Should I Charge While at Airport?

[barmach]

I am going out of town for a few days and will be leaving my car at the airport while out of town. Should I charge my car while I am gone? The airport is 30 miles from my house. The lot has charging outlets available.

 

[duanra]

Just plug it in and the car worry about it eith the soc you chose.

 

[hugh_jassol]

Are you worried you will run out of charge during your trip? Because you will be fine. If you have sentry mode on you will lose about 1 mi every hour though. If you don't have sentry enabled, then no worries. You should only lose about 1% charge per day

 

[jjrandorin]

If its available at the lot your in, I would plug in and then turn on sentry mode. If you dont plug in, dont turn sentry mode, since if you do, as mentioned, you will lose approximately 1 mile an hour, or 24 miles a day. Worrying about charge while you are gone on your trip is not something you want to do, so plug in if available.

If not, as mentioned you would be fine as long as you turn off sentry mode.. I would also recommend turning off cabin overheat protection as well, myself... but I always park in a covered lot when I travel so its not quite as much heat beating down on the car.

 

[Big Earl]

Do you need to charge? If not, don’t... leave the spaces for someone who does.

If it’s 30 miles from home, park with 70-80% SOC. Even after two weeks, you’ll still have enough to get back home.

If you want to run sentry mode the entire time, then do plug it in.

 

[barmach]

Thanks for the tips and info. I think i will end up plugging in. They have an entire row available to plug in and I do plan to run sentri mode while gone.

 

[ewoodrick]

If the row is available, it's 120V plugs, and it isn't over half full, then I'd go for it.
If it's over half full, then it very possible may get full and some folks may really need to charge to be able to get home. You could lose well over 100 miles and still get home easily.

 

[RDoc]

We're about the same distance and I never plug in. Vampire drain has never been an issue and I figure someone else might really need it. If it were the middle of winter in some arctic climate like Montreal I might behave differently.

 

[duanra]

I won't give it too much thought, if it is available, use it. I found out that a lot of hybrid would occupy those spots, which is great ! However they need it less than you.