When navigating to a non-tesla fast charger is there a way to get the car to start preconditioning the battery? Suggestions from the US to simply put in a nearby supercharger don’t really apply in Aus when you’re back o’Burke (or in Tassie)
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Qualified Charging Station Requirements
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As a side question, at what kwh would it be worthwhile preconditioning 25/50/100 etc.When navigating to a non-tesla fast charger is there a way to get the car to start preconditioning the battery? Suggestions from the US to simply put in a nearby supercharger don’t really apply in Aus when you’re back o’Burke (or in Tassie)
And I can confirm from a recent drive that if a DCFC is not listed in the “Charging” section of the Nav, then manually navigating to it will not trigger preconditioning.
Certainly not needed for 25kW DC charging. It used to be very frustrating at JOLT chargers when the car (LR in my case) was sucking 6.6kW to unnecessarily heat the battery. They fixed that with a software update last year so now there is no heating or preconditioning for 25kW chargers even in fairly cold (Australian) weather. I suspect there might still be preconditioning and heating for 50kW but hopefully it is small. I have monitored the OBD when charging at NRMA 50KW chargers and there has been no battery heating happening. However, those tests were all in summer and after a long run of at least 200km so things will likely be different in colder weather or without a "warmup" run at decent speed.As a side question, at what kwh would it be worthwhile preconditioning 25/50/100 etc.
I guess also there is no guarantee you will get that power when you get there.
Certainly not needed for 25kW DC charging. It used to be very frustrating at JOLT chargers when the car (LR in my case) was sucking 6.6kW to unnecessarily heat the battery. They fixed that with a software update last year so now there is no heating or preconditioning for 25kW chargers even in fairly cold (Australian) weather. I suspect there might still be preconditioning and heating for 50kW but hopefully it is small.
Cool thanks,Certainly not needed for 25kW DC charging. It used to be very frustrating at JOLT chargers when the car (LR in my case) was sucking 6.6kW to unnecessarily heat the battery. They fixed that with a software update last year so now there is no heating or preconditioning for 25kW chargers even in fairly cold (Australian) weather. I suspect there might still be preconditioning and heating for 50kW but hopefully it is small. I have monitored the OBD when charging at NRMA 50KW chargers and there has been no battery heating happening. However, those tests were all in summer and after a long run of at least 200km so things will likely be different in colder weather or without a "warmup" run at decent speed.
Correct, they have to be "qualified" (accredited in other words) by Tesla and available for selecton in the Tesla navigation.if a DCFC is not listed in the “Charging” section of the Nav,