Scheduled charging at home - charging any time when not at home

[regazzoni]

I like to charge the car after midnight when at home. But any time when not at home. I know I can schedule when the car charges. However, this also means that car will not charge during the day at work or similar?

 

[Wodensthrall]

When you set the start time for charging, it is associated with that particular geolocation, so for each charger you use regularly, you can set a separate start time. If no start time is set for a particular location, the car will start charging immediately.

 

[jmaddr]

It’s not an option today with the Tesla app. However, this is totally doable with a little coding since the “unofficial” Tesla API supports “start charging”.

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It would be vert simple and straight forward code with SmartThings that I use for my smart home since ST has proximity detection already built in.

Since it’s available via the API, perhaps one of the Tesla downloadable apps might already be doing this. If not, reach out to your favorite developer of one of them (I use Tesla Stats) and see if they are willing to add it. Stats already has a smart charging schedule page where you can set various charging parameters but I don’t see geofencing as a configurable option.

 

[Rocky_H]

@jmaddr WTF, dude?! Don't reinvent the wheel. The car already gives exactly the function he is looking for. It doesn't need anyone to hire any third party programmers to create this.

The car already handles this, as @Wodensthrall described. When you turn that setting of scheduled charging on, using the touchscreen, it assigns the scheduled time for that geographical location. All other places will stay with "scheduled OFF" and charging as soon as you plug it in.

 

[jmaddr]

When you set the start time for charging, it is associated with that particular geolocation, so for each charger you use regularly, you can set a separate start time. If no start time is set for a particular location, the car will start charging immediately.

Wow, I didn’t know it kept a table of geolocation. Agreed I was way off base then. Ignore my previous post. Thanks for the correction of the misinformation @Rocky_H.

 

[Rocky_H]

In addition to the setting of scheduled charging being assigned to a location, a lowered amp setting is also logged for that location. So if you charge at a friend's house who has an outlet with slightly weak wiring, and you need to reduce the amps, it will remember the lowered value for that location too.