Why is my car charging immediately rather than during Off-Peak hours?

If applicable, our algorithms optimize your charging for when costs and electric grid strain are low, provided there’s enough time to get to your target battery level by the daily Departure Time you set in your WeaveGrid Dashboard.

Under some circumstances, to ensure that we meet your mobility needs, your EV may charge during on-peak periods. Reasons for this include:

• Your EV’s daily Departure Time and target battery level are such that there was insufficient time to charge exclusively during off-peak hours.
• Your EV has less than 20% state of charge (SOC) and you have Low Battery Protection enabled.
• You are a new user and we have yet to detect enough information about your vehicle or charger to effectively manage your charging. For Tesla vehicles, WeaveGrid requires at least one at-home, completed charge event that increases the battery's State of Charge (SOC) by at least 15%. For EVSE-managed charging, WeaveGrid needs to observe at least one completed charge event that is 30 minutes or longer and adds at least 0.5 kWh of energy.

If you would prefer to exclusively charge your vehicle during off-peak times, you can enable the Peak Avoidance feature in the WeaveGrid Dashboard. To learn more about this feature, check out: What is Peak Avoidance?