Hi fellow Tesla friends,
I have had my M2 SR+ for 3 days. I come from an Audi A£ e-tron plug in hybrid. That had very straight forward options as is delayed charging. I set mine for the Octopus Go times of 00:30 to 04:30. A F ull charge on that could be completed in hours 15 approx. so even if I started it later in the night it could complete, or worst case scenario stop charging at 04:30.
I thought this was all simple and straight forward. A car designed back in 2013 had the 2 choice option, charge now, or wait until the preset charge window of when you wish to permit charging to occur.
I waited, and dreamed of the Tesla, and yesterday I finally took delivery of a 2021, M3 SR+ MIC model, and I love it.
So I thought it would be just the same, ie set this is the charge window when I want delayed / off peak charging.
It seems that Tesla are aware of this and have some odd options, but its like I can say I want to depart at 04:30, ( no I don't, I want more sleep and depart at about 08:00. or I can set a start time, but no stop time??? Surely the simplest thing is to tell the car when you do want it to charge? It seems other EV's manage this, and even my older plug in hybrid manages this with no effort.
I get that you can get smart chargers, but I have a perfectly functioning dumb Rolec, that has never failed to just turn on at start, and turn off at end, all controlled by the car.
Sorry for being a Noob, and I have searched and people saying need to get more apps, but really surely Tesla have this sorted? Do I just set a start time, and think that in 4 hours I can maybe get 28kWH?
I feel daft, as I just assumed Tesla knew off peak charging and in all my research no one mentioned this.
Chris
I have had my M2 SR+ for 3 days. I come from an Audi A£ e-tron plug in hybrid. That had very straight forward options as is delayed charging. I set mine for the Octopus Go times of 00:30 to 04:30. A F ull charge on that could be completed in hours 15 approx. so even if I started it later in the night it could complete, or worst case scenario stop charging at 04:30.
I thought this was all simple and straight forward. A car designed back in 2013 had the 2 choice option, charge now, or wait until the preset charge window of when you wish to permit charging to occur.
I waited, and dreamed of the Tesla, and yesterday I finally took delivery of a 2021, M3 SR+ MIC model, and I love it.
So I thought it would be just the same, ie set this is the charge window when I want delayed / off peak charging.
It seems that Tesla are aware of this and have some odd options, but its like I can say I want to depart at 04:30, ( no I don't, I want more sleep and depart at about 08:00. or I can set a start time, but no stop time??? Surely the simplest thing is to tell the car when you do want it to charge? It seems other EV's manage this, and even my older plug in hybrid manages this with no effort.
I get that you can get smart chargers, but I have a perfectly functioning dumb Rolec, that has never failed to just turn on at start, and turn off at end, all controlled by the car.
Sorry for being a Noob, and I have searched and people saying need to get more apps, but really surely Tesla have this sorted? Do I just set a start time, and think that in 4 hours I can maybe get 28kWH?
I feel daft, as I just assumed Tesla knew off peak charging and in all my research no one mentioned this.
Chris