Tesla vehicle onboard charging need "Storm Watch" type feature to top-off battery to 100% instead of 80% before possible weather caused power outage

[AxelR]

Yeah sure.

You probably never use PC screen saver/dimmer. Just click saver/dimmer every time you leave your PC.

Never use auto cancel turn signal on car. Just manual turnoff turn signal after every turn.

Never use cruise control on a hours long car trip on interstate. Car has accelerator pedal and you have a foot.

Never get auto notification of car recalls. You can go to the car manufacturers web site everyday.
If you miss the car brake recall and you crash at the bottom of the the hill, well you have not worries now.

Cities/towns don't need warning sirens because everybody can frequently pause work to check weather.

Actually you’re right on most of these.
I still don’t understand why it’s so hard for you to check the weather.
It’s okay to be different.

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[rodmacpherson]

The point is automate the things you can. There could be a Stormwatch switch in the settings, if you don't want it to do that you keepnit switched off. If you do want to opt in and never worry about having to manually change your settings to charge to 100% you can switch that on and sit back knowing the car will automatically charge the most it can before a blackout hits.
Tesla is already collecting the weather data for the Powerwall customers, there is no reason that data couldn't be passed to the cars where they would do whatever the owner set it to do in the event of a storm.