Precondition during mid-day to extend life of batteries?

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EVBob

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Greetings All,

I think I read somewhere here, that the batteries in the I3 are only cooled/heated while either actively charging (not just plugged in after full charged) or while turned on/driving?

Assuming the i3 was connected to an EVSE - Would it make sense to set the car to precondition at 12:00 noon and perhaps again at 1:30pm and 2:30pm to help keep the battery cooler (under 104 degrees F) in hot areas during the summer? Preconditioning (for the cabin atleast) seems to be active for 20 minutes or so?
 
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