RangeFit Privacy Policy

Welcome to RangeFit. We’re here to help you figure out if that shiny new EV can handle your commute, your grocery runs, and that one road trip you’ve been planning since 2019.

Most privacy policies are written by robots for robots. This one is written by humans and a robot because we value your trust as much as you value a full battery, and robots can be kind, too.

1. The Short Version (TL;DR)

We care about your driving patterns, not your identity. We don't sell your data, we don't follow you home (literally or digitally), and we only collect what’s necessary to make the math work.

2. What You Tell Us vs. What We Keep

To give you an accurate "RangeFit," you tell us things like:

  • Where you live and where you’re going (Routing)
  • How much you pay for power and petrol (Costs), and
  • How often you actually drive (Patterns)

The catch? We don't store this in a "Secret Book of User Secrets." This data is used to run the analytics you see on your screen. Once you close the tab, we’re not hanging onto your specific route to the local sourdough bakery (but make sure to tell us about the good ones you find; we love great bread).

You can choose to share your report with friends, family, butchers, bakers, candlestick makers (anyone, really), and they may see your routes and information, but not us.

Tip: If you're thinking of sharing, you might want to set addresses and destinations as cities and suburbs, as opposed to actual addresses. That way folks you're sharing with don't know exactly where you live.

3. Analytics: The "How Are We Doing?" Data

We do use basic web analytics to see how many people are using the tool and which car models are getting the most love. This data is anonymised. We see that someone in Sydney tested their routes using a Hyundai IONIQ 6 or a Chery Tiggo8; we don’t know it was you. We don't even know who you are.

4. Our Open-Source Friends

To make the magic happen, we use:

  • OpenStreetMap and OSRM for addresses and routing.
  • Manufacturer Data: We load car specs and sometimes link to their pages. We're working to make it automated, but right now, there's a human entering small amounts of details while you're sleeping.

Note: If you click a link to a manufacturer's site or your energy retailer, you’re entering their neighbourhood. Their privacy rules apply there, not ours.

5. Results are estimates

RangeFit is a high-tech crystal ball, but it’s still a bit of a crystal ball. Weather, lead feet, heavy boot loads, and hills happen. We're applying maths with guesstimation to work out routing, but your use case will vary.

This is a bit of a guide to help you make sense of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids when you've come from a world of petrol.

Always confirm the final details with your car manufacturer and energy provider before signing on the dotted line.

6. Who is Behind This?

RangeFit was created by Leigh D. Stark, the award-winning journalist behind pickr.com.au. If you’ve read Pickr, you know Leigh is obsessed with facts and hates fluff. That same philosophy drives this tool. He built this because he was researching EVs and PHEVs, and getting lost in ranges and other bits and bobs.

He's found writing and making tools helps him understand topics better, so he built a tool made for Australians to work out how an electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) could relate to them and their regular drives.

7. Changes to This Policy

If we add a cool new feature—like a "Should I buy an electric unicycle?" calculator, we might update this policy. Check back whenever you're car shopping.

Last Updated: March 2026

Because even privacy policies need a recharge every now and then.