ewoodrick
Well-Known Member
The app *may* know it, it generally doesn't. But the car doesn't know about it.What I don't get is that the app already lets us enter peak / mid peak / off peak times, the app KNOWS the electricity rates and timing for specific charge locations. Why is it this difficult? I should have options as such:
1. what is your departure time and desired SOC? e.g. 7pm, 80% SOC
2. charge only during [ ] off peak [ ] mid peak [ ] peak (chose one or more)
3. the app will charge only during the periods you select with the goal of reaching desired SOC by the departure time
It's not rocket science. Task two of your programmers on this, what the hell Tesla
And you pretty much hit the fucntionality on the head. You set maximum charge, that's on the battery page. You set charging start time on the schedule.
Getting a car to fully charged is generally not a problem during 8 or so hours that represent the low rate period.
No, it's not enough time for 120V charging in many instances, but then comes the question of what should it do if it can't get the car charged. And the Tesla answer is "We let the car charge until it is charged"