Car always starts charging immediately despite scheduled charging (car settings)

[ppcarter1]

Hey all.

it seems however is set the scheduled charging (in the car or app.) that the car always charges immediately.

There charging doesnt do the bluw flashing light on the cap and just charges immediately.

anyone any advice??

 

[MacanRWD]

I have the same problem.

 

[SergeyIndy]

Hey all.

it seems however is set the scheduled charging (in the car or app.) that the car always charges immediately.

There charging doesnt do the bluw flashing light on the cap and just charges immediately.

anyone any advice??

This is by design if you SoC is below 25%.

Common complaint with Macan EV or Taycan that you cannot simply set a time period for charging to occur. Porsche decided that you need an emergency buffer of at least 25% when you plug in before any other charging logic is considered.

 

[MacanRWD]

I'am aware of the 25% but even if the SoC is 50% it starts immediately.
At the moment I investigate if it is caused by the EVSE.

 

[Fleming23]

Mine does this randomly…tonight I plugged it in and it showed the scheduled departure as the weekend and started charging immediately as per my weekend schedule. Something is definitely off, but randomly.

 

[henrus]

Make sure Direct Charging is not turned on:

 

[SteveInKirkland]

I found the "Direct Charging" setting while I was following Porsche navigation that included charging. Enabling Direct Charging allows immediate charging regardless of state of charge or departure schedule.

I enabled this setting during my route planning because I stopped at a different charger than the one selected in the route planning. The charging station I stopped at was less than a mile from the other one. But the Porsche computer system decided to knife fight me to prevent charging the car anywhere but the selected destination. Direct Charging ended the knife fight.

 

[henrus]

Yes. It’s necessary to turn this on when you need to charge ad hoc. But if you want the scheduled charging to work, you need to make sure it’s turned off again.

 

[ppcarter1]

This is by design if you SoC is below 25%.

Common complaint with Macan EV or Taycan that you cannot simply set a time period for charging to occur. Porsche decided that you need an emergency buffer of at least 25% when you plug in before any other charging logic is considered.

I know about the 25% its when its above 25

Make sure Direct Charging is not turned on:

Its not on

 

[henrus]

What are your Departure settings set to? You confirmed that your clock is correct I assume?

 

[PaoloPix]

I set the charging timer on the wallbox (DAZE in my case) and on the car I only set the battery to 80%.
The car tries to charge but not receiving energy it sends 2 alarms on the app. Then automatically when the wallbox starts sending energy the car charges without any problem.

 

[henrus]

Oh, well I think that may be the issue. If you don’t have departure settings setup, then the car will just charge or attempt to charge as soon as you plug it in, regardless of whether Direct Charging is on or not (think of Direct Charging as an override for when you have Departure settings turned on).

I have mine set to 6am everyday, as I almost never leave the house before then The car waits until it thinks it needs to start charging to get to the set percentage level by 6am. This is so I only charge during off-peak hours. It’s not a very intuitive way to set charge times (Tesla’s approach is better). But after fiddling around with it a bit, it works and now I don’t think about it ever (unless I need to change the battery percentage level).

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