How the hell you left your Tesla car with only 30 miles charge? It is like you have smart phone with only 8% battery left and after 4 days , you are expecting to remain some battery power.... ???? I don't even have Tesla car, I wish I do have it and use it properly.
I got Cadillac ELR, it was sitting over a month with fully charged battery initially, after a month it dropped 3-4 miles range at the most. Why would it drop so fast, considering Tesla battery is one of the biggest consumer battery in the world?
Sebastian Elmqvist no it’s not, they’re both lithium batteries, and they’re both doing things in the background when they’re “off.” Even if you were to take the battery out, not have it connected to anything, it would still drain. It’s actually quite similar
page 6.4 of the manual states "Battery Care Never allow the Battery to fully discharge. Even when Model S is not being driven, its Battery discharges very slowly to power the onboard electronics. On average, the Battery discharges at a rate of 1% per day. Situations can arise in which you must leave Model S unplugged for an extended period of time (for example, at an airport when traveling). In these situations, keep the 1% in mind to ensure that you leave the Battery with a sufficient charge level. For example, over a two week period (14 days), the Battery discharges by approximately 14%" Its in the manual ..... baaahhhhhh!!!!!
Yes, in some backward country power may be generated by some stone-age coal power-plant! At least (in that scenario) the plant is NOT blowing the emissions into your city, TROLL! Are you just ignorant or slow?
This is a common problem in vintage and older petrol/diesel cars as well, the batteries eventually die if the car is left and no charge is being produced. My family collect vintage vehicles and we have to run them at least every 3 months for an extended period of time, over wise we have to jump start or the battery degrades. This also affects newer cars when left for a long period of time, only these types of cars can just be left running in a driveway to recharge the battery, and don't need to actually be driven in order to keep the charge up. The more you know...
Heck, this is a problem with laptops, tablets, and smartphones, too. Store them for a month and the battery goes dead, maybe even so dead it won't accept a charge anymore.
Yes all batteries self-discarge, however there is a gigantic difference between 1/4 of a year and 4 days. And so we are clear the LiIon batteries Tesla uses have one of the slowest self-discharges, if the car was really off it should only have 2% discharge per month, and he lost 11% in 4 days making it 38x faster then any regular discharge. Meaning they don't really turn the car off so you constantly risk fancy computers running your batteries into the ground.
Yeah, but then you Step 1-Open hood Step 2-Disconnect and remove battery Step 3-Throw away battery in safe place Step 4-Buy a new battery Step 5-Install new battery Total cost:100-200$ depending on your battery. Cost to replace Tesla battery? More than 10k at least
@@turminaw1289 you didn't read it right, a lot of people don't have garages, or if they do they are converted into bedrooms, recreation rooms, or storage, most cars sit on the street, or in a driveway.
mikeIRL Shouldn’t be a problem? Come on.. What causes to throw away that 150$ is a main problem here, not that money itself. Also other then that 150 , he most likely paid for uber to get home from airport, then drove his car to airport an back and after al of that he paid 150$ , that in total it’s not just 150$ ..
Takafumi Ishi yup..gas cars just dont need the battery as much so of course itll still start. Teslas likely wont start if it goes below a certain percentage for saftey reasons..
This information about battery drain is very well documented and understood. There is a feature to power the car off for storage, which is in the menu. You are supposed to use it. If you do, range loss should be much less, in the neighborhood of 1% of charge per day.
Yeah - it took me all of three minutes to find the battery care section in the manual, and read the warning about storage, and the special paragraph about airport parking... So the key take-away is "RTFM"
Lots of know-it-alls here making fun of this guy, but I find it to be a useful, informative video. People who do not have an electric car should be hearing the whole story, not just the positive hype.
Not only disconnect it but take put it on a charger. A completely discharged lead acid battery will eventually fail much sooner even after recharging. A bad way to treat such a battery is to let it discharge to zero.
He wasn't aware that leaving the car off for 4 days would discharge the battery. He said he had 30 miles of drive time left on the batteries when he parked.
