Get EV metadata with the HERE EV Profiles API

The HERE EV-Profiles API provides comprehensive specifications for electric vehicles from manufacturers worldwide. To use EV profiles in your tour planning solutions, you need to retrieve vehicle metadata through a hierarchical discovery process: start by selecting a manufacturer, then find the specific model, and finally obtain the variant details including the profileId needed for routing calculations.

The following mini-guide walks you through the four-step process to discover EV specifications and then apply them in the HERE Tour Planning API:

Step 1: Browse available manufacturers

Retrieve all available vehicle manufacturers.

Step 2: List models by make

Get all models for a specific manufacturer.

Step 3: Obtain variants by make and model

Get all variants for a specific make and model combination, including the crucial profileId.

Step 4: Apply the profile ID in HERE Tour Planning API requests

Use the obtained profileId to calculate precise energy usage throughout EV tours.