Are people keeping the heater on while charging?

[iggy33]

Sorry if this is posted somewhere, but I am a new owner. Now that the weather is getting colder where I live, I am wondering if people just keep their heater's on when charging. I typically charge the car at night. Is there an issue with just keeping the heater on all night while charging? Any suggestions/concerns?

 

[wayner]

It might be a bit of a waste - you could turn it on a few minutes before you leave. One other thing to consider in the winter is to charge your car just before you leave in the morning. This will heat up the battery which will minimize regen limits that can occur when it is cold.

 

[JSergeant]

Sorry if this is posted somewhere, but I am a new owner. Now that the weather is getting colder where I live, I am wondering if people just keep their heater's on when charging. I typically charge the car at night. Is there an issue with just keeping the heater on all night while charging? Any suggestions/concerns?

The heater automatically switches off when you exit the car. in fact you have to get through very specific steps to keep it on, so it's not an issue.

 

[Tam]

...keep their heater's on when charging...

Your battery pack has its own heater (while human has their own separate cabin heater) so there is no need to heat your empty cabin while your car is charging.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

Sorry if this is posted somewhere, but I am a new owner. Now that the weather is getting colder where I live, I am wondering if people just keep their heater's on when charging. I typically charge the car at night. Is there an issue with just keeping the heater on all night while charging? Any suggestions/concerns?

Can you explain the reason why you want to keep the heater on while charging?

 

[AWDtsla]

Do you enjoy trying to heat the outdoors with electric heat? Then keeping the heater on may be for you.

 

[oktane]

there are scheduling apps you can use to set heat 1 hr before you leave etc. no sense in running heat all night long, it's a waste of electricity. unless you roll down the windows to heat your garage......

 

[Lasttoy]

I turn mine on from cell before I go out so it's warm. Cell app works fine and it is plugged in.