I will be taking a work trip in the near future and will leave my Model S in my garage for a week. Should I leave it plugged in and set to a certain percentage? Should I also put it in Range Mode to minimize vampire drain? Thanks in advance!
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The most important thing is leaving it plugged in when you can. For long term storage it's best to set charge at 50%, but for just a week or two there's no reason to change whatever you normally keep your charge set at (80 or 90%).
Because Tesla says so:Why is it best to leave it plugged in?Just to combat vampire drain, or is there another reason? If you've got ~150 miles of range and know you won't be driving more than 20 miles the next day is there any reason to plug it in overnight?
Because Tesla says so:
A connected Model S is a happy Model S
These cards used to be given out with the cars at delivery. I don't know why they stopped doing so, it would save a lot of questions. Now they depend on owners to RTFM. The battery section says this in bold print. So they must think it's important.
Set the charge limit to 50% and leave it plugged in.
The reason they say that is they had some problems with Roadsters being left unplugged and bricking. If it gets too hot or too cold the car will turn on to heat or cool itself. It's a good idea to have the car plugged in so it can replenish itself if this happens. Model S is much better about bricking than the Roadster but the bottom line is that if you can plug it in, plug it in. Why wouldn't you do so?
Try Tesla's response here.Thanks - they didn't give me a card like that. I'd still like them to provide a more detailed reason.
That blog post was from 2012-- when Tesla's only car was the Roadster. The battery management system has come a long way since then.
....For the better I imagine. But a happy Tesla is still a connected Tesla.That blog post was from 2012-- when Tesla's only car was the Roadster. The battery management system has come a long way since then.
You mean the linked blog post that specifically mentions Model S?That blog post was from 2012-- when Tesla's only car was the Roadster. The battery management system has come a long way since then.
It mentions Model S in future tense. Really I don't think there's any point in discussing a five year old blog post, which is ancient history in Tesla time.You mean the linked blog post that specifically mentions Model S?