Dan, actually phones will still discharge over time. It could take weeks but it will still discharge even when off. Being the Tesla has a secondary battery that maintains the system the system when the car is off I would have to assume the cars main batteries have no draw when the car is off but they can still suffer from passive discharge. The big question is why the secondary battery which I suspect is just a standard car battery discharged in 4 days. Its possible that battery was at the end of its life. The car is a few years old isn't it. Most standard 12V car batteries wear out over time and lose their ability to hold a charge although I would have expected that Tesla designed a monitoring system into the Tesla to monitor the secondary batteries performance and life so I would expect that you would have had some sort of warning on the dash well advance of the incident suggesting service and replacement for that battery.
At 1:15 he says 30 miles remaining. 5% battery loss per day required you to know the full range and calculate. With a such a giant screen in the car you'd think there was a display of battery over time so your could judge your stay. Otherwise what is that screen used for?? Lithium batteries actually hold their charge well so there's no excuse for such a high vampire current draw.
It's not his fault evs are still junk, and the hype that's been created around them is a nationalistic US against middle eastern oil hype...but many of the problems which caused evs to be seen as a lessor option still exist, admittedly to a lessor degree, but they still there and I wouldn't waste my time with them. When they produce better vehcles I'll bother, but I'd rather pay extra then wait an hour at the petrol station every time i need fuel...
zeyd you know nothing about what you are say. I have had mine for three years. It has been a FAR superior experience than any of my past forty Fossil cars. They are easier and more car free than any Fossil car.
Propel, Tesla is NOT bigger than Ford or GM. Ford probably sells more in a month than they do in a yr. I've only seen a handful of Teslas and no dealerships but Ford and GMs are all over the globe
Neal Ramsey , No one said they were big than GM or Ford. Because of their stock values they are more valuable than GM or Ford. They do make twice the profit per car than GM or Ford. However they spend all that profit and more to continue their unprecedented growth.
Great video, I always like to see positive people like you show how you get out of a sticky situation. Extra props for treating the tow truck guys like normal human beings. Also great editing..
also, you can call Tesla's hotline, 24/7, and get live advice/instructions, that very minute. It uses power, all the time, since it is 'talking,' to the satellite, for updates, etc.
Jose you don't even need a super charger. The base one that it comes with recycles the energy that you don't use while charging. It also doesn't damage the battery when you do it.
That was your first mistake, having less than 30 miles on an electric car and turning it off? Do you turn off your iphone when it's at like 2%? No, you charge it. Bruh, use yo head.
Most people don't. That's why you find a gas powered car broken down every few miles on the Interstate. I count up to 7 vehicles a trip on the side of the road. Some with their license plates removed I'm guessing as they don't want them back.
bring a gas generator, plug it in and let it charge until it runs out of gas lol. you'll then have enough power to get home or to the nearest charging station.
Very creative. But not sure if that would have enough Amps or watts or whatever these things use,haha. Someone needs a small battery that is charged already and you can just deliver it ,put it in the trunk and connect to the dead one and it could leach the good battery into the dead one like running in parallel and then it could run.
Be advised that every time you check the status of the car in order for it to do that the car must full turn itself on which if you already know the battery is low don't check it as it uses a bit of power to tell you the battery is low. Question 2 Why are you still charging at home on a 120 volt outlet? Have a simple 14-50 outlet installed and you charge at up to 31 miles per hour instead of 3 or 4 miles per hour. Then you will wake up to a fully charged battery every morning ( 85%) instead of less. Question 3 If your charging cable for the car is long enough why not plug it in for 10 minutes would give you enough power to release the parking brake and roll her off the ramp bed. The flashing lights after the tow driver jumped the 12 volt battery to get it off the truck wasn't enough juice after he disconnected the booster battery the car didn't have sufficient power to work properly which is why the lock mechanism was giving you problems plugging in. Just mark it up as a learning experience on the idiosyncrasies of an EV.
it's because there is a high tech computer inside the car that's why the screen is there and remember it updates like an iPhone so that's why it's using 5% of your battery a normal car dosnt have all of that to keep updating and checking while it's off
Nothing much actually. Just a few thousands of 18650 batteries. Powerbanks has the same kind of cell (well, most of them) as the Tesla has in their cars
Buying a tessla is good but it's a battery a battery use at least 3 to 5 percent of its battery on till it's completely turned off Like your smartphones battery if you don't power of it and off it using the button it will at least 2 percent of its battery , while if you turn off you phone completely it will not lose battery.
