Another vote for the Chargepoint Flex. It's been 100% reliable for me and as Paladin says, it allows for non-peak billing as the result of its wifi capability.
Just looked at the Chargepoint app and I don't see a way to fully turn off the unit from the app. The first page give you a) Schedule b) Remind me to plug in and c) Settings. Settings doesn't offer an option to fully turn the unit off, unless I'm missing something.
I suppose you could just make the schedule such as to preclude someone from using it. You would then need to change the schedule to when you want to use it.
There is no way in the user interface to change that (currently). Also the only cables that come with the Mobile Charging Cable are NEMA 5-15 and NEMA 14-50. The NEMA 14-30 cable is mentioned in the user's manual, but must be purchased separately.
You are not clueless. One would think that every EV has that. Currently Lucid does not. Tesla, for example, has only basic scheduling available (when to start charging) – you can't schedule a full week of off-peak charging (like time ranges and special times for weekends). I think most over EVs have better charging schedules – I think the Nissan Leaf I had almost 10 years ago was better.
It should be, but it's not, at least from my PHEV experience.
I was thinking that, but you can bypass the schedule by unplugging the car and plugging in again
Oh, it's that kind of "schedule" – more of an assistance function.
Just curious why you would want to limit the charge?
yes. Our Leaf has two timer options. You can schedule one for weekdays and one for the weekends. you can also have the car only use the schedule when at home. We just use the ChargePoint scheduling
Theoretically yes. On the ChargePoint if you have the schedule set and plug in, it won’t charge until it is scheduled. But… to bypass the schedule and immediately charge, you just unplug and immediately plug in again. that bypasses the schedule and the car will charge immediately.
Isn't there just a button that says charge now? I remember seeing it in the app.
If the charger unit try’s to pull the full power it is capable of, it would pop the circuit. since many units can pull 40 amps, it would pop the circuit trying to pull the full 40 amps on a 40 amp circuit. One would need a 50 amp circuit to prevent that from happening.
Yes there is. But you don’t need the app. You can accomplish the same thing by a plug, unplug, plug without the app. So if you were trying to prevent others from using your unit by applying the schedule, it can be overridden even without the app.
The Lucid home charger won't pull more than the breaker can give. I have a 30 amp breaker and the home charger plugged in didn't trip it, even though it can pull 40 amp.
