How to charge a Jaguar I-Pace faster on a winter road trip

[@horses4K]

Well done. My Jag was yesterday so cold, I got only 46 kWh in average.

[@chargedjourneys]

Yes, In cold weather it's almost impossible to get max charging rate from the iPace, but you might get a bit better charging rate by following some of my tips 👍⚡🚘❄️

[@HarleyGeraldoLATAM]

Good tips and vídeo…… and a beautiful trip… I have an I Pace in Brazil, but the weather it’s a little be diferent😂😂😂

[@andraskulcsar723]

Nice trip man. Keep up! :)

[@DamyanTanev]

I can not find the app on the play store is it possible that it is region restricted? I am from Bulgaria

[@chargedjourneys]

Hi, If you mean the the app I'm Checking the temperature on it's the "Power Cruice Control" app. But lately I use anothe app for this. "Car Scanner". For both apps you need an OBD2 adapter in your car

[@Megazone_FI]

I have noticed that I-Pace battery warms up in winter when driving SOC below 20%. So aim to a charger 10% SOC to get good charging speed.

[@chargedjourneys]

Yes, It seems like the car wil allow faster initial charging speed when SOC is below 10%, even if the temperaure is somewhat low. But i haven't really seen an increase in temperature, I just believe the car generally charges faster at low SOC. On the other hand, when you start to charge at a low SOC with decent charging speed (and turn of your car while charging) the car wil have enough time to heat up the battery so that you can maintain a decent speed throughout the charging session.

[@Megazone_FI]

@@chargedjourneys I have verified this battery warming with PCC. The battery was +2C when starting the trip and was up to 13C when stopped for charging. Outside temp was around zero. I think it's the battery inner resistance which warms it up. Battery voltage drops a lot when SOC below 20% (440V full vs 370V 10%) so current is higher causing warming. Warming doesn't happening when SOC is high. If I go to the charger with low SOC after only few km driven, the battery doesn't warm up and charging speed is lower. It's my 5th winter, so plenty of times to see this :)

[@marcbungener1877]

the i-Pace is my favorite EV since it came out - but I have not bought yet because I’m afraid of loosing to much time during long distance travel (for exemple Geneva to Saint-Nazaire). Every time I use ABRP to compare charging time between the i-Pace and the EV6 I’m put off but then it’s only occasional and I should consider doing Geneva Saint-Nazaire in two legs with a hotel night. Hence the interest in the video. Would be useful on your next video if can show small table, either in the text comment or in the video itself of all the stops and the time it took to go from whatever state of charge you had until 80% or so (since everyone knows it takes ages after that for most EVs but the Audi e-tron) Kind Regards

[@chargedjourneys]

Hi Marc, Thank you for the comment. I have driven quite a few longer road-trips with my car. The longest ones are my two trips from Norway to Austria. And I’m doing a trip to Euro Disney this July. We usually drive around 250-300km between charging stops on the Autobahn with the cruise set to around 130 or 140kmh (where legal ⚡️😀 We usually stop for about 40-50 minutes and charge to around 80% every time. We are quite conservative and like to have 100km “left on the battery” just in case… so our charging stops are probably way too long. If we followed ABRP charging suggestions and times we probably would have been a bit faster. We drive from Stavanger (Norway) via the Kristiansand-Hirtshals ferry, to Saalbach (Austria) in two whole days. I will make some. Ore videos about road-trips soon

[@marcbungener1877]

@@chargedjourneys thank you - I still hope they will come up with a faster charging battery in 2023. Time will tell.

[@nosoupforyou425]

DC Charge times can be painful..... Please update JLR, Please, Please

[@chargedjourneys]

Yes, it's way better in summertime 😎

[@gjertegiljohansen1217]

Witch app do you use for monitoring battery temperature?

[@nubian72]

Hi, in this video I'm using an app called "Power Cruise Control". (I don't use this anymore) But lately I've been using "CarScanner". CarScanner is excelent, and gives you loads of information about your car. For both these apps you also need to plug in an OBD device in your car, I have this one (Maclean OBD2 Interface Bluetooth 4.0 (MCE200)) wich is also compatible with A Better Route Planner

[@gjertegiljohansen1217]

@@nubian72 Thank You!

[@guidoheijen]

Hi, when you talk about pre-heating, you mean setting the start-time in pivi to leave? Just got mine 3 weeks ago and a did. a first long trip of 800km.2 days ago.

[@nubian72]

Yes, you set the departure time in the app or in the car. If your car is charged to 100% at least 1,5 to 2 hours before the departure time your battery will be heated as well. If your car is not charged to 100% or if the time between fully charged and actual departure time is shorter than 1,5 hours the battery will not preheat.

[@nubian72]

But when DC fast charging, (on a charging station) the preheating of the battery will start even if you don’t have 100% charged battery. But only if you switch off the cabin heating(HVAC) in your car. The two systems can not operate at the same time. So if you want to charge faster on the road, turn off your car, or at least the hvac, until the charging speed is ok

[@alexhaddock4554]

@@nubian72 My iPace is coming to the end of its lease, been a fantastic car. Loved it. Only major change I’d want is a faster charging battery so if they do that can see myself in an iPace 2 after my next vehicle. They really need to give us the option to manually preheat the battery when off AC though. I was relying on DC over Christmas when away from home as no suitable AC near where staying, waiting 30mins at an Ionity just for a 3C battery to warm isn’t great (30min charge actually became a 70 min charge).

[@larsrugard2956]

You don't really tell HOW to improve charging speed, you just report your charging experience... misleading title ... 😢

[@chargedjourneys]

Hi, I'm sorry you didn't like the video. I talk about the importance of preheating the car in the start of the video. After this and after the initial charging on my trip, the car's battery will be hotter, so that it charged faster. If you start a winter trip without preheating the battery, the battery will not heat up sufficiently to accept fast charging speeds. It's also important to turn of the HVAC system in your Jaguar when fast charging, because then the battery heater will start

[@davidashley4386]

Or simply have a ICE car and not have to stop at all !

[@BMH1965]

Until EV cars can do the return journey without having to recharge I will not replace my diesel.