mark1
Well-known member
Something I thought of while the dealer was demonstrating the charge tariff setting in iDrive that allows the car to charge at off-peak times, for instance after midnight if you have Economy7 at home...
It would be good if the car knew it was at home via the GPS, and could be programmed to automatically set the charge times to off-peak accordingly, and then charge on demand while in other places such as at work or in a public car park, thereby preventing you from "forgetting" to reset the charge time to "now" and returning to an uncharged car that is still waiting for off-peak power.
And BMW - while you're at it, a further iDrive update that allows the driver to set the threshold at which the REx starts to automatically hold charge, instead of having to select it manually or wait until the battery is too low.
It would be good if the car knew it was at home via the GPS, and could be programmed to automatically set the charge times to off-peak accordingly, and then charge on demand while in other places such as at work or in a public car park, thereby preventing you from "forgetting" to reset the charge time to "now" and returning to an uncharged car that is still waiting for off-peak power.
And BMW - while you're at it, a further iDrive update that allows the driver to set the threshold at which the REx starts to automatically hold charge, instead of having to select it manually or wait until the battery is too low.