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Help with charging flap please
- Thread starter Glasgowwhite
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No it keeps charging but unlocks the cable so you can pull it off if you want. It is sensible unlike Tesla!Available from UK "parts"
You long-press the "boot" button on the fob, holding it near the charge port, to stop the charge and release the cable.
But ... my wife's Fob is buried in the bottom of her handbag so not a lot better than clambering into the car ...
Button on the charger plug/wand may be preferable, however only works on the "home" one of course, whereas Fob works anywhere. Tesla charger has this (same as Supercharger), and there are 3rd party after-market add-ons, but discussion here has been a bit so-so on whether they are the mutt's nuts
Does that mean if you ever unlock a Leaf, during charging, that it stops charging? 'coz if so i'd hate thatFirst time I had to get something from the car mid-charge, and thereby aborted the charge, the chance of me realising the consequences and restarting the charge would be zilch. I'm probably a sample-size of one on that venn diagram overlap though!
Not sure what you mean by Plug Button. I don't have it on my car? Maybe you mean the cable but I don't have that sort of cable. It is a pod point Tethered unit which I have had for 3 years charging my passage gte advance
Gatsojon
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Is this the £20 app on the App Store? Jeez.
It hadn’t even occurred to me that unlocking the car wouldn’t stop the charge and unlock the charge cable, as that’s what happens on my i3 and it Just Works.
I’ve got a tethered Andersen charger so I presume I’m going to have this problem too.
Yes. I was originally trying to find ways of doing it all from the Apple Watch. The complications are unreliable in my experience.
The idea of using it in conjunction with Shortcuts was given to me by a contributor here, and it has made the app cost well worth it for me.
The idea of using it in conjunction with Shortcuts was given to me by a contributor here, and it has made the app cost well worth it for me.
MrBadger
Badger out
Not needed to do it, but if you stop charge and unlock charge port before leaving the house, will it still be unlocked by time you get to the car? Or does it re-lock after a period of time.
I’ve never experienced a re-lock, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen. As I walk to the door, I just say: ‘hey Siri, unlock the charge port’ and I can tug the cable out by the time I get to the car. It has been very reliable. I also have one to turn climate on or defrost the car depending on temperature. I use that about 30min before departure to precondition battery and reduce regen dots.
TJ63
Member
When I get my car, I'm going to try using an RFID tag to unlock the charge port, using the Tasker app (on Android).
Don't know if it will work. Ill let you know.
Don't know if it will work. Ill let you know.
TJ63
Member
It's an app which can read NFC tags (sorry, I previously said RFID) and do things according to how it is programmed to respond to that particular tag. There is a specific plugin for Tesla, with a list of tasks it can do.
Frugal Tesla Guy on YouTube uses NFC tags, and has done a brief video. There are also loads of videos about Tasker on YouTube.
Frugal Tesla Guy on YouTube uses NFC tags, and has done a brief video. There are also loads of videos about Tasker on YouTube.
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WannabeOwner
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TJ63
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TJ63
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You don't have to start an app and select options. Just wake up the phone and place it near the tag, much the same as using Google Pay.
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