trsmith83@alien.topBtoElectric Vehicles@gearhead.town•"Million Dollar Idea" for charging apps...English
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1 year agoSeems like something that can be done pretty easily within the existing charging apps. I believe ChargePoint offers it (maybe the charger owner has to opt in or something).
Sorry to pile on but charging to 100% on DCFC is far from ideal.
EQB’s charging speed drops a bit around 50% and then significantly at 85%: https://insideevs.com/news/492300/mercedes-eqv-dc-fast-charging-analysis/ So you’re wasting a lot of time to get that last little bit of charge.
You really wouldn’t add many more stops if you charged only to 80% or so. And then when you’re staying somewhere for the night – hotel, house, etc. – that’s when you go fully to 100%, because you’ve got the time and Level 2 charging (well, Level 1 too) doesn’t slow down at the top of the battery.
EQB also isn’t great at fast charging but you can make it work. I have a Kona and it’s even worse at fast charging, but it doesn’t bother me. We’ve never needed more than one DCFC per direction on a trip anyway.