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      05-22-2025, 03:10 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Humy View Post
I just bought a '23 i4 M50 and am new to electric vehicles. When I set the charging target to 80% in my i4, will car charge to 80% and then car stops taking juice from the charger even if the charger is plugged in? I am going to be using the BMW flexible fast charger that was in the trunk when I bought the car. I am having the 50 amp socket installed tomorrow

Any other settings in the charging app in car I should be using?
80% setting is mostly what you need. Only other setting would be how fast to charge to 80%, which you can set via the amount of amps in the app or in the car. But since you are putting in a 50amp circuit it will be fine for the included charger (it pulls 40amps so you need a 50amp circuit).

If you really want to get into saving money (if you have variable time based electric rates) you can set a schedule to charge in the app.
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