The problem getting out of the parking spot was your horrendous parking job. Yeah, blame that truck parked properly. So many comments about you owning a Tesla. I tend to agree - it's the wrong car for you. Get a Camry...
You left it on a 30 miles and max range of Tesla P90D model when is full capacity is 270 miles?!? And you complain here about you don't have any more juice in the batteries?
Bizzo Brigante ok if you drive a car with gasoline you're going to loose miles on it too. a car doesn't stay at 270 mile range. maybe he was driving far and there was no tesla charge stations. and he said he didn't know you loose 2-5% of battery a day without using it. grow up man
If you are going on a trip with a plane you certainly don't leave a car on a 30 miles radius and go away for 10 days and expect battery to stay on the same level after returning back?! For instance he could quick charge a car for a hour or two before the trip and he would still have at least 140 miles radius! I understand the analogy with cars using gasoline but this comparison is foolish! The proper comparison would be to compare a Tesla car with a electronic device like smartphone or laptop that has gone in standby or hibernation and still using some portion of the battery capacity. ( You understand that this is actually what a "huge electronic device" like a Tesla car is doing when is not in the drive mode? ) Btw. You said grow up? I should say smart up! :-)
Yeah great video that was created out of "I really don't know why" reason of the Tesla owner here :-) Btw. I'm chilled but people really upload all sort of nonsense videos on TH-cam and we general public have to digest that crap!
Now on that angle you are absolutely correct Dude! In any product you should read the User's Manual....afterall that is the purpose why all products have User's Manual right?!
if one has a ice car and a useable garage to put their car in, get a (battery tender,) it keeps it charged between 80% to 100% (NO, NOT A BATTERY CHARGER) a good battery will last for at least 9 years.
4 tips to keep your Tesla from dying when your traveling 1 leave Tesla or other EV at home use uber to get to the airport 2 if tip 1 isn't possible try using the chargign station at the airport' 3 if no chargers present use the moble connector 4 take short trips so your battrey doesnt drain
This is the saddest show of how little people know about their cars and how when you escalate to another level of tech it takes another level of knowledge for care and feeding. I bet you ten bucks everything described here including care and feeding IS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. Look on TH-cam to remove the front grill (plate) how about the book in the glove box?
The fluid is circulated within the intermediate layer by a pump to ensure both the seat bottom and seatback are evenly heated and cooled, without one spot getting too hot or cold.
Seems like there would have been an electrical outlet somewhere in that garage. Maybe he only needed to pick up the portable charge cable and long extension cord or rent a generator from home depot for an hour. Although, guess it would not have been as interesting of a video. Who knows, maybe he let the battery run down in order to make the video and possibly get something from Tesla.
486DX266 that's actually what I've been thinking. Just get yourself a charger and an extension cord. It takes a couple of hours to charge using the regular charger, but once the car is ready to go just drive home and give it a good charge.
True, charge the car in the parking garage, it is easy and cheap compared to calling a toe truck. If you keep a jump pack in the car then you will always prepared for this type of problem.
So glad you shared this. All the people saying bad things about you is not warranted. Most people want to buy a Tesla because of the low maintenance. This was very informative. Thank you!
+NIK4014 For someone who lives in a country that *hates* electric cars, and owns a Tesla, that would be the only option if you're not home There are a grand and amazing total of 0 to 5 chargers in the whole country :c
I'm glad he's complaining, it better informs me of the flaws of these first-gen vehicles. This issue should be addressed by tesla with solar panels on the roof on the next generation...
