Electric vehicle

EV_BATTERY_LEVEL

What it is

Battery level for EV or hybrid vehicle

Returns the current battery level, if EV or hybrid. This value will not exceed EV_CURRENT_BATTERY_CAPACITY. To calculate the battery percentage, use: (EV_BATTERY_LEVEL/EV_CURRENT_BATTERY_CAPACITY)*100.

How the ID is built

A property ID is a 32-bit value packing four fields. Reading 0x11600309 apart:

Field	Mask	Value	Means
Group	0xf0000000	0x10000000	SYSTEM
Area	0x0f000000	0x01000000	GLOBAL
Type	0x00ff0000	0x00600000	FLOAT
Ordinal	0x0000ffff	0x00000309	0x309

Reading it from an app

CarPropertyManager mgr = (CarPropertyManager)
        car.getCarManager(Car.PROPERTY_SERVICE);

mgr.registerCallback(callback,
        VehiclePropertyIds.EV_BATTERY_LEVEL,
        CarPropertyManager.SENSOR_RATE_ONCHANGE);

This property is read-only — writes are rejected. It changes continuously, so subscribe at a sample rate rather than polling.