How often do you charge up?

[JonnyVTEC]

Mate you make this whole EV interaction on here hard work.

Having the car draw power at 7:30-8am is peak demand. That’s how.

[anonymous-user]

Twice a week, which is actually about 1.5 x full charge.

[GT6k]

BMW I3 so always plugged in, always at 100%. It is charging on its timer between 00.30 and 04.30 as necessary typically 10 kWh per day.

[paradigital]

JonnyVTEC said:

Assuming you are on a cheap overnight tarriff: Won’t that be expensive electricity rather than the cheaper stuff stored in there battery though?

I am indeed on a cheap overnight tariff, that ends at 5:30 in the morning. As I tend to set off by 6, I can simply have the car precondition for 5:30, it won’t have lost all the stored heat in the following 30 minutes, and if it had frozen overnight it’ll still be thawed come 6am.

I also have a PV array and battery, so potentially there will be energy stored from the previous day.

But it’s fine, continue to be “you” both on here and the other forum Johnny, you do love to stir. If I had a JLR product you’d probably be backing me up

Edited by paradigital on Saturday 20th August 15:36

[JonnyVTEC]

I’ll ignore the other bit cos I’m better than that. Deuce has an IPACE anyway and where the hard work comment was headed… I think you have took the comments wrong for sure!

I do wonder about that with mine and the early start means everything cooled off when I leave so theres merit for the later bias hours when you use the car not much longer after it’s stopped charging. I just fear a lot of precondition “ “from the wall” ends up resulting in the exact opposite of what off peak charging is trying to achieve where it’s a very narrow situation that actually serves benefit to the drivers range. That’s all I’m raising.

Nice with the PV and solar, guess in your case preconditioning would be supplied by the wall battery anyway?

In terms of the thread there’s merit for 80% for life etc and full regen but also the charging phase tends to be less efficient after 80% aswell so worth considering if you don’t charge that often to minimise the running costs

Edited by JonnyVTEC on Saturday 20th August 18:07

[georgeyboy12345]

As I drive a PHEV Audi A3 etron, I find myself charging every other day usually, though in the winter months (Dec-Feb) it’s every day.

[Witchfinder]

I tend to charge once or twice a week, depending on my usage. I just time it to charge overnight using the Octopus Go cheaper rate, and in the morning usually have an extra ~30% charge. I've done a few 200+ mile day trips and it's never been an issue.

[Turtle Shed]

Nissan Leaf - Every night on Octopus Go. Takes the range back up to 80-90 miles, most days will drop it back to 50% charge.

Probably shouldn't keep charging it to 100% but it's at 64k miles and 11 bars so I'm not too fussed.

[LordGrover]

I charge from 50% to 100% two or three times a week.

EVSE is scheduled to allow charging 11.00-16.00 and 22.00-08.00, but car is programmed to charge in cheap rate timeslot of 00.30-04.30.