Scheduled charging not behaving as I expected

[PAFDenver]

I set up scheduled charging to match the off-peak time from my electricity provider since I have Time-of-Use billing. When I plug the R1T in AFTER the start of the the scheduled START time it doesn't start charging immediately, it says it will start charging at the next start time for TOU.

For example:
Scheduled charging is configured for 7PM-1PM
I plug in the truck at 8PM, it does NOT start charging immediately but says that it will start charging at 7PM the next day.

I expected, and prefer, that it charges as soon as I plug it in as long as I am within the time I have scheduled charging set for. It's no big deal, I just started the charging by clicking the "start charging now" button on the screen. However, I only saw that it was delaying the start of charging because I was just curious and checked in on it. I imagine that it would be easy to plug in after the start of charging time and forget to click the "start charging now" button on the screen.

I want to send this to Rivian as a suggested change/improvement but want to be sure that it's what other people expect/want too. I expect something like this is why Rivian changed the function of the left L/R buttons on the steering wheel to scan for the next station instead of skipping to the next preset (which is a major mistake IMO).

Do you expect that charging starts immediately upon plugging in IF you are within the scheduled charging time or is it better how they have it now (it won't start charging until the start of the scheduled charging time)?

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[godfodder0901]

This is the behavior I would expect.

 

[PAFDenver]

This is the behavior I would expect.

Which is? How it works now or how I suggested it should work?

 

[SoCal Rob]

I set up scheduled charging to match the off-peak time from my electricity provider since I have Time-of-Use billing. When I plug the R1T in AFTER the start of the the scheduled START time it doesn't start charging immediately, it says it will start charging at the next start time for TOU.

For example:
Scheduled charging is configured for 7PM-1PM
I plug in the truck at 8PM, it does NOT start charging immediately but says that it will start charging at 7PM the next day.

I expected, and prefer, that it charges as soon as I plug it in as long as I am within the time I have scheduled charging set for. It's no big deal, I just started the charging by clicking the "start charging now" button on the screen. However, I only saw that it was delaying the start of charging because I was just curious and checked in on it. I imagine that it would be easy to plug in after the start of charging time and forget to click the "start charging now" button on the screen.

I want to send this to Rivian as a suggested change/improvement but want to be sure that it's what other people expect/want too. I expect something like this is why Rivian changed the function of the left L/R buttons on the steering wheel to scan for the next station instead of skipping to the next preset (which is a major mistake IMO).

Do you expect that charging starts immediately upon plugging in IF you are within the scheduled charging time or is it better how they have it now (it won't start charging until the start of the scheduled charging time)?

I agree with you: It should start charging as soon as it is plugged in as long as the current time is within the scheduled charging window.

 

[godfodder0901]

Which is? How it works now or how I suggested it should work?

Sorry, I wasn't very clear. It should behave as you suggest it should.

 

[Mr rivian]

I agree it should charge immediately if you are within the scheduled charging time. Can't really see any reason for it to be the way it is currently.

 

[jjswan33]

I feel like mine does start charging if within that scheduled time (ie my off peak time is 10pm to 6am if I plug in at 10:30 it starts charging immediately). Maybe something new in the latest software update?

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[SANZC02]

I set up scheduled charging to match the off-peak time from my electricity provider since I have Time-of-Use billing. When I plug the R1T in AFTER the start of the the scheduled START time it doesn't start charging immediately, it says it will start charging at the next start time for TOU.

For example:
Scheduled charging is configured for 7PM-1PM
I plug in the truck at 8PM, it does NOT start charging immediately but says that it will start charging at 7PM the next day.

I expected, and prefer, that it charges as soon as I plug it in as long as I am within the time I have scheduled charging set for. It's no big deal, I just started the charging by clicking the "start charging now" button on the screen. However, I only saw that it was delaying the start of charging because I was just curious and checked in on it. I imagine that it would be easy to plug in after the start of charging time and forget to click the "start charging now" button on the screen.

I want to send this to Rivian as a suggested change/improvement but want to be sure that it's what other people expect/want too. I expect something like this is why Rivian changed the function of the left L/R buttons on the steering wheel to scan for the next station instead of skipping to the next preset (which is a major mistake IMO).

Do you expect that charging starts immediately upon plugging in IF you are within the scheduled charging time or is it better how they have it now (it won't start charging until the start of the scheduled charging time)?

That could just be a bug, try changing the the window to go from 7pm to 11am and see if it behaves differently, the 7pm to 1pm could be confusing the code.

 

[Cosmacelf]

That could just be a bug, try changing the the window to go from 7pm to 11am and see if it behaves differently, the 7pm to 1pm could be confusing the code.

This. I already found one bug in the code. If you set charging from 12am to 12am, then it'll start charging immediately.

 

[PAFDenver]

That could just be a bug, try changing the the window to go from 7pm to 11am and see if it behaves differently, the 7pm to 1pm could be confusing the code.

Thanks @SanzCO2 - that did it. I am going to report this as a small bug. I appreciate the suggestion.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Thanks @SanzCO2 - that did it. I am going to report this as a small bug. I appreciate the suggestion.

Ugh, the annoying thing in my mind is that any halfway competent programmer would have discovered this bug on their own when they tested their own code. Failing that, the bug should have been caught in QA. And failing all of that, the manual tech writer should have been trying to use the system to write the manual rather than rely on what the programmer told them how it worked. This type of bug is particularly sloppy.

 

[Dark-Fx]

This. I already found one bug in the code. If you set charging from 12am to 12am, then it'll start charging immediately.

That should mean it's allowed to charge 24 hours a day, unless you made a mistake.

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