Since I've been driving my Model Y, I've noticed it's preconditioning for supercharger behavior is much different than my experience in my previous model 3. I couldn't find any similar threads on this here or or google so I wanted to see if other people have the same experience with their Model Y and preconditioning for supercharging.
In my 2022 Model 3, the battery would precondition all the time when the supercharger was the destination. When it was cold outside, sometimes as long as an hour before I was supposed to arrive. In normal or warmer weather 10-15 minutes before arrival maybe.
This is not at all the case with my Model Y. It only seems to precondition when a supercharger is the destination when it's really cold out. Yesterday I went on a nearly 500 mile trip with 2 supercharger stops. The temp outside was around 75 at the start and around 60 at the end, and the battery did not precondition at all. I was able to get a full 250kw though and the charging seemed to follow the normal charging curve as far as I could tell. However at the first stop, the charging page did give me a note that the speed was limited due to battery temp, though the charging speed seemed normal for the SOC and the note went away after a little bit. I have verified that the "preconditioning for faster charging" feature is working by putting in a nearby supercharger early in the morning and watching it activate.
My thinking is that maybe because the Model Y is heavier and has more drag with the same platform, that it operates warmer and so doesn't need to precondition as much? That's the only thing I can think of short of something being wrong with my Model Y. I've had it give me the note about the battery being too cold and limiting charging speed other times when I felt like I've given it enough time to warm up. I've also noticed that my Model Y has the dots in the display much much more frequently than my 3 ever did, and they're there even when I set a scheduled departure.
Any thoughts or similar experiences?
In my 2022 Model 3, the battery would precondition all the time when the supercharger was the destination. When it was cold outside, sometimes as long as an hour before I was supposed to arrive. In normal or warmer weather 10-15 minutes before arrival maybe.
This is not at all the case with my Model Y. It only seems to precondition when a supercharger is the destination when it's really cold out. Yesterday I went on a nearly 500 mile trip with 2 supercharger stops. The temp outside was around 75 at the start and around 60 at the end, and the battery did not precondition at all. I was able to get a full 250kw though and the charging seemed to follow the normal charging curve as far as I could tell. However at the first stop, the charging page did give me a note that the speed was limited due to battery temp, though the charging speed seemed normal for the SOC and the note went away after a little bit. I have verified that the "preconditioning for faster charging" feature is working by putting in a nearby supercharger early in the morning and watching it activate.
My thinking is that maybe because the Model Y is heavier and has more drag with the same platform, that it operates warmer and so doesn't need to precondition as much? That's the only thing I can think of short of something being wrong with my Model Y. I've had it give me the note about the battery being too cold and limiting charging speed other times when I felt like I've given it enough time to warm up. I've also noticed that my Model Y has the dots in the display much much more frequently than my 3 ever did, and they're there even when I set a scheduled departure.
Any thoughts or similar experiences?
