BillyGee
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- Bill
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- Northern California
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- Model Y P, Model 3 LR, Founders CT (Ordered)
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I took delivery of a Tesla model y in November of last year. I've been having quite the time getting used to pre-programming the car, learning how to drive it compared to my old f-350, and in general just having a great time with something new that is radically different from any vehicle I've ever driven before. As of late though, it appears my car has learned a new trick and I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
Typically I program the car to start charging at 2:30 in the morning and only charge to 80%. This is more than enough time to cover my daily driving and get the charge to my needed level for the day. If I need a little more I just started up while I'm getting ready to go so that I burn it off quickly. For the last couple of weeks my friend and I have been meeting at the gym at 5:30, so to compensate for this I set the car to start charging earlier and to precondition at 5:30. That way by the time I'm ready to go out the door and drive to the gym that is less than 5 minutes away it is warm and ready to go regardless of how cold it is outside.
For a couple of weeks I had to pull out my app and tell the phone to start preheating the car before we left so that the windows were still defrosted. It was just a matter of opening up the app and getting the climate control button.
However sometime last week the car no longer needed me to do this. At the same time that I was pulling out the phone to activate climate control, I received a notification that the cabin of my car was now at the desired temperature. I didn't have to tell it to do it, it did it completely on its own.
So is there a ghost in this machine or is this just a feature of these vehicles that I was unaware of? Is it really learning my schedule? Can any other owners advise?
Typically I program the car to start charging at 2:30 in the morning and only charge to 80%. This is more than enough time to cover my daily driving and get the charge to my needed level for the day. If I need a little more I just started up while I'm getting ready to go so that I burn it off quickly. For the last couple of weeks my friend and I have been meeting at the gym at 5:30, so to compensate for this I set the car to start charging earlier and to precondition at 5:30. That way by the time I'm ready to go out the door and drive to the gym that is less than 5 minutes away it is warm and ready to go regardless of how cold it is outside.
For a couple of weeks I had to pull out my app and tell the phone to start preheating the car before we left so that the windows were still defrosted. It was just a matter of opening up the app and getting the climate control button.
However sometime last week the car no longer needed me to do this. At the same time that I was pulling out the phone to activate climate control, I received a notification that the cabin of my car was now at the desired temperature. I didn't have to tell it to do it, it did it completely on its own.
So is there a ghost in this machine or is this just a feature of these vehicles that I was unaware of? Is it really learning my schedule? Can any other owners advise?
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