Sith Lord for real and he left his car at 30 out of it's 280 out 300 mile max capacity. That's like leaving your phone on 10% turning it off and expecting it to work 4 days later like wtf
yeah but it would not be dead in only 4 days, which is where electric cars fail unless there are charging stations and people responsible enough to leave early enough to charge their car up on the way to the airport, then would probably need a charge on the way home but it would have at least been driven home.
Anthony E. You're argument is extremely valid and i totally agree. It is still be technology and will only get better as the years go on and soon they'll probably have portable back up batteries for when your tesla dues which will probably be huge but still a good response
I know it's old, but I just came across this video today. This is a scenario where something like peer to peer charging would come in handy. I wonder what Ben S would think of that idea.
Except that 12v battery Only runs the car systems Not the motors, that's what the massive battery pack under most of the car does at vastly higher voltage
no, but the RTFM acronym has been around for decades. Why would you buy a new generation toy and not want to know and absorb everything about it? What does he think it is? a fridge?
My battery died at 106,000 miles and will cost 20,000 to replace. That’s 19 cents per mile + electricity costs to run my car. Considering at $5 per gallon a 30 MPG car only costs 16 cents per mile, there is no way my tesla was more cost efficient than and ICE car. I loved my tesla but I am over it now. I’ll buy from a better company in the future.
Actually internal combustion vehicles do lose fuel via evaporation but in recent years it has improved with the advent of PZEV. Electrics are still at version 0.1 so lets wait until there is say 20 years of combined industry development behind them to make any real comparisons. Judging by how rapidly one company has advanced them I doubt there will be any comparison before long.
Chris Hax : There'll be plenty of comparison. EV cars pollute just like any other. It costs Co2 to generate electricity and to build those toxic batteries (which, as they move on from the recyclable but reaching it's peak Lithium/ion, will become non recyclable!) Renewables are highly unlikely to ever be capable of providing anything like enough power and Nuclear...!! The most dangerous and polluting of all! There's only one form of energy whose waste nature loves and that's the carbon based version. Remember ALL forms of energy production produce waste and the airborne version get's carried everywhere by the wind, so the notion that EV's are better that way is a fallacy. That's a fact and the reason why I don't fall for all this 'Green Energy' propaganda.
I'm a tow truck flatbed driver and we deal with teslas all the time. the newer ones will have a little piece that you'll pry off in the front (looks like a sensor but bigger) that will expose the charge cables to jumpstart the 12v. usually its located in the front of the car on the driver side. also if the charger port ever gets stuck from a dead tesla (model s) you can pop the trunk, on the left side of the trunk there will be a carpeted circle almost that you can pop of . inside you'll find a small switch right behind the wire to the battery that you can switch to release the charger. literally just had to do this to a tesla a few days ago lol
@@gckgamez4700 Actually that is how it works. It may not be noticed when the cords are 50-100 feet but more than that and any voltage sensitive appliance will be in danger of malfunctioning. Try googling "how far can you run an extension cord"
My wife and I are coming down to SLC this weekend for my birthday. I would love to meet up with you guys and go to lunch, or feel free to join us at the Nets Jazz game!
False, you can plug the Tesla into 120v or 240v outlets. But they're not as convenient for charging, take longer, so people prefer to install the faster chargers.
Allan it was at the airport for 4 days. He could have easily plugged it in for full charge when he returned. maybe the airport did not have electricity facility for Evs
Allan it was at the airport for 4 days. He could have easily plugged it in for full charge when he returned. maybe the airport did not have electricity facility for Evs
@@leetjohnson what reason could expain why someone would let a tesla die in an airport parking lot on a bum charge? he says " maybe the driver didnt have enough time and was gonna miss his flight"..survey says "clink" number one answer!
