SanSerif
Well-known member
I've been experimenting with setting a departure time and allowing the car to pre-heat in the morning. A couple of things I've noticed:
The car seems to need to be charging the battery in order to pre-heat. I had a peek at progress 30 minutes before departure time and nothing had started yet. Also, the charge socket was red (which alarmed me) and when I turned the car on I got a "High Voltage Battery Not Fully Charged" warning (that alarmed me more). But the battery was *almost* full. So I watched what happened next. About 10 minutes before departure time it started pre-heating and started charging. The red charge socket changed to the more familiar flashing blue.
Secondly, the car seems to start pre-heating very close to the departure time. Maybe 10 minutes or so. I'd have thought it would start much earlier - drawing power straight from the mains to soak the car with heat.
It also seems to be quite poor at predicting when it needs to start warming. I think (I'm still new to this and the various messages and statuses are a little confused in my mind and memory!) I've had a couple of mornings when the predicted "full" time has been later than the pre-programmed departure time. It could be, though, that my intrusive peering in and unlocking etc has upset the car's carefully laid plans.
I'll continue to experiment and will update as I observe more.
The car seems to need to be charging the battery in order to pre-heat. I had a peek at progress 30 minutes before departure time and nothing had started yet. Also, the charge socket was red (which alarmed me) and when I turned the car on I got a "High Voltage Battery Not Fully Charged" warning (that alarmed me more). But the battery was *almost* full. So I watched what happened next. About 10 minutes before departure time it started pre-heating and started charging. The red charge socket changed to the more familiar flashing blue.
Secondly, the car seems to start pre-heating very close to the departure time. Maybe 10 minutes or so. I'd have thought it would start much earlier - drawing power straight from the mains to soak the car with heat.
It also seems to be quite poor at predicting when it needs to start warming. I think (I'm still new to this and the various messages and statuses are a little confused in my mind and memory!) I've had a couple of mornings when the predicted "full" time has been later than the pre-programmed departure time. It could be, though, that my intrusive peering in and unlocking etc has upset the car's carefully laid plans.
I'll continue to experiment and will update as I observe more.