The best practices for leaving your Tesla when away on holiday.
Leaving your car at home?
Yes and I have a charger:
Leave the car plugged in with it's charge limit set to 55%. Batteries are best stored when they're around half charged. You'll also want the car to sleep, to avoid it constantly draining power.
Turn off the following:
- Sentry Mode
- Summon Standby
Popular to contrary belief, you can leave cabin overheat protection on as it only remains active for 12 hours after the car was last used.
Yes but I don't have a charger:
If you have a LFP Tesla, charge it to 100% — or — if you have a NCA Tesla, charge it to 90%, and turn off the following:
- Sentry Mode
- Summon Standby
Popular to contrary belief, you can leave cabin overheat protection on as it only remains active for 12 hours after the car was last used.
There isn't much else you can do but avoid checking the app, this will wake the car up from its sleeping state and will cause it to wake up which will use unnecessary power.
No but there is a charger:
Unless you'd paid to use that charger for the entirety of your trip, don't use it. Other people may need to charge. If you have paid for a charger, feel free to leave Sentry Mode on (in the event of any incidents) but turn off Summon Standby - you won't need to use it.
No and there isn't a charger:
If you have a LFP Tesla, charge it to 100% — or — if you have a NCA Tesla, charge it to 95%, and turn off the following:
- Sentry Mode
- Summon Standby
Popular to contrary belief, you can leave cabin overheat protection on as it only remains active for 12 hours after the car was last used.
There isn't much else you can do but avoid checking the app, this will wake the car up from its sleeping state and will cause it to wake up which will use unnecessary power.
