Can you precondition but not charge?

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I haven't tried this but if you plug in and don't want to charge (say you charge when you get to 20% and you at 50%). Does the car precondition with the power from the mains automatically?
I am sure it must do but I do not use the scheduled preconditioning.
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I haven't tried this but if you plug in and don't want to charge (say you charge when you get to 20% and you at 50%). Does the car precondition with the power from the mains automatically?
I am sure it must do but I do not use the scheduled preconditioning.
Yes, if you have the charge limit set, the car will precondition without charging past that limit. But 50% is the minimum charge limit you can set.
 

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I am just now trying preconditioning. Had to lower my home charge target to keep the car from charging per the schedule so that makes it a bit cumbersome. Since my car sleeps in a garage I will likely stop preconditioning as it doesn't seem to have any benefit. Battery temp with and without looks to be about 60F.
 

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I haven't tried this but if you plug in and don't want to charge (say you charge when you get to 20% and you at 50%). Does the car precondition with the power from the mains automatically?
I am sure it must do but I do not use the scheduled preconditioning.
You can plug it in and I think hit stop charge on your phone then it will just pull from external when it starts the precondition process.
 

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I set to 50% at home and have also hit the stop charge option. Either works. I also set my precondition settings 1 hour before I leave during the AM, typically to account for slight time differences.
 


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Do you have to have it plugged in in order to precondition? Or can it be without? If so is there an option I need it to be in?
 

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Do you have to have it plugged in in order to precondition? Or can it be without? If so is there an option I need it to be in?
You must plugged in, to 240v. Setting a departure time is the only way.
 

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Do you have to have it plugged in in order to precondition? Or can it be without? If so is there an option I need it to be in?
Yes you have to be plugged in, and you have to schedule a departure time beforehand.
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