Estimated Charge Start Time—Did I Dream It?

[PianoAl]

Somewhere I saw a screenshot in which, when setting up departure time charging, an estimate of when charging would begin was shown. Something like "Charging will begin at approximately 3 AM for your 8:00 AM departure." I said, "Yes!" because in some situations charging would begin prior to the start of the off-peak time (midnight).

I've now got the holiday update, but I haven't seen that anywhere. Did I dream it??

 

[jdcollins5]

I have seen it when first plugging in for a Scheduled Departure. It will start charging immediately and begin calculating time needed to charge. Once time to charge is calculated, it will display the message that you mention.

 

[PianoAl]

Okay, good to know. Thanks. This will help until the developers wake up and realize that they need to let us enter the start and end times for the off-peak period.

 

[PianoAl]

I have seen it when first plugging in for a Scheduled Departure. It will start charging immediately and begin calculating time needed to charge. Once time to charge is calculated, it will display the message that you mention.

Well, I tried it today, and didn't see any messages like that. I plugged in, saw it charge for a little while then stop. Below are screenshots. Where is that message that you saw (car screen or mobile app (Android))?

 

[rrolsbe]

Wonder how it would handle the short charge time to determine the proper start time if the traction battery cell temps were below freezing? At cold cell temps all/part of the power available goes towards heating, ie.. Could be 0 MPH for several minutes depending the the cell temps.