by DaveinOlyWA (Posted Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:22:53 GMT)
not enough noise on this. there are several people who have hacked Carwings and putting in a notification for predetermined charge levels i suspect would only require an automatic polling of Carwings status at a preset interval of time.
problem is most people want the opposite. they need every mile they can get so charging to a lower SOC is simply not a priority with them.
when i first got my LEAF and my commute was short, i simply plugged it in for a few hours in the evening which was more than enough to boost me from 30-50% SOC to the 70ish % i wanted. i was not scientific about it simply because i was not all that particular where i ended up. but that was also in the days where i might only charge 3 times a week.
abasile wrote:
On a 16 mile, 5000' descent from my home that I make regularly, I need to stop charging at 60% or less if I want full regen all the way down. Starting the descent at 80% can be a bit dicey. Starting at 100% is foolhardy and probably risky.
My biggest complaint is that I can't set a charging timer to end at 60% or 70%, so I have to check on the car multiple times each morning to ensure I unplug it with the desired charge percentage (these days, about 67% in GIDs). Nissan would do well to study the timer interface in the Tesla Model S, which allows any end percentage in the range 50% - 100%.
My biggest complaint is that I can't set a charging timer to end at 60% or 70%, so I have to check on the car multiple times each morning to ensure I unplug it with the desired charge percentage (these days, about 67% in GIDs). Nissan would do well to study the timer interface in the Tesla Model S, which allows any end percentage in the range 50% - 100%.
not enough noise on this. there are several people who have hacked Carwings and putting in a notification for predetermined charge levels i suspect would only require an automatic polling of Carwings status at a preset interval of time.
problem is most people want the opposite. they need every mile they can get so charging to a lower SOC is simply not a priority with them.
when i first got my LEAF and my commute was short, i simply plugged it in for a few hours in the evening which was more than enough to boost me from 30-50% SOC to the 70ish % i wanted. i was not scientific about it simply because i was not all that particular where i ended up. but that was also in the days where i might only charge 3 times a week.