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Forget driving range... how do EVs cope with long term parking, and how much does the winter affect that? I have become acutely aware that some car designers ha
by saltcured 4y ago
Forget driving range... how do EVs cope with long term parking, and how much does the winter affect that? I have become acutely aware that some car designers have not really considered "must work after parking" as a feature of a car. I had not thought much about it, but some ICE or HEV cars cannot maintain their basic (non-traction) battery unless driven several times per week at minimum.
I had not thought about this much before the pandemic disrupted prior commute and travel patterns. But now, I think it is absurd that a parked car can ruin a perfectly good battery in a matter of weeks and maroon the occasional motorist. I can't understand how a marketplace allowed these designs to prosper. You shouldn't need to put a wrench to the battery terminals to park a car.
- lazide 4y agoThey definitely handle it a lot better than ICE cars! ICE cars, more than a week or two with any frequency is tempting fate.
- darknavi 4y agoNot sure about others but I parked our Tesla Model Y at the airport for ~18 days this spring and came back with only a few percent of the battery missing. This might be abnormal for Tesla owners though because many leave the dash cam/Sentry mode on which drains something like 7% a day.