June 2022: Sorry for a winter post in summer... On my 2013 Volt, I normally set the temperature to 72 or 73F in the winter and wait for the car to respond. I do not expect an instant response from any vehicle, especially given the old ICE (literal and figurative) days when we had to wait for...
At what outside temperature will the battery start warming up its main battery? Knowing if the trigger temp is, as an example, 3 Celsius, so instead of preconditioning the battery using its own battery power to keep warm, i would plug the car if i know temperature will drop to or below that...