Long Term PARKING with a Tesla Model Y - 11 Days Later
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2023
- Ever wondered what happens go on holidays and leave your Tesla unplugged at the Airport? Well, this video is for you. I discuss the importance of turning OFF Sentry Mode and how you can use the Tesla App to check in on your car.
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Worth noting that if you park your car in a hot climate, cabin overheat protection may drain your battery just as much as Sentry Mode-something to keep in mind. Ideally the solution is just for airports to have slow chargers available.
I was thinking the same, I also use the long term parking at Melbourne Airport when I travel domestic, and as you know in Melbourne when it gets hot it gets really hot :D
@@srispeed Yeah be interesting to see what impact COP would have in this scenario. I assume it turns off at 20% battery as well? 🤔
How about a Long Term Parking" setting! Sends car into deep sleep. Out of all the aspects of programming the coders do for all the functionality this should be higher on the list. More and more owners are requesting this for obvious reasons. ICE car parked six months - starts straight away.
@@otto_schwarzkopf why? It is already built in. So long as you deactivate Sentry and COP it will already go into deep sleep shortly after parking. Not much is awake apart from the security controller looking for keys or handle press and the modem in low power paging mode looking for a poke sms upon an API call from app. COP is a gimmick that every other car seems to manage without and sentry mode is of little use in a long term car park, provided you are insured. BTW loads of us aircrew have been leaving Teslas parked at Melb airport for weeks at a time over the past few years now without issue. Keep in mind every time you access the car with the app it wakes the canbus and the processors draining the battery, so I avoid doing this if I need a high charge state on returning.
@@tedlandy It would be good for those who need it to lose less than the claimed 1% battery capacity per day to have a greater charge level upon return 8-10 weeks later. Some people leave cars in their garages for that long and don't want it plugged in all that time either. Very cold weather exacerbates the issue.
Parked my Model Y for 2 months in the winter, no sentry mode, lost about 5% of charge per month.
It was plugged in starting at 80%, set the charge point at 60%. Would query the car once a week.
Over the 2 month period the car never charged its self, came home there was still 70% of charge remaining.
That's amazing ! 🙌 Such good info, thank you for sharing. Do you believe during a hot summer it would be a different story?
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Haven't had a long park in the summer, as someone else mentioned the cabin overheat protection my suck up some battery. Park in the shade and turn it off.
I don't know why model 3 loses about 1% in my garage parking (not cold not hot not plugged in) about every 3 hours or so.
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Turn off sentry mode.
@@Loseinpokermine loses 1 per day, even with sentry mode turned off ( at home) Temp outside at night could be about 0-3C ( 2023 M3)
In late June I parked my car at my local Airport. Then flew to go to a beach vacation. Before I left for my vacation I did a 90% charge. I did turn off Sentry Mode. During my vacation I checked the state of my charge. I was pleased. When I returned to get my car the charge was in the mid 80%. I was very satisfied.
Only 2% drop for 11 days is awesome!
Agree !! 🙌
I left my 2023 M3 RWD at home in Brisbane while I went away for 29 days. Sentry and cabin heat protection were off and I didn't open the app while away. The range dropped from 86% to 84% - a loss of only 2% over 29 days. Very impressive!
Interestingly, I've left my 2021 M3 SR+ (RWD equivalent) parked for a similar time and had around a 18% battery loss. Good to see this improvement.
Oh interesting !!! Thanks for this. Might have to mention this in a future video if you don't mind?
@@RyanCowan no problem. I'm not 100% certain of the exact battery drain for the 2021 M3, but it was definitely double digits (way more than the 2% of the 2023 car) - from memory I think it was at least 15%, but probably around 18%
Yeah just an interested point to make about 2021 hardware vs 2023 @@mspalmboy appreciate it 🙌
Very interesting real-world test Ryan, thanks! 😊
Thanks for watching Mark !
I took a month’s trip and leaving my Tesla at the airport I lost 5% in 1 month, it’s really good !!!
Loved the video even though I’m in the states. Thanks for a brilliant video! ❤
haha that's great feedback from a US local ! Appreciate it 🥰 Thanks for watching
Love the melbs vibe
this is why when I travel I only orginise an airport shuttle and leave the car at home. even way before I had an ev I did this.
Good info!
“Keep it on the down-low” Just you and 40,000 of your closest mates!
