aesculus / EVTO-App-Feedback

A project to track bugs and ideas for the EVTO App
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Default value for Reserve SoC #353

Closed EVGrokker closed 7 years ago

EVGrokker commented 7 years ago

When a user first installs EVTO, the initial default settings should be selected in such a way that EVTO's SoC predictions will match the car's predictions as closely as possible.

Specifically, the current default for Reserve SoC is 15%, but we believe that the car uses a 20% threshold to begin showing yellow arrival.

The proposal is to set the default Reserve SoC to 20%, to match the car SoC color coding.

We can add explanatory text in Help and T&Ts to encourage experienced users to reset Reserve SoC to a value that more closely matches their risk tolerance.

aesculus commented 7 years ago

We should do some research to verify this. What the battery shows on the car may not be the same as the energy (SoC) chart on the car. But I suspect it is the same.

And 20% is really high too. But I understand the need to keep it as close the car initially.

aesculus commented 7 years ago

Specifically, the current default for Reserve SoC is 15%, but we believe that the car uses a 20% threshold to begin showing yellow arrival.

On a recent trip the car was quite happy to have me arrive with 14% SoC to a charger. I am not sure what criteria it uses.