With the latest software, if you want your car to charge only when electricity rates are off-peak, you can't (at least not easily). If you choose Scheduled Charging, you can set a time when the car will start charging and you can set this to coincide with the start of off-peak rates. But the car will charge until it reaches the % battery level that has been set. If it does not achieve this by the end of off-peak rates, it will continue to charge at peak rates.
Some people will want this behaviour and some will not--I do not. Unless I have a long journey the next day, I normally want to restrict charging to off-peak periods only. The only way to do this is to calculate what battery % will be achieved by the end of the off-peak period and set that as a charge limit. And you will have to do this every time you charge! Many people will not have a clue how to do this and, anyway, what a faff!
There could be another way to achieve this. Choose Scheduled Departure and Off-peak charging but set the Departure time to the time when off-peak rates end--at 04:30 for instance. The problem here is, if you do not unplug the car at 04:30, it will continue charging until it reaches the preset battery charge %. No, I'm not getting out to bed at 04:30 to unplug my car!
This gap is easily fixed. There is already the ability to set off-peak rates. We just need the option to "Charge during off-peak hours only at this location--Yes/No".
I've been a Tesla owner since 2015 but in that time my wife has owned a Renault Zoe, a Nissan Leaf and a Hyundai Kona. All of these "lesser" vehicles allow off-peak charging to be easily achieved. Until recently, it was easy to achieve in my Model S but a software update some months ago changed everything and took this highly desirable facility away.
Have I missed something or am I right?
Some people will want this behaviour and some will not--I do not. Unless I have a long journey the next day, I normally want to restrict charging to off-peak periods only. The only way to do this is to calculate what battery % will be achieved by the end of the off-peak period and set that as a charge limit. And you will have to do this every time you charge! Many people will not have a clue how to do this and, anyway, what a faff!
There could be another way to achieve this. Choose Scheduled Departure and Off-peak charging but set the Departure time to the time when off-peak rates end--at 04:30 for instance. The problem here is, if you do not unplug the car at 04:30, it will continue charging until it reaches the preset battery charge %. No, I'm not getting out to bed at 04:30 to unplug my car!
This gap is easily fixed. There is already the ability to set off-peak rates. We just need the option to "Charge during off-peak hours only at this location--Yes/No".
I've been a Tesla owner since 2015 but in that time my wife has owned a Renault Zoe, a Nissan Leaf and a Hyundai Kona. All of these "lesser" vehicles allow off-peak charging to be easily achieved. Until recently, it was easy to achieve in my Model S but a software update some months ago changed everything and took this highly desirable facility away.
Have I missed something or am I right?