😂 I couldn't not put that information in the video though ! lol .. but now getting comments of people saying it's not allowed. So yeah, I guess it would be strange if Melb Airport was okay with this. They just need to install some dedicated slow chargers, as more and more EV's will face this problem. Especially for those that don't know to turn off features like Sentry Mode.
Wow, that is awesome, ONLY 2% for the entire time you were away, that is pretty impressive mate. Nice job :)
I know, right? I was very pleased with this. Makes me feel a lot better about going away in future and knowing it's not an issue.
Great video, thanks for sharing!! Your steering wheel is on the wrong side BTW!
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I parked Model Y at home (out side). No sensor mode. Only 2% battery lost after 3 weeks
Such a good tip for the short-term carpark. I’ve seen videos of people doing that at other airports around the world, but good to know we could do the same.
I was worried about the same thing when charging the BYD in Queensland at an apartment with little security. But felt good, knowing that they couldn’t run away with the charger.
Great video, as always🎉🎉
P.S.we have the same suitcase as the black one, but in orange😮
You have an orange Crumpler !? Jealous 😂 (orange is my favourite colour). But yeah, I'm getting some different comments of people saying NOT to charge your car at T4 using UMC, so hard to know. I guess it would be strange if Melbourne Airport was actually okay with people charging for free using a cable. They just need to install some dedicated slow chargers !!
@@RyanCowan exactly it seems weird. But we have the orange and black Crumpler 🫶
You can use the airport chargers only if you’ve vaxed. Welcome to AussieLand.
😂 touché
this is not an ad. but check out skypark at Tullamarine next time. we used it in Jan and it costed around the same as long term parking but it's in a covered multi level building and they offer charging and valet for a bit extra. also their shuttle service was no hassle at all.
Yeah I looked into that as they were the only place that came up with EV chargers. But wasn't sure about the shuttle, so glad that worked well for you.
Hi, We had our 2021 Model Y parked for about 7 days and lost a lot of range, sentry mode was ON, so that explains some of it, so for you to only lose 2%, that is doesn't seem right after 11 days.
We had a good experience leaving the car parked at home for most of January whilst we were in NZ. Definitely saw heat protection come on from time to time then. 🤣
Oh yes, I forgot about your NZ trip ! I'm guessing you left the car plugged in then? Do u have a wall charger or UMC?
@@RyanCowan We have a wall charger and did leave it plugged in, but actually it faulted after about a week and had to call my brother in law to swing by and unplug it and plug it back in. 🤣
Was actually pretty cool that I was in another country and could see what was happening. Was able to add him as a driver via the app so he could unlock the car. 👍🏼
Probably didn't need to get it charging again, but we were going to be away for another 3 weeks so didn't want to risk it. Was fine after that.
@@notacarguy_au Oh interesting ! haha yeah that's so cool that you can do that. I would've done the same thing to be honest
WOW we just went from the US to Europe for 2 weeks, but we took an Uber to and from the airport as I thought the charge would drain a lot more than 2% over a similar period of time. Good to know. Thank you.
Hope you had a great trip ! I also now feel a lot more confident leaving the car when we go away.
@@RyanCowan was an amazing trip but also always nice to come home
Funny enough I just started to modify the night drive functions on MY adter I drove my wife's new MY for a couplr of days until her FSD reached 100%. I didn’t realized how dark my MY is at night versus hers 😂. She's definitely missing the HUD I installed on mine so we're looking at options.
Has anyone here parked over 6 months without charging?
wonder how much juice would be left.
First like, first comment! What an interesting video! They should add some more chargers around the airport, it would be sweet if they could invent something along the lines of designated ev parking areas at airports, where you can trickle charge it long term, with inbuild airport chargers that are locked in place, so you can have sentry mode on etc, and have a full battery when you get back. The free trickle charge is interesting, but some people could possibly steal them? As well as cost being higher. don't know if it would become a thing, as it has its cons, and I assume would come at a relatively high price. Love the usability that comes with owning a Tesla! Only a 2% drop for 11 days is amazing! Edit: Your comment just game up after mine haha!
haha thanks mate !! Appreciate the comment. And yeah, you make some great points. They wouldn't be able to steal the UMC when the car is locked but they could switch off the power / plug their cable in, which would be annoying. It's definitely something airports need to think about. And yeah the undercover parking was almost double the price !
