Hi all,
I'm trying to be smart about the preconditioning, etc.
We have the same electric rates here, but I'm trying to "game the system" (even as Tesla says to). Not sure I'm doing it right.
Let's say I want to leave week days at 8:15 a.m.
I have off peak set to 9 a.m., and let it know I want to precondition to leave at 8:15 a.m.
As far as I can tell, the car wil be smart enough to end the charge close to 8:15 a.m., have the cabin the right temperature, and here's the big one, have the batteries preconditioned.
I'm not sure that's happening. I do believe they are naturally getting warmer just from charging. I don't think the climate control is affecting them as I don't think they are being used for climate control when plugged in; I think that's coming from the house.
I'm also not sure the best to way get the batteries to precondition during the day, when I don't necessarily want it to be a daily occurrence. I don't see a simple (or any manual way) to "precondition the batteries."
In the warmer weather, I think that may not be an issue. When the temperatures were in the single digits here last week, I wanted everything "ready to go"
Lastly, if not plugged in, other than making the cabin warmer, is there any advantage to hitting precondition versus just hitting climate control? I do want the batteries to get warmed up, or is it actually more energy efficient to let them warm up while driving?
I appreciate any tips or guidance.
I'm trying to be smart about the preconditioning, etc.
We have the same electric rates here, but I'm trying to "game the system" (even as Tesla says to). Not sure I'm doing it right.
Let's say I want to leave week days at 8:15 a.m.
I have off peak set to 9 a.m., and let it know I want to precondition to leave at 8:15 a.m.
As far as I can tell, the car wil be smart enough to end the charge close to 8:15 a.m., have the cabin the right temperature, and here's the big one, have the batteries preconditioned.
I'm not sure that's happening. I do believe they are naturally getting warmer just from charging. I don't think the climate control is affecting them as I don't think they are being used for climate control when plugged in; I think that's coming from the house.
I'm also not sure the best to way get the batteries to precondition during the day, when I don't necessarily want it to be a daily occurrence. I don't see a simple (or any manual way) to "precondition the batteries."
In the warmer weather, I think that may not be an issue. When the temperatures were in the single digits here last week, I wanted everything "ready to go"
Lastly, if not plugged in, other than making the cabin warmer, is there any advantage to hitting precondition versus just hitting climate control? I do want the batteries to get warmed up, or is it actually more energy efficient to let them warm up while driving?
I appreciate any tips or guidance.