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Warming battery icon in app
- Thread starter Barrygold
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coconutboy84
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Doesn't do anything.. it appears to be an information-only icon. I turned on my climate control from the app and after about 7 minutes, the icon appeared so it does seem to be what the OP said.
No. It's not new. It's been there for 3 years for the S and X, since 2017.50.
It is new to the Y. I've never seen it before now.
We have it on our 3 and Y as well. I'll have to ask the primary driver when he first noticed it but it was our other cars for 3 years.
It tells you the battery is being warmed. Once the icon disappears the stator motors are no longer warming the battery.
TomServo
Active Member
It was mentioned in the app documentation 3 years ago when it was first added for the S & X in 2017.50:
TomServo
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Thank you, the "hour before" departing is new to NEWB's like me, I have been pre-conditioning for 10 or 15 minutes. This is good to know,
Again thanks
We typically just schedule our cars to finish charging before we leave in the morning so the battery is usually already heated up. I never precondition my cabin and rarely see the icon showing the battery is being preconditioned. If it's a holiday or weekend and I haven't charged or driven in a day or two, then I might see the icon if the battery is cold enough.
TomServo
Active Member
we are retired so we have no schedule, but when we want to go some where we go. Hence my casual approach to pre-conditioning.
Glad to see this. It wasn't on the 3 before, probably because of different battery heating method. Looks like they implemented a method to display the motor stator heating now with a recent update. I didn't notice this until 2020.48.10 on the 3.
There are a lot of factors, but an hour of pre-conditioning is a bit overkill for most situations. If temps are around freezing and the car is parked in a garage, 15-20 minutes will be fine. This will use around 2 kW of energy to get the battery temps to around 65-70F. No need to spend 60 minutes and 8 kW to get the batteries to 80-85F. It'll just end up cooling off to 65F.
What’s interesting to note is that if you start to precondition the cabin and it’s cold enough that battery heating icon will show up. Now if you stop the cabin precondition the battery STILL will heat for approximately 20 to 30 minutes before disappearing in the app.
Teslafi will report the vehicle is “charging” and estimated completion will be 30 minutes.... even if you have the charge limit set to 75% and your SOC is 75%. It either is a bug, or the vehicle appears to warm the battery for a set amount of time or to a set point temperature...
Teslafi will report the vehicle is “charging” and estimated completion will be 30 minutes.... even if you have the charge limit set to 75% and your SOC is 75%. It either is a bug, or the vehicle appears to warm the battery for a set amount of time or to a set point temperature...
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