@@RyanCowan Good point. I wonder if car companies could make a mode titled something like "long park charge", with capabilities like that, but charging on and off would be hard. Crazy the price difference, have a great day!
@@RyanCowanhey mate, you’re not exactly driving a Al Cheapo car, right? Look after it n it’ll look after you guys, when you return from a trip.
Yeah, Melbourne and Sydney airports do not allow you to charge your car using the wall outlets on the pillars of the parking lot. If the ranger or security passes through, they will write you up.
Oh really !? Are you able to confirm this? I mean that would make sense, however the guy that messaged me certainly believes it's not an issue and they installed the GPO's in the new carpark with the intention for EV charging... But then I guess why wouldn't they actually install proper chargers, because as we know UMC is not ideal for many reasons.
@@RyanCowan I know this cos I was told by the rangers/guards at both the airports when I aimed to try my luck. They specifically said it is not for charging EVs whilst some attempt to do so and they also told me that we pay the parking fee and the parking fee does not include the EV charging, if it did, there would be proper bays for it. They also mentioned that those outlets are for cleaners to use their equipments and for other purposes he said which he did not go into detail, similar responses at both the airports. It kinda is very similar to apartments that have wall outlets in the pillars too. The management does not allow you as it uses their power and cannot charge it back to us, yeah I tried this in my apartment building as well as friend's.
@@BASNYAT Okay this is a great feedback. Makes sense. I'll try and update everyone that messages me about this. Thanks mate
@@BASNYATThis should be commonsense stuff ! We can’t assume that we can plug into a socket randomly unless it’s been sign posted if it can be used for charging your car. It’s different when mobile phones need charging, like at airports, it’s not unusual to find people hanging out near a wall socket charging their phone battery. On those instances you wouldn’t find them leaving their precious phones unattended, would you? Your Tesla costs a lot more than a mobile phone surely.
@@jacobheinz8236 I am glad to know you are saying similar to what I am saying.
Everytime you open your phone it wakes up the car and drains the battery, went to Vegas for 3 days turned off my sentry mode in my model 3 performance 2023 didn’t check the app at all and I lost 0%. Left it with 52% came back with 52%
Just make sure your umc doesn't grow legs while you leave it there... and shhh no one upload it to plugshare! 😅
😂 PlugShare would FROTH this information ! But getting some comments of people saying Melb Airport doesn't allow this. Also, they could unplug UMC from power but remember it locks into charge port, so they couldn't actually steal it.
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but what if someone unplugs or steals your UMC at the airport?
It locks into the car remember. But they could certainly unplug it, they just wouldn't be able to remover the plug from the car end.
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haha that's amazing !! Are you in regional UK or within London ?
i wish i had a tesla
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How was central California?
Beautiful !
Just one word of caution. It’s not good to leave lithium batteries standing for long periods at greater than 80% SOC as it can shorten their life. Check out Battery University paper on the subject. All the best mate!
Oh wow, I've never heard this before ! Thanks for the info. Do u think this would apply to Tesla's LFP battery though? 🤔 I'd imagine Tesla would pass on this type of info in the owners manual if it was a concern.
@@RyanCowan I haven't been able to find any test results for LFP but generally it's a Lithium chemistry thing. In any case, now you've established that the battery level will only reduce by a couple of percent over ten days it may be prudent to stay below 80% in future. Tesla don't talk about this stuff - I think because they don't want EV ownership to sound "complicated".
@@MarksElectricLife Yeah good point, and I think you're right about Tesla not wanting to over complicate things
Explosions and Fires as well; Killing your cars and others poor management Dude.
The guys at my Tesla Service Ctr actually told me to plug in to my wall charger and leave it plugged in bcos it’s a LFP battery. There’s a lot of EV or Tesla haters on YTube making unfounded claims. Some may refer to outdated lithium battery ‘research’ and apply their ‘new found knowledge’ on any EV batteries. Tesla batteries are not just batteries, they come with Battery Management Systems (BMS) to regulate these batteries. There’re tonnes of opinions about lithium batteries but none of them will want to share their ‘expertise’ on the different BMS of different make and models as if these critical technologies do not exist at all.
İf charge by itself much better
Did you sent mail complaints to tesla regarding the defective sentry mode? 10% /day is a problem they refuse to solve.
