Gatwick parking - EV

[DodgyGeezer]

well we've just booked a holiday in Orlando (probably be a different thread on that) but just had a thought about car-parking, specifically car-parking with an EV (we're new to the whole EV thing). Obviously in an ICE car you just pitch-up with 3/4 tank of petrol, come back after 2/3/whatever weeks load your crap and off you go... with an EV losing charge the whole time even a 'normal' 2 week stay could be fraught with worry upon your return.

The question is are there decent car-parks for Gatwick which either have a charger available (is it even needed?). Mrs DG was ready to book with APH-EV who charge your battery upon drop-off, is this a worthwhile exercise?

[Alorotom]

I was wondering this exact thing when I drove to Gatwick last weekend to head out to Florida.

I’m thinking of getting an EV to replace my daily but it would be near flat when I’d get to London from the northeast and the prospect of picking up a dead car and then needing to charge for a couple of hours before setting off home again just doesn’t work for me at all.

I’ve zero idea on the solution but curious as to the outcome!

[Luke.]

I doubt you'll lose much battery % at all.

[LunarOne]

I don't have an EV, but how much charge can it possibly lose while being parked up for a couple of weeks? If I switch my phone off, it goes months without losing any charge. I get that cars have alarm systems and might not be 100% asleep, but surely that wouldn't put a big dent in its charge level?

[Summit_Detailing]

We've used Purple Parking at Gatwick this week, saw some EV's parked amongst every other car, they also have a couple of chargers near the exit - maybe they cycle EV's through the chargers so you return to 100% battery? - or is that wishful thinking!?

Happy Holidays!

Chris

[Whataguy]

LunarOne said:

I don't have an EV, but how much charge can it possibly lose while being parked up for a couple of weeks? If I switch my phone off, it goes months without losing any charge. I get that cars have alarm systems and might not be 100% asleep, but surely that wouldn't put a big dent in its charge level?

I think it used to be 2% a day on Teslas, I heard of someone in the US who parked at the airport with 7% charge and came back 2 weeks later to a bricked car.

Had to be dragged out of the car park space and taken away.



It's 1% loss per day on the Model Y according to Tesla:

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_jp/GU...

Edited by Whataguy on Thursday 23 February 14:33

[LunarOne]

Whataguy said:

I think it used to be 2% a day on Teslas, I heard of someone in the US who parked at the airport with 7% charge and came back 2 weeks later to a bricked car.

Had to be dragged out of the car park space and taken away.



It's 1% loss per day on the Model Y according to Tesla:

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_jp/GU...

Interesting! note that they say "To protect against a complete discharge, Model Y enters a low-power consumption mode when the displayed charge level drops to approximately 0%. In this mode, the Battery stops supporting the onboard electronics and auxiliary low voltage battery. Once this low-power consumption mode is active, immediately plug in Model Y to prevent a jump-start and low voltage battery replacement."

Why the heck is low-power consumption mode set at "approximately" 0% charge? Surely that's too late. Why doesn't it enter that mode at 10% or something realistic, so that even if the low-voltage 12V battery dies, you can jump-start it to get the car electronics going, and then drive the car to a charging point using residual charge in the HV battery?