with profile-specific battery capacity, PID configurations, and thresholds. Switch between vehicles to keep data organized and accurate.
Apple ecosystem features
Use widgets, Live Activities, Siri shortcuts, CarPlay, and Apple Watch extensions to surface the right data in the right place. Customize your app theme with light, dark, or system appearance.
Troubleshooting
Common issues and fixes
Most issues come down to adapter selection, permissions, or compatibility assumptions.
No connection
Confirm the adapter is powered, Bluetooth is enabled, and EVDataBot is set to the correct adapter type. For MX+, confirm iOS pairing first.
No trip route data
Check that location permission is enabled and that the app has the level of access needed for route tracking.
Incomplete data fields
Make sure your vehicle profile is supported. Some telemetry depends on profile-specific PIDs and may vary by vehicle.
Towing mode not reflected on a past trip
You can retroactively mark any trip as towing from the trip history. Long-press the trip and select "Mark as Towing" from the context menu.
HomeKit scenes not triggering
Verify that your HomeKit home and scenes are configured in the Apple Home app. In EVDataBot settings, make sure the arrival, departure, or charging-complete scenes are assigned.
Efficiency goal not tracking
Efficiency goals require trips with valid distance and energy data. Very short trips or trips with incomplete OBD data may not count toward your streak.