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Just catching up on this thread, great info in here. After reading everything a few questions:
1) I want to say I read somewhere once that it's best to leave EVs/PHEVs plugged in anytime the temp drops below freezing. But I haven't seen anything definitive... thoughts?
2) Inconclusive on whether the 45e has a heating element for the battery? Is there a way in iDrive to see kwh usage by type (e.g. driving, HVAC, battery conditioning)?
3) I have a BEV (Chevy Bolt) that I "trick" into pre-conditioning the battery in the winter by always leaving it on departure mode, which works a bit differently than the 45e in that I can set it to achieve 100% SOC by a precise time. The 45e only lets me specify a time range and then a pre-conditioning departure time. Is the computer smart enough to incorporate outside temp into its calculation of when to charge within the specified window?
Or, is there a way that I can specify a precise "stop charging by X time"?
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