Away For A Week

[Rocky_H]

I don't have a charger where I live, so it is not a option for me. What would people recommend for going away for 7-10 days without the charging option?

I was away for a month. During that time I left it plugged in and

plug it in to a 110 outlet

For a week, don't sweat it, just leave it plugged in

*facepalm*
I apologize on behalf of the lack of reading comprehension on this forum. Yeah, I wouldn't start with lowered to 50% if it's not going to have access to recharge. But it's not going to drain enough from your daily level to get down to 50% even if you sent it there. 7 to 10 days isn't long enough to even need to plan for it.

 

[Veritas1980]

*facepalm*
I apologize on behalf of the lack of reading comprehension on this forum. Yeah, I wouldn't start with lowered to 50% if it's not going to have access to recharge. But it's not going to drain enough from your daily level to get down to 50% even if you sent it there. 7 to 10 days isn't long enough to even need to plan for it.

Ehhmm... yes, I chose to take the polite approach to those answers.

Seems like the consensus is pretty clear on it shouldn't be an issue for such a short time period, so I will just continue my regular charging scheme then.

 

[Rocky_H]

Ehhmm... yes, I chose to take the polite approach to those answers.

Seems like the consensus is pretty clear on it shouldn't be an issue for such a short time period, so I will just continue my regular charging scheme then.

Yes, you showed admirable restraint.

 

[jerry33]

*facepalm*
I apologize on behalf of the lack of reading comprehension on this forum.

When you get 12K emails minimum per day, glancing at the text is what occurs. Sorry about that.

 

[JHuberman]

Try leaving your car unplugged for a day when you don't need to use it and see how much charge you loose. I lose about 10 miles a day. If I leave my MS60 fully charged I'll have about 18 days before it gets to 10% charge.

 

[jerry33]

When you're not plugged in, set the energy saving modes on and don't keep calling the car with the App. The longer the car stays asleep, the deeper it sleeps and the less energy it uses. Every time you use the App, it wakes up the car and the cycle starts all over again.

 

[Shock-On-T]

Try leaving your car unplugged for a day when you don't need to use it and see how much charge you loose. I lose about 10 miles a day. If I leave my MS60 fully charged I'll have about 18 days before it gets to 10% charge.

Wow that's a rapid loss. I get 1 or 2kms a day loss.

 

[Hugh Mannity]

When you're not plugged in, set the energy saving modes on and don't keep calling the car with the App. The longer the car stays asleep, the deeper it sleeps and the less energy it uses. Every time you use the App, it wakes up the car and the cycle starts all over again.

Yeah that ^^. When sleeping the car uses almost no energy every day it sits idle, at least that's my experience during cool but cold days sitting.

 

[Jeff4155]

10 miles a day sound a lot to me, is there something else draining the battery in your vehicle?

 

[fasteddie7]

Try leaving your car unplugged for a day when you don't need to use it and see how much charge you loose. I lose about 10 miles a day. If I leave my MS60 fully charged I'll have about 18 days before it gets to 10% charge.

Do you have always connected turned on? Otherwise this is a lot to lose in a day.

 

[Rocky_H]

Try leaving your car unplugged for a day when you don't need to use it and see how much charge you loose. I lose about 10 miles a day. If I leave my MS60 fully charged I'll have about 18 days before it gets to 10% charge.

That will give you false data about long term loss. The car has a couple of levels of sleep/hibernate that it drops into as it sits for longer and longer. It takes at least I think the first 24 hours or so to really get into those, so to measure only the very first day and then multiply that out by N number of days is going to give you a wrong answer. Measure it after several days sleeping so the first day of high loss is not dominating the number.

 

[JHuberman]

That will give you false data about long term loss. The car has a couple of levels of sleep/hibernate that it drops into as it sits for longer and longer. It takes at least I think the first 24 hours or so to really get into those, so to measure only the very first day and then multiply that out by N number of days is going to give you a wrong answer. Measure it after several days sleeping so the first day of high loss is not dominating the number.

Thanks for the advice. I'll do some more testing with power saving on.
If it is sleeping with power saving on and not always connected will it still be able to receive updates if there is an available wifi and/or cell signal?

 

[Ronist]

I don't have a home charger and have left the car unplugged for 3-4 weeks at a time. The lost were well below 10% but I did refrained from opening the app and waking up the car.

 

[EVie'sDad]

Spent 5 days in Las Vegas parked in a parking garage in January 2016 (mean temp about 45-55 degrees F), had no issue with it charged to about 80-85%. (roughly 182 kwh/miles left).

Enabled range mode, turn off all ac and heating, reduced brightness of the displayed and let it sit unplugged. After 24 hours car will go into a deep sleep mode where the drain is somewhere between 1-3 kwh/mile loss, and don't keep pinging it with the mobile app, that breaks it out of deep sleep mode (which regrettably I did several times being a new owner at the time and being somewhat paranoid of leaving it sit in a casino garage all the time). I still had well over 140+ miles to make the 40 mile trip back to Primm with relative ease.

You won't have any issue if you leave it parked and unplugged for only 7 or 8 days.