Hi everyone! I drive a 2023 Bolt EV. I charge on campus where the rate for chargepoint is $0.50/hr from 4pm to 6am, and $1/hr from 6am to 4pm. $0.50 difference is negligible, but it’s a 100% difference from $0.50 to $1 and I’m a frugal student. What I’ll usually do is set an alarm for 5:58am so that I can press “stop charge” on the chargepoint app so I don’t have to pay the $1 rate after 6am. I’m curious if anyone has figured out a way to automate this (maybe through shortcuts?) process. For example, get the iphone to make a shortcut such that when it’s 5:59am, stop charge in the chargepoint app. I futzed around with shortcuts but didn’t find anything, thanks!
No idle fees! I try not to be an asshole and usually do 4pm-11:59pm or something and just move the car before I go to sleep, but sometimes 8 hours of charging isn’t enough. But it will keep charging you the station fee if you haven’t stopped the charging session but the battery is already full.
You should be able to set off peak hours for charging on your car itself. My niro has an option to only charge during those hours and will stop any time outside those hours. Your bolt should have something similar. https://youtu.be/AIvGk5NMJd0?si=z2NCjh6A6Nd9libr