Scheduled Departure Times ... What does it really do?

[W1NGE]

Let's be clear about what's happening here: we're socially constructing the language to tell new owners what is happening. In my case, I'm trying to answer my wife's questions. New owners, like me, don't have a document to tell us what the socially acceptable language is, so we're making it up given the lack of readily available information. Of course there are going to be negotiated changes to the social constructions.



In my experiment, where the outdoor temperature was in the mid 60's F and the indoor temperature was also controlled to in the mid-60's F with humidity reduced, the scheduled departure process added 4C to the temperature. The experiment wasn't done with the Macan in a hot environment or a cold environment. BUT we know from the observations that the charging procedure implemented by the software intentionally raised the temperature of the battery pack at least 4C under these conditions. If the battery temperature was 100 F, it might have cooled the pack. If the battery temperature was 0 C, it might have raised the temperature more. This is sort of the point -- we (new owners) don't know how the process works.

Whatever.

Owner's guide (in your app and online) comes to mind, Taycan forum (5 years of insight there where the knowledge is portable), dealership handover process (this should have been explained) and lots more other resources beside.

I apologise but I find the continual churn of the same questions on multiple threads exhausting. People are reluctant to engage in self-help, DYOR and so on.

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[Daniel]

Good correction as I was just speaking from Taycan experience assuming Macan EV will be doing the same.

On this screen, departure time is set to 6 am.
At 4:47 the charge is almost finished, with a constant amperage.
17.20 and 8.44 are the connection and disconnection times

 

[SteveInKirkland]

On this screen, departure time is set to 6 am.
At 4:47 the charge is almost finished, with a constant amperage.
17.20 and 8.44 are the connection and disconnection times

It's hard for me to comment on your situation because I think many variables may be involved. This is what my charging session looked like from the point of view of the EVSE.

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