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Leave car plugged in?

238 views 4 replies 5 participants last post by  tizan  
#1 ·
I have to leave town for a couple of weeks and wondering if it’s better to leave the car plugged in or not? I’m in warm SoCal. Your thoughts please. Thanks!
 
#3 ·
Doesn’t really matter either way… unless it gets super hot in your garage. Then leave it plugged in so it will keep itself cool. Just don’t leave it above 80%
 
#5 ·
According to the long term storage section in the manual, there is nothing wrong to keep it plugged in. Remember the car will wake up to top up the 12V DC once in a while...if it left unplugged long enough that may deplete the HV battery below 30% where it stops maintaining the 12V, which will brick the car at some point then.

That said as most are saying ...for a couple of weeks it does not matter either way especially if it is not too hot (below 90F).