You're right that having a button near the charging port would be a lot more convenient, but it's not much of a surprise that there's no separate button for just this functionality. The EX30 is all about cost cutting (others would call it "simplicity") and merging functionalities. They eleminated almost all buttons from the cockpit and moved allmost all controls onto the screen. Let me put it this way: it'd have been a great surprise if they made an exception for the charge control.
Looks like this car has nothing in common with previous models (not developed fully in China) - XC60 Recharge once unlocked always unlocks the charge port, you can take it out and drive away. Only if you keep the car unlocked for longer period of time without turning on the ignition does the port re-lock and charging continues...
Pausing the charge Everytime you open the door is not so convenient. This is the way Skoda Citigo does and it's really annoying too because too many times you close your doors and then you remember your laptop is still on the back seat... And there's no way to take it without stopping the charging that has just been started. Of this happens to a public charging station, sometimes they stop the charge at all and you need to use their app to unplug the cable, select again the station and plug the cable. Much more annoying than push a button on the tablet. If EX30 leaves you to unplug immediately after unlocking the door as soon as you reached the charging level desired (for example 80%), I think it's fine. Thanks for your video, it's very useful to know how to handle things like this in advance and not for the 1st time in an emergency situation (these are the typical tricks no car seller thinks to talk about before handing you the keys)
My car doesn't release the cable when fully charged and in that case, the end charging is not showing on the screen either. To get the cable to release, I have to start charging again (i.e. by raising the charging cap) and then the end charging starts showing. What am I missing? You say in the video that the cable can just be pulled out when fully charged, so what am I missing?
Can you try. Isolating the power from the charger? Does it allow you to remove the cable/plug then? Home chargers in au need an isolated next to the load so this might solve this annoyance?
Imagin having that button on the car, and you leave the car unsupervised when charging, lesser people would push that button just to prank you.🤣 I just use the App if i need it to stop charging.
