Tavascan slow charging at home with Pod Point 7KW charger?

[Col66]

Hi, I have set a schedule to coincide with overnight cheap electricity tariff. The car is only utilising around 7 miles/hr to charge. Around 2.2KW/hr
When in immediate charge process it goes up to 24 miles per hour utilising the full 7KW/hr output.
Does anyone know the reason for this?
Thanks

 

[Tell]

Hi, I have set a schedule to coincide with overnight cheap electricity tariff. The car is only utilising around 7 miles/hr to charge. Around 2.2KW/hr
When in immediate charge process it goes up to 24 miles per hour utilising the full 7KW/hr output.
Does anyone know the reason for this?
Thanks

There have been some moans about Intelligent Octopus charging.

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If you are using Intelligent Octopus, it might be that. You would expect it to be consuming 7kW/hr. If you have Octopus and haven't got one of their little free purple boxes (Octopus Home Mini) you might want to get that. It shows in real-time what is being consumed and the price. Integrates with the Smart meter radio signal and the Octopus app. You will see exactly what is going on in the 30-minute intervals and in real time.

If not it could be your charger unit / software and connection. There are those limits where you can cap charging to a given level. Start charging immediately, may go above those set limits.

You might find something on the Born thread and wider Googles on VAG hardware. There have been moans, I know that. I don't have an EV, but I am keeping an eye on the subject for when I do. There might be a more well versed expert on this one.

 

[Col66]

There have been some moans about Intelligent Octopus charging.

Google Search

If you are using Intelligent Octopus, it might be that. You would expect it to be consuming 7kW/hr. If you have Octopus and haven't got one of their little free purple boxes (Octopus Home Mini) you might want to get that. It shows in real-time what is being consumed and the price. Integrates with the Smart meter radio signal and the Octopus app. You will see exactly what is going on in the 30-minute intervals and in real time.

If not it could be your charger unit / software and connection. There are those limits where you can cap charging to a given level. Start charging immediately, may go above those set limits.

You might find something on the Born thread and wider Googles on VAG hardware. There have been moans, I know that. I don't have an EV, but I am keeping an eye on the subject for when I do. There might be a more well versed expert on this one.

Thanks, I don't use Octopus. Eon, with Pod Point charger. Worked fine with a Kia Nero 2, just using the schedule from the charger, but the Tavascan needs to be in control of its schedules it would seem. I have contacted Cupra for help.

 

[Tell]

Thanks, I don't use Octopus. Eon, with Pod Point charger. Worked fine with a Kia Nero 2, just using the schedule from the charger, but the Tavascan needs to be in control of its schedules it would seem. I have contacted Cupra for help.

That might have one of the ones I'd read. 🫢 Certainly mutterings about charging. Keep us up-to-date.