@@Anotherdaynparadise, common sense, just like knowing your car will lose all of it's remaining range while you are on the trip? I imagine many EV owners have learned this lesson the same way.
first, you should not have let the battery run down to more than 50%. battery is best kept at 50% to 90% charged. secondly, when you are leaving your tesla for an extend period, turn off the car. there is a button to do it.
The reason why your tesla uses 2 to 5% of the battery every day when you’re not using it is because it needs to have battery power to run some of the functions
Buddy. Batteries must maintain a certain temperature for safe operating conditions. This requires low battery usage over time when it sits. I see you are in a cold climate.
Nikolas Tesla I think he meant to charge it instead of getting a tow truck, like as in getting a generator after they found it dead. Not during their trip...
Yeah, I'd just sit in the car playing angry birds on my phone/tablet while a portable generator recharges it. That, or watch a movie on my phone while I get enough of a charge to get the car home.
I got one of those little jump starter things I put in my car just in case it doesnt want to start. I wonder why Tesla doesn't put a charger in each car that will jump start and give you at least 20 miles to get you somewhere to fill up? How hard would that be and with all the money you spend it should be like a spare wheel and just part of the car.
Robert Days depleted batteries need a boost. Tesla’s have huge batteries and the boost required is high. Just don’t park the car with so little juice left for days. That’s not how EVs work.
My mistake for saying jump start. I was thinking a charge pack that can charge the car up enough to get you somewhere to get a proper charge. And why would you have an extra battery pack in the trunk? As he said, the car drained itself while sitting at the airport. Another solution would be a long term parking switch that turns everything off while not being used long term.... like at the airport. But yes a power pack in the trunk would be cool not just for the car but for lights, charging phones jump starting friends petrol cars, electricity while camping etc. But yeah, not jump start.
At the parking garage your battery was in an extreme power-saving mode that allows you to put it in neutral to perhaps roll it to an electrical outlet (and connect the mobile charger) or put it in tow mode so it can be easily towed. If your battery was completely dead, you would not have been able to open the doors. Any combination of the following will help with the long term battery drain: An increasing number of airports and third party lots have EV charging spots or a vallet charging service. Charge up the battery near where you are going to park it or charge to 100% before you leave, and be an efficient driver to the airport. Take your mobile charger (and an extension cord to be safe) with you. Avoid using your Tesla app. Apps and other services that talk to your vehicle will wake up it up. It can takes 12+ hours for the vehicle to go back into "deep sleep". If you use third party apps (Tesla-Fi, Tezlab, Remote S, etc) change your password and do not update the password in the apps until you return. Enable "Energy Savings" under Power Management and uncheck "Always connected". Note: Model 3 have no "Energy Savings" mode. Disable "Pre-conditioning" (Model S/X only) and "Cabin overheat protection" -- although these should stop functioning after vehicle goes into deep sleep (unless battery reaches an extreme temperature). Park where the vehicle is protected from extreme temperatures. Consider wind direction in the winter (and park where it is blocked from the wind). Avoid direct sun during warm weather. Trade your car with an ICE vehicle from a friend/family member for the week. Leave your car somewhere where you can leave it plugged in and get an Uber, train, one-way car rentals, etc to/from the airport.
1st of all, spelling police: ... *would - - 2nd of all, I was thinking the same thing - in a pinch you could rent a portable generator for a couple hours and charge up the car (every Tesla owner should have a cable in the trunk that will connect 110 to the charging port). I just posted an ultra-long comment describing this all in detail :-)
not to mention "work good" (should be work well). The 1st respondent wrote "to" instead of "too". Back on topic: I went for a test drive and it's an amazing automobile.
about the battery, i learned in science in school that electricity is stored in the battery and when you first put it in it will release the electricity and if you keep the battery in it will still drain. So you should take the battery out every night because if you take it out the electricity will become static electricity and stay in the battery and not get used.
Rich people problems
SailingRocks204 LaBayt
Not rich, just willing to spend money on payments that you or I wouldn't.
