achewt
Well-known member
Nissan, I understand the apparent reason that you removed the ability to have the 2014 model car stop charging at 80% (to avoid the way EPA tested range on the earlier model); however, I REALLY NEED THIS FEATURE!
Scenario: I drive to a mountain town a few times per week and have to charge my car in order to complete the return trip. However, I only need 60%-80% of my battery available when I leave. Unfortunately on the 2014, there is no way to have my car stop charging at a certain %. I either have to fiddle with the car charge timer each time and try to anticipate how long it will take to reach a certain %, or I start doing whatever I need to do and send a command to my car to charge via the smart phone app when I think I am 1 - 1.5 hours from being done my activity. This is incredibly cumbersome. I don't want to charge to 100% (or even 85%), because the hill back down to the valley is almost 600m (2000ft) and is only 9km long (average grade of 7%). I need the "head-room" in my battery to be able to use regeneration to slow me down - ideally at 30kW (which only seems possible under about 85%); otherwise I have to use the mechanical brakes on this long hill. I can't be the only person stuck with this scenario.
My suggestions:
1) Reimplement whatever software used on the 2013 or earlier model that allows the driver to select the maximum % that they want the car to be charged to
2) Change the smart phone app such that you can STOP charging remotely, as well as start it
Thank you for your consideration.
Scenario: I drive to a mountain town a few times per week and have to charge my car in order to complete the return trip. However, I only need 60%-80% of my battery available when I leave. Unfortunately on the 2014, there is no way to have my car stop charging at a certain %. I either have to fiddle with the car charge timer each time and try to anticipate how long it will take to reach a certain %, or I start doing whatever I need to do and send a command to my car to charge via the smart phone app when I think I am 1 - 1.5 hours from being done my activity. This is incredibly cumbersome. I don't want to charge to 100% (or even 85%), because the hill back down to the valley is almost 600m (2000ft) and is only 9km long (average grade of 7%). I need the "head-room" in my battery to be able to use regeneration to slow me down - ideally at 30kW (which only seems possible under about 85%); otherwise I have to use the mechanical brakes on this long hill. I can't be the only person stuck with this scenario.
My suggestions:
1) Reimplement whatever software used on the 2013 or earlier model that allows the driver to select the maximum % that they want the car to be charged to
2) Change the smart phone app such that you can STOP charging remotely, as well as start it
Thank you for your consideration.