Ice on the car, in Cooma
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Cold start to the day in Cooma. Ice on the car. From the app, we preheated the car before the morning coffee run. The cold reduced the tyre pressures from 42 to 38 psi, until the car got moving.
Charging
While getting coffee, I parked at the Tesla supercharger in Cooma for a few minutes. It would normally charge at around 100kW. But, due to the cold, it started at only 25kW, increasing slowly as it heated the battery. I did enter the charger as the destination earlier, so the car could precondition the battery, but it seems to only do that while driving, not while parked before I left the accommodation.
Looking at the stats of our trip since our previous charge (in Cooryong), where we had driven across Kosciusko National Park, I noticed that we had used 38% battery climbing mountains, but had regained 30% descending those mountains. Free charging from gravity!
Using Scheduled Departure
Use Scheduled Departure to set a daily time when you want Model 3 to be ready to drive. Model 3 automatically calculates when it needs to start preconditioning and/or charging.
This ensures that charging is complete and/or the cabin climate and Battery are preconditioned by your departure time.
When Scheduled Departure is displayed, touch Schedule to set a daily time when you want Model 3 to be ready to drive. Specify a time, then touch Settings to enable one or both of the following departure features.
When plugging in with Off-Peak Charging enabled, the vehicle briefly draws power (you may hear clicking) to calculate the necessary charging start time.
After you’ve specified your desired settings, touch Set. The touchscreen displays your scheduled departure time.
Preconditioning warms the Battery for improved performance and ensures a comfortable cabin climate at your set departure time.
Note:
When Model 3 is not plugged in, preconditioning operates but only when the Battery's charge level is above 20%.