Can someone explain how the new schedule charging works?

[Keytickler]

Keytickler...yes Preconditioning Scheduled Departure only (not charging) is possible. Take a look at my attached pics for context. We can access the Scheduled Departure settings from two different places now.....the original charging screen and now the AC control screen (see my first pic). You can set both Scheduled Departure Preconditioning and Charging from either screen BTW.

The last of my four pics shows a Preconditioning Scheduled Departure of 1630, however my Charging Scheduled Departure is inactive.....look at the bottom of the second photo and you can see the elongated button depicting the word "Schedule." That is my Charging Scheduled Departure showing Inactive. Even though I had a Preconditioning Scheduled Departure setting, that elongated button stayed greyed out, because I did not have a Charging Scheduled Departure set.View attachment 623728 View attachment 623729 View attachment 623730 View attachment 623731

Thanks very much for your detailed reply, Chiwahwah. I will check again at the setting per your photos. Then I need to decide if it's worth preconditioning.

 

[ternzer]

I am having the same problem, not only with the Scheduled Departure feature but also with the Charging Time. On several occasions I have discovered that the car began charging immediately after I left it during peak hours even though it wasn't supposed to. I've been going around in circles trying to get these settings to work properly!

I agree. Same here. After 2-3 tries I just assumed it was a bug and will check again after the next update.

 

[rogermobile]

Cheers Chiwahwah, great post. Thanks.

Just to clarify:
Do you need to NOT have the Off-Peak Button turned on for the Preconditioning (not charging) to kick in?

Best,
ogermobile

Keytickler...yes Preconditioning Scheduled Departure only (not charging) is possible. Take a look at my attached pics for context. We can access the Scheduled Departure settings from two different places now.....the original charging screen and now the AC control screen (see my first pic). You can set both Scheduled Departure Preconditioning and Charging from either screen BTW.

The last of my four pics shows a Preconditioning Scheduled Departure of 1630, however my Charging Scheduled Departure is inactive.....look at the bottom of the second photo and you can see the elongated button depicting the word "Schedule." That is my Charging Scheduled Departure showing Inactive. Even though I had a Preconditioning Scheduled Departure setting, that elongated button stayed greyed out, because I did not have a Charging Scheduled Departure set.View attachment 623728 View attachment 623729 View attachment 623730 View attachment 623731

 

[Terminator]

Cheers Chiwahwah, great post. Thanks.

Just to clarify:
Do you need to NOT have the Off-Peak Button turned on for the Preconditioning (not charging) to kick in?

Best,
ogermobile

 

[Mrklaw]

I currently don’t have predictable departure times (or even departure days) - I’d just like a ‘charge between x and y times which are my off peak hours, and stop if you hit the charge limit. For general use thats fine, if I need a specific amount by a specific time I can change the settings

 

[Candleflame]

I currently don’t have predictable departure times (or even departure days) - I’d just like a ‘charge between x and y times which are my off peak hours, and stop if you hit the charge limit. For general use thats fine, if I need a specific amount by a specific time I can change the settings

Set your charge limit to xx% and if you offpeak time ends at 0400 or whenever just set your departure time to 0430 or whatever and then switch preconditioning off.you need to manually precondition but thats no biggie.


Tbh if you set your offpeak time it shouldnt matter when you leave anyway if you dont precondition. As the car wont charge after your nightrates end....

 

[Jillmark99]

It would be a whole lot easier if Tesla would just add something similar to the attached with simple on/off selections by the hour/day. Select the blocks on the day/time when it’s ok for the vehicle to charge. Simple. It’s worked perfect on my computer servers for years. Then whenever the vehicle is plugged in it will only charge during the selected time. If a person wants to override charging for a special occasion then manually start charging. They could also have a separate tab for those that want to have scheduled charging exactly as it is right now with only a start time. Simple.
Keep scheduled preconditioning for departure completely separate.
I’ve never understood why Tesla can’t figure this out. Doesn’t get any simpler than this.

 

[bluehatj]

Your Tesla will calculate time needed to fully charge by your desired departure time and will do so during peak (expensive) hours if it must. It sees the need to fully charge outweighs the need to save money. Some people confuse the meaning of OFF-PEAK ENDS which means when PEAK TIME or EXPENSIVE TIME starts. So if your PEAK time starts at 4pm and ends at 9pm you will need to set OFF-PEAK ENDS as 4:00PM. But if you got confused and set it as 9PM you will notice that it will start charging immediately when you plug it in around 6pm because it's not 9pm yet.

 

[Gasaraki]

Can anyone explain how it works?

I've set the end of my peak rates to be 6am. What happens if I plug the car in, at say, 5pm - right during peak rates?

Why don't you set the start time to be when the low rates begin?

 

[scottlindley]

What is it you are trying to do? You didn't miss anything - Tesla does not have the same options as your Volt did (I had a volt prior to my M3 as well). The only option regarding electricity rates comes into play when you use Scheduled Departure.

If your goal is to make sure you are charging using your lowest rate, then the easiest thing to do is use Scheduled Charging and set it to start at the time your low rate starts. My off-peak is 11p-7a, so I set my car to start charging at 11p.

If you want to have your car pre-conditioned for you, use Scheduled Departure. The goal here is to have your car warm (or cool in Sumer) and your battery warm at the time you are ready to leave so that everything is the most efficient. Therefore you can also set when your low rates END. This way your car automatically calculates when it needs to start charging so they it finishes as close to your departure time as possible, while still staying within your low rates. This is because charging warms the battery.

You always have the option of clicking the "start charging" either in the app or on the screen in the car to override whatever you set and start the charge immediately.

I’m unable to set a scheduled start time for charging. It appears there is not a way that I’ve found so far to switch from scheduled departure to scheduled charging at a fixed time

 

[Jillmark99]

I’m unable to set a scheduled start time for charging. It appears there is not a way that I’ve found so far to switch from scheduled departure to scheduled charging at a fixed time

Sure there is. At the bottom of the charge screen just select scheduled charging instead of scheduled departure. After you select scheduled charging then select your start time. That’s it.

 

[Webeevdrivers]

Sure there is. At the bottom of the charge screen just select scheduled charging instead of scheduled departure. After you select scheduled charging then select your start time. That’s it.

Unfortunately if I switch to scheduled charging it greys out. What am I doing wrong.

 

[Jillmark99]

That’s strange why it’s greyed out. Have you tried a reboot? Please post a picture.

 

[Webeevdrivers]

That’s strange why it’s greyed out. Have you tried a reboot? Please post a picture.

Figured it out. And I think someone mentioned it and I just wasn’t paying attention. One has to disable preconditioning and the other selection can’t remember what it’s called) and then when you go back to the schedule menu you can set it. Alls well. Charged last night from around 02:00 to 03:30. Ish. We are not on time of use in this province but I know with the heat wave BC hydro is saying they are seeing higher than normal usage rates. Meh. It’s our public utility, we’ll help out where we can, after all, we’re socialists. .