I’ve had my Model3 for three years and have now added a MS Plaid but still I’m a bit confused as to what is the best charging time for the best battery life.
In the winter, with my Model3, I would always charge the battery as soon as I arrived home in the evening because I figured that the battery was warm and it would be healthier to charge it while warm.
Now I’m wondering if using the schedule charging to charge closer to my departure time if it would be better or worst for the battery? Doing that means that the car will start charging in the middle of the night on a cold battery. However I would leave in the morning on a freshly charged and warm battery instead of leaving on a cold one.
Anyone knows what is best? I tried searching for this but all I can find is that a plugged Tesla is a happy Tesla with no info on what is the best time to charge in sub zero temps.
Thanks!
In the winter, with my Model3, I would always charge the battery as soon as I arrived home in the evening because I figured that the battery was warm and it would be healthier to charge it while warm.
Now I’m wondering if using the schedule charging to charge closer to my departure time if it would be better or worst for the battery? Doing that means that the car will start charging in the middle of the night on a cold battery. However I would leave in the morning on a freshly charged and warm battery instead of leaving on a cold one.
Anyone knows what is best? I tried searching for this but all I can find is that a plugged Tesla is a happy Tesla with no info on what is the best time to charge in sub zero temps.
Thanks!