Scheduled Charging

[Black/Black MS]

Does anyone else find it inconvenient that scheduled charging only specifies the start time of charging? in my neighborhood peak charging hours are 4 to 9 PM, so I schedule my charging to start at 9. But, if I come home at noon and want to quick charge, I need to remember to turn off scheduled charging and remember to turn it back on again.

it seems like it would be just as easy to specify "do not charge" hours. does anyone else experience this?

 

[drklain]

You don't have to turn it off and back on to do your "mid day" use case. Plug the car in and access it via the app and select "start charging" and it will override the "wait for scheduled charging time".

 

[rsg123]

I don’t remember having to mess with scheduled charging settings in-car either. I believe it gives you a warning that you’re overriding the schedule if you start charging outside of the scheduled time period, but it will also charge during that time.

 

[whitex]

If you have an MCU1 (pre March 2018 Model S or X), remember that when your emmc dies (between 3-5 years), having set scheduled charging means you won't be able to charge your car until Tesla replaces the MCU. Just something to keep in mind.

 

[Joleary]

Schedule charging is super buggy for me. Especially on Sunday/Mondays. Yes I have it set to weekday only. It just doesn’t work and is random in behavior. Two weeks in a row and it’s far ready for prime time or my car has a very unique issue. I don’t see or hear others complaining. I am very surprised. Is it possible this is all unique to me? I created other threads and heard a few complaints but nothing really.

 

[KalJoMoS]

If you have an MCU1 (pre March 2018 Model S or X), remember that when your emmc dies (between 3-5 years), having set scheduled charging means you won't be able to charge your car until Tesla replaces the MCU. Just something to keep in mind.

That’s why I wonder why this scheduling charging option is not available on app?

 

[random155]

If you have an MCU1 (pre March 2018 Model S or X), remember that when your emmc dies (between 3-5 years), having set scheduled charging means you won't be able to charge your car until Tesla replaces the MCU. Just something to keep in mind.

Agreed and ridiculous. But, supercharging can work if you're in a pinch.

 

[whitex]

Agreed and ridiculous. But, supercharging can work if you're in a pinch.

Even if you have one near by, it's still a pain and a colossal waste of time to supercharge as the sole source of charging. For scheduled charging, it's probably better to get one of those power management solutions for your home which talks with Tesla chargers (I cannot recall their name off the top of my head, but that company was the only one Tesla ever shared the charger protocol with). The MCU is a single point of failure for a lot of functionality already, no need to keep adding to it, especially knowing that Tesla failed to design it to last long.

 

[Joleary]

Scheduled Departure charging works half the time for me. It stinks. Half the mornings I wake up to it not have started. The app wakes up the car and causes it to start (when it’s too late). On Sunday evenings I plug in and it starts charging right away even though it should start middle of the night.

it would not be a big deal except with my new raven S this scheduled departure is the only way to get the car to precondition so I can use regen breaking. I just got 2019.36.2.2 hoping it would fix things, NOPE! Bummer. No regen breaking for me in New England for next 6 months.

 

[whitex]

Scheduled Departure charging works half the time for me. It stinks. Half the mornings I wake up to it not have started. The app wakes up the car and causes it to start (when it’s too late). On Sunday evenings I plug in and it starts charging right away even though it should start middle of the night.

it would not be a big deal except with my new raven S this scheduled departure is the only way to get the car to precondition so I can use regen breaking. I just got 2019.36.2.2 hoping it would fix things, NOPE! Bummer. No regen breaking for me in New England for next 6 months.

Sounds like standard Tesla software quality. Features work in some releases, but not all. Welcome to agile continuous beta by Elon. I've been a customer for over 6 years now, and the features not working has gotten worse over the years, especially since Model 3 came out. I suspect Model 3 is the focus of QA, if it works for Model S or X, great, but not a priority. It gets worse when Tesla comes out with new hardware, old hardware is even lower priority.

 

[Joleary]

Sounds like standard Tesla software quality. Features work in some releases, but not all. Welcome to agile continuous beta by Elon. I've been a customer for over 6 years now, and the features not working has gotten worse over the years, especially since Model 3 came out. I suspect Model 3 is the focus of QA, if it works for Model S or X, great, but not a priority. It gets worse when Tesla comes out with new hardware, old hardware is even lower priority.

I guess it’s my fault for agreeing to take early software downloads.

 

[Big Toys]

I use an OpenEVSE charger I assembled from kit form. I used it for my Volt and now my 2015 MS. I have the car set to charge at 10:30 PM. So far, it always charges, and I've not had to update any charger firmware. Tesla updates talk to the charger, so far so good.

 

[Joleary]

For me it’s more about getting the preconditioning scheduling capability then charging. For this benefit is why I even look to scheduled departure feature. I don’t need to schedule the charging in reality, but that of course is my situation.

 

[drklain]

Has anyone noticed that the scheduled departure time option for scheduled charging seems to plan things such that charging is done at 0600 regardless of what departure time you put into the MCU? I have it set for a 0730 departure, but the car is starting to charge early and finish 90 minutes before the departure time.

 

[whitex]

I guess it’s my fault for agreeing to take early software downloads.

Maybe, thought it happens with usual releases too (I don't take early ones and haven't had all features working 100% in a long time on my MCU1).

 

[P100D_Me]

If you have an MCU1 (pre March 2018 Model S or X), remember that when your emmc dies (between 3-5 years), having set scheduled charging means you won't be able to charge your car until Tesla replaces the MCU. Just something to keep in mind.

Oh great, another thing to worry about
They should have put a WiFi module in the wall chargers, that way they become aware of time and all scheduling could have been done from the charger itself.

 

[beatle]

I wish it could delay charging in an attempt to finish charging right before leaving. I realize that the charging speed is an estimate, but still, it'd be nice to leave home with a warm battery instead of letting it cool off after it finishes.

 

[Joleary]

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I wish it could delay charging in an attempt to finish charging right before leaving. I realize that the charging speed is an estimate, but still, it'd be nice to leave home with a warm battery instead of letting it cool off after it finishes.

Ahh isn’t that what “scheduled departure” feature does?

 

[tranzndance]

Scheduled departure ends at 6 am so that people with time of use plans do not charge at non offpeak prices. Unfortunately it is hard coded and doesn't take into account different situations.

 

[KalJoMoS]

So can someone explain how does this work now? If I do not have my calendar synced then there is no option to use this? Right?