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Mine did the same last Friday afternoon when it shouldn't have. But hasn't this week now.I plugged my truck in this evening during my on peak hours and it started charging. The schedule in the truck is correct, but it ignored it. Had to manually stop the charging. I get hit with demand charges during peak hours!
One thing I was told by a tech out at my house is that the sensors for the PAAK are on the sides of the vehicle and there are blind spots in the sensing so depending on how you approach the truck depends on whether or not it wakes up right away.
Last weekend, in the 80s, the preconditioning was really ripping. I've also noticed that preconditioning is now a variable amount of time. It used to start at about 60-61 minutes before arrival. Now I'm seeing it variable between 30-60 minutes.
is there any harmful effect to the battery if we dont precondition before charging? does it depend on if its DCFC vs Level 1/2 charging? i was assuming its impacts more if the battery can take higher kW
Don't think so since we didn't have preconditioning enabled when my truck was delivered. Just a slower charging curve. Preconditioning is only for DCFC
So, question from a DCFC newb that will be utilizing it for the first time very soon. How do you know that the R1 is preconditioning? Status message, motor noise, other behavior?
I feel similarly. Response from aggressive accelerator input is noticable. I feel that jabbing the accelerator pedal in All Purpose mode is more aggressive, too.Anyone else think that not only did 2023.18 restore the sport mode acceleration, but it seems even crazier? I took the truck out for a drive this morning, and it felt almost twitchy compared to a couple versions ago when they smoothed out the sport-mode pedal response.
At any rate, it was quite eye-opening on a 1½-lane back road.
There's a status message and you'll see your efficiency drop as it heats/cools the battery to the optimal temperature for DCFC.
Right now there's no way to manually tell the truck to precondition. It only starts if you use the built-in nav to navigate to a DCFC that is in its database. Depending on the condition of the battery (temperature, SoC, etc) it will warm or cool the pack to the optimal temperature while enroute. One issue is that the power level of chargers, especially on the EA network, is inaccurate...so it may not adequately precondition for a 350 kW station if it's only listed as a 150 kW station as many are. And yes, while it's preconditioning you'll see a status message, IIRC, it's on the nav display and may also show in the driver display.