If you take a home security system, it won't use 6-7kw/day. And that home security using high end cameras with high quality image output and a full blown dvr setup, not the crap 5 dollar cameras inside a tesla that look like they were left over stock from 10 years ago noname smartphones.
Or did you file a lawsuit against tesla for this reason?
Ryan I think you need new wiper blades, there very streaky.
Speaking of wipers, IMO Ryans wipers - the drivers wiper seemed to spray a whole lot less water than the Passenger wiper. Mine are the same. I think its the way its plumbed.
Could this be that it was designed in favour of lefthand drive?
Interesting observation ! I have noticed this as well now that you say it 🤔
Might just be the video. I'll take a look next time
@@farmerfarmerer3847No. It took me awhile to be convinced that it’s engineered that way. I even took my car back to the Tesla Service Ctr convinced that there’s something seriously wrong with ‘hardly’any windscreen washer water 💦 at the driver side wiper.
If you’re lucky you might come across a YTube vid (in slow motion ) demonstrating how Tesla windscreen wipers actually operate. ( sorry I can’t remember the name of the channel, it’s from the UK, a few years old too, but it’s the best I have come across and it has settle the issue on my mind )
Tesla wipers are like those on Mercedes or Audi, they have 3 water jet outlets, pointed to 3 directions on your windscreen. The centre jet emits windscreen water directly at your windscreen. When the windscreen wipers are in motion, this actions work faster than your eyes can see. ( that’s why this channel used slow motion camera to prove this important point, it’s invaluable). The other 2 jets point to the 2 different ends of the wiper. Because these jets travel a much shorter distance than the other wiper (passenger side) jets, you will see less of the water on your screen. ( With the kind of glass roof on Teslas, you can imagine how their engineers have to solve the issue common on most gas cars with windscreen washer jets discharging all over the roof of their cars or any one following behind. Ahh, I miss the good old days of my gas car doing that to unsuspecting tailgaters. )
Caveat: In some instances, the tubing each wiper could be detached from the Y connector that connects the supply tubing to the windscreen washer bottle. You have to remove the panel in your Frunk (carefully) to investigate this possibility and yes, you can reattach it yourself, saving a trip to the service Ctr.
(My apologies that this explanation is so lengthy.)
@@jacobheinz8236 i appreciate your full explanation! Yes I dis check the Y connection. And yes I miss the wiper washers of yesterday spraying tailgaters, different tailgaters nowadays - Tesla haters….”Elon”! We need the not- a-flame thrower fitted to the back. Thanks again Brother.
Just to mention, you're driving on the wrong side of the road 😂
Not my experience at all. I lost 2-3% letting the car sitting Idol at home PER DAY. From 90 to about 88 with about 12 hours. I have a 3 year old model 3
And Sentry Mode wasn't on?
@@RyanCowan yeah
It’s good for all burglars to know that you are away 12 days 😬
We waited to upload this until we were back home ☺️
@@RyanCowan Hahaa ok 👍🏻
Lets see how mine go in 4 weeks 😅 ....
You going away?! I'm getting different comments, some people saying it's not allowed at T4 carpark, some saying they do it every day 😂
Hi Ryan, Thank you for your reply, I parked my car in my garage , not in T4, I am in overseas now for another 3 weeks, so far so good, I am using another Phone's Hotspots for my M.Y , ,. Not plugged in at all, currently the battery reserved indicated on my Tesla App is 99% , I turned on Sentry mode Only to check if the "link" between the phone and the car is still in Connect without using VPN .The car was fully charged before I flew off . I am also using Eevee app to check the reliability of Tesla App. Will keep you inform how's the battery doing. Cheers.
Nice work !! 🙌@@Al_Al_Al_Al Thanks for the update and enjoy the rest of your trip !
@@RyanCowan Hi Ryan how is going? Just to touch base on my MY battery status after 4 weeks of without any plug-in after 100% charged before I flew out. 94% battery remains!!! How impressive Tesla !
That's awesome ! Thank you for letting me know, it's really helpful having this type pf info for future comments in videos @@Al_Al_Al_Al
such a deceiving title of the video, lol, good work to catch attention in youtube, else I wud not have not spend any time seeing this video whatsoever
What is deceiving about the title???? 🙃
Nah, I don’t see anything deceptive about the title. It’s basically what it stated.