Scheduled Precondition and Charge
Schedule preconditioning and charging for Model Y. You can schedule preconditioning to help your vehicle charge more efficiently, or to prepare Model Y for departure.
Create a Schedule
- Touch .
- Select the location for which
you want to configure a schedule.
- Current Location: The
current location of your car, based on your GPS coordinates.MegjegyzésYou must be parked to create a schedule for your current location.
- Home/Work: The saved location for your home and workplace. You can't choose these options if you don't have a saved home or work (see #CONCEPT_ECY_KFF_BCB).
- Current Location: The
current location of your car, based on your GPS coordinates.
- Touch Precondition to configure the time and the frequency you want the vehicle to precondition by.
- Touch Charge to configure the time you want to start and stop, and the frequency you want to charge.
- Select Create to create the schedule.
Using Scheduled Charging
When you create or enable a scheduled charge, you can plug in your vehicle for a charge. If you scheduled a precondition or charge for later in the day, Model Y waits until that time to precondition or charge.
When your schedules overlap, the vehicle uses the largest block of time for charging, if necessary. Example: You scheduled Model Y to start charging at 2 AM and at 3 AM, but to stop charging at 2:30 AM and 5 AM, the vehicle combines the two charge schedules into a single block from 2 AM to 5 AM.
When you specify an End by time, but not a Start at time, the vehicle briefly draws power when plugging in for scheduled charging (you may hear clicking) to calculate the necessary start time to meet your charge limit. Example: You configure an End by time of 2 AM and the vehicle needs 2 hours to charge to meet the charge limit. If you plug in your vehicle at 9 PM, Model Y briefly draws power to calculate the start time and begins charging at 12 AM.
If you specify a Start at time and no End by time, the vehicle begins charging at the specified time and continues until your charge limit is reached.
- During a scheduled charge.
- Up to 6 hours after the start of a scheduled charge, if there is no specified End by time.
- When the next scheduled charge is more than 18 hours away and not the current day.
- When you haven't configured a Start at time and there is not enough time to reach the charge limit by the End by time.
You can schedule your charge to finish right at a planned departure time to reduce energy costs, even in market regions where off-peak utility rates are not applicable. Example, if charging starts as soon as you plug in, charging may complete much sooner. This causes the Battery to cool down to ambient temperatures and requires energy to warm it back up by your departure time. Therefore, even if off-peak utility rates are not applicable to you, Tesla recommends that you charge until your planned departure time in order to reduce energy consumption by specifying your departure time as the scheduled End by time.
Preconditioning
Use Precondition to schedule a time when you want Model Y to be ready to drive. Model Y automatically calculates when it needs to start preconditioning. This ensures that the cabin climate and Battery are preconditioned by your departure time.
Preconditioning can also help to increase range on your next trip because a preconditioned cabin and battery consumes less energy when you begin driving. Preconditioning can reduce energy consumption while driving in vehicles with heat pumps, because heat in the battery can be used to warm the cabin while driving.