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This is the explanation I needed! Thank you :)

When the car is not plugged in, the heatpump runs from the power provided by the battery. When it is plugged in, is the heatpump somehow powered by the electricity coming in (bypassing the power typically supplied by the battery)? I can only envision that the heatpump has wiring that provides...

It't not about the cost of the electricity. I was told that if it is plugged in, the car and battery are warming from the power coming in, not from the battery, thereby reducing the usage of the battery and increasing the life of the battery....... This explanation did not make sense to me and...

Excellent - I appreciate your insights. I live in VT and it is often below 32F. I also live at the top of a mountain and going down without preconditioning results in a lot of braking if things are not preconditioned - so I try to precondition a lot in the winter. I am mostly trying to...

Since I first posted this a long time ago, it seems to have gotten better. I think it was glitchy, but is getting better.

Oh. That's really cool to know. Thanks (a lot) !

Hello - I am wondering if I should be preheating the battery before driving with it plugged in, or not. I recognize that preheating without being plugged in reduces the battery charge, but if I am doing so while plugged in at certain times of the day, the electricity charge is higher. I also...

I have an issue where the car continues to "heat up" despite the fact that I have turned the pre-conditioning off. Ex. Thursday I set the car to pre-condition by 9am. When I left that day - I turned the preconditioning toggle off. Friday, Saturday and now Sunday, the car has continued to...