Rate Plan Charging

If you have Powerwall and either Wall Connector 3 or Universal Wall Connector installed in your home, you can use Rate Plan Charging to reduce your home charging costs. Rate Plan Charging uses your home energy rate plan to determine when energy prices are lowest and automatically charges your vehicle at those times to save you money. Rate Plan Charging supports both Tesla vehicles and other compatible EVs.

How Rate Plan Charging Works

Rate Plan charging delivers low-cost charging to meet your daily driving needs, ensuring your vehicle is ready by your expected departure time. It does this by charging your vehicle during off-peak times, when energy is least expensive, and avoiding on-peak times, when energy is most expensive. With Rate Plan Charging, your vehicle will be charged with the lowest cost energy to meet your ‘Desired Charging Duration’ by your ‘End Charging By’ time.

Desired Charging Duration

The ‘Desired Charging Duration’ setting indicates the minimum amount of time you want to charge your vehicle. Rate Plan Charging will charge your vehicle for at least this amount of time. Once the desired charging duration is reached, Rate Plan Charging will continue charging your vehicle if your energy costs are still off-peak, or stop charging your vehicle if your energy costs are higher.

End Charging By

The ‘End Charging By’ setting is the time when you want to unplug your vehicle and start driving. Rate Plan Charging will ensure you reach your ‘Desired Charging Duration’ before your ‘End Charging By’ time.

How to Use Rate Plan Charging

If you meet the Rate Plan Charging home energy system requirements, you can turn on Rate Plan Charging in the Tesla app. To enable Rate Plan Charging, follow these steps:

Open the Tesla app.
Select your Powerwall.
Tap ‘Settings.’
Tap ‘Vehicle Charging.’
Turn on the ‘Wall Connector Schedule’ toggle.

Once you’ve enabled Rate Plan Charging, you can adjust your rate plan, ‘Desired Charging Duration’ and ‘End Charging By’ settings.

Frequently Asked Questions

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To use Rate Plan Charging, you must have:

Powerwall 2, Powerwall + or Powerwall 3 with firmware version 25.26 or later

Wall Connector 3 or Universal Wall Connector with firmware version 25.18 or later

Tesla app version 4.49 or later

You must also pair your mobile device to your Powerwall to use Rate Plan Charging. To pair your phone with Powerwall, follow these steps:

Open the Tesla app.

Switch to your energy site.

Tap ‘Configure.’

Scroll down and tap ‘Phone Pairing.’
No. Rate Plan Charging works with any electric vehicle that is compatible with Wall Connector 3 or Universal Wall Connector as long as your home energy system meets the Rate Plan Charging requirements.
Yes, as long as you do not unplug your vehicle while charging. Your desired charging duration is the minimum amount of time you would like to charge your vehicle. Rate Plan Charging may continue charging your vehicle beyond your desired charging duration if you have not met your ‘End Charging By’ time and your energy costs are off-peak.
In the Tesla app, you can tap ‘Charge Now’ to manually begin charging your vehicle at any time. Rate Plan Charging will remain the default charging mode and will resume the next time you plug in your vehicle.
Rate Plan Charging will conflict with a charge schedule configured in your vehicle. We strongly recommend disabling all vehicle charge schedules to ensure Rate Plan Charging can reach your ‘Desired Charging Duration’ by your ‘End Charging By’ time.
Rate Plan Charging will reach your charge limit if your ‘Desired Charging Duration’ and ‘End Charging By’ settings allow it, but it will never charge over your vehicle’s charge limit.
No. Rate Plan Charging focuses on charging your vehicle with energy from the grid during off-peak pricing. Charge on Solar uses excess solar energy to charge your vehicle. The two features use different power sources and cannot be used at the same time.

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