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Allowing for "discharging" at stops rather than charging

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I plan car camping trips in ABRP fairly frequently. Until recently, I could account for battery discharge at campsites (for using the climate, etc) by simply saying I would charge at “-1” kW for (for example) 8 hours, and ABRP would remove 8 kWh from the charge level at the planned departure from that stop.

This was an extremely handy feature as I could account for using climate all night or other losses involved in being at a campsite without power for a long period, and it made it very handy to figure out what SoC I would need to be at in order to make it to a DCFC.

Can you please bring back the ability to enter negative numbers into the “kW” field or a checkbox to say “this is a discharge, not a charge”?

Thank you!!!!

Posted by NEight ·
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  • NEight

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    May 16



    Example: I want to plan a trip to Sandbank Stream and stay for a couple of days with a little climate use. There is no charging anywhere in the area, it’s very primitive camping. I used to be able to set “-1 kW for 15h” and ABRP would remove 15kWh from my SOC at that stop, so I could allow a reasonable budget for climate, cooking, etc at that stop and how much reserve I needed to keep to reach the next DCFC.

    Recently, ABRP “fixed” the field so any entry into the kW field is treated as a positive number and not a negative one. Planning for battery use during camping stops was an extremely useful tool and I would love to have it back, please.

    It doesn’t need to be allowing a negative number. A checkbox to say “this is discharging” would work just as well, or anything that allows me to remove SOC from my battery at a stop so I can plan for electric use at that stop.