Preconditioning before charging - is mine working properly?

[Maxzor]

Basically my question comes down to 'is it working as it is supposed to be working'?

I use the navigation to a known Ionity (250kw) charger, the battery temp starts with 11c, the drive is 10 min. I put the car in S and did some (10min) spirited driving. I arrived with a battery temp of 16c, charging for the first 10 min was still slow.

Is this normal behaviour or is the car not pre-heating the battery?

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[Scandinavian]

Sounds quite normal to me. 10 minuter driving is a bit short time to achieve much more. Consider that the battery has a mass of about 700 kgs, so more time is needed. It would require quite a lot of power in the heater to raise 700 kg mass.

 

[YLA G]

10 min drive from this weather is normal.. that's nothing even in my Tesla

 

[gusone]

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Basically my question comes down to 'is it working as it is supposed to be working'?

I use the navigation to a known Ionity (250kw) charger, the battery temp starts with 11c, the drive is 10 min. I put the car in S and did some (10min) spirited driving. I arrived with a battery temp of 16c, charging for the first 10 min was still slow.

Is this normal behaviour or is the car not pre-heating the battery?

Also do a hot pre heat/cold cool an hour before. That will add another 5*c

 

[Maxzor]

Great, thanks for the explaining, maybe I was expecting to much of it

Also thanks for the pre heat/cool tip!

 

[JRNJTAYCAN]

Basically my question comes down to 'is it working as it is supposed to be working'?

I use the navigation to a known Ionity (250kw) charger, the battery temp starts with 11c, the drive is 10 min. I put the car in S and did some (10min) spirited driving. I arrived with a battery temp of 16c, charging for the first 10 min was still slow.

Is this normal behaviour or is the car not pre-heating the battery?

What you are seeing is very normal! I have the same short commute to my EA charging and had the same issue. What I do now is plan errands before heading to the charger. I leave my house with setting the charger in the Nav. system then get the car wash, stop for a coffee etc. then head the charger. This adds maybe 15-20 extra mins which gets my battery temps up closer to the high 90 - 100F mark.
It's just more time for me to enjoy cruising in the car before charging.

 

[jetbox]

Sounds completely normal as above. You need 20-30 mins to go to the charge destination for it to preheat the battery.

just a personal observation though. I actively switch off the nav to stop the car preheating the battery as it’s a huge consumer of power( which then eats range) all for what, just a few minutes shorter charge time.

charge times are plenty quick enough anyway for me

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