You can buy a used Model S for around $45k now
Not where I live. :)
*EDIT - Unfortunately.
tesla isnt a rich people car.
THIS IS PAINFUL TO WATCH. Have you ever let your phone get down to ~15%, then wait 4 days before you charge it again!?!
This is a 100k car, not a $1000 cell phone.
your point Seeno?
Master Blaster The 100k car isnt comparable to a 1k phone. One costs 100x more and therefore shouldn't die as easily as the phone.
darkspd31 yes I have😡🤔🤔🤔. 🤔
so many people trying to protect tesla haha
6:50 to 7:00 close your eyes
Paintball SKILLZ there is a lady named CAR!??!
Basher RC 6:50 to 7:22
THANK YOU.
lol
Indeed this is sexual ^^
How the hell you left your Tesla car with only 30 miles charge?
It is like you have smart phone with only 8% battery left and after 4 days , you are expecting to remain some battery power.... ????
I don't even have Tesla car, I wish I do have it and use it properly.
rahand kifie its a totally different thing
I got Cadillac ELR, it was sitting over a month with fully charged battery initially, after a month it dropped 3-4 miles range at the most. Why would it drop so fast, considering Tesla battery is one of the biggest consumer battery in the world?
Hmm, What if you switch off the phone with 8% and switch it on after 4 days? Interesting to try.
Sebastian Elmqvist no it’s not, they’re both lithium batteries, and they’re both doing things in the background when they’re “off.” Even if you were to take the battery out, not have it connected to anything, it would still drain. It’s actually quite similar
page 6.4 of the manual states "Battery Care
Never allow the Battery to fully discharge. Even
when Model S is not being driven, its Battery
discharges very slowly to power the onboard
electronics. On average, the Battery discharges
at a rate of 1% per day. Situations can arise in
which you must leave Model S unplugged for an
extended period of time (for example, at an
airport when traveling). In these situations,
keep the 1% in mind to ensure that you leave the
Battery with a sufficient charge level. For
example, over a two week period (14 days), the
Battery discharges by approximately 14%" Its in the manual ..... baaahhhhhh!!!!!
TRY to HELP you wut?
so how 'green' is that, the juice has to come from conventional generation, a complete carbon audit I think would be scary.
Yes, in some backward country power may be generated by some stone-age coal power-plant! At least (in that scenario) the plant is NOT blowing the emissions into your city, TROLL! Are you just ignorant or slow?
Yeah but it was 30% for 3 days which would mean 1% discharge per day. He should be in the range of 27%. Something isn't adding up here.
@@tommyv4980 his 🔋 must be messed up or the car overall.
I don't even own a Tesla and i know not to leave an electric car battery that low for 4 days and come back expecting it to stay like that.
Yeah he's not the brightest bulb.lol
It's because you own something better than a Tesla; common sense.
Especially in the winter and he lives north
tesla is trash that's why
@@shanerathburn9734 🤣🤣🤣
This is a common problem in vintage and older petrol/diesel cars as well, the batteries eventually die if the car is left and no charge is being produced. My family collect vintage vehicles and we have to run them at least every 3 months for an extended period of time, over wise we have to jump start or the battery degrades. This also affects newer cars when left for a long period of time, only these types of cars can just be left running in a driveway to recharge the battery, and don't need to actually be driven in order to keep the charge up. The more you know...
Heck, this is a problem with laptops, tablets, and smartphones, too. Store them for a month and the battery goes dead, maybe even so dead it won't accept a charge anymore.
Exactly. I don't know why Dan was so surprised by this occurring.
Modern cars usually still produce more voltage driving than at idle. Also, trickle chargers are cheap.
+Too Many Things; "I don't know why Dan was so surprised by this occurring."; It was only parked 4 days!
Yes all batteries self-discarge, however there is a gigantic difference between 1/4 of a year and 4 days.
And so we are clear the LiIon batteries Tesla uses have one of the slowest self-discharges, if the car was really off it should only have 2% discharge per month, and he lost 11% in 4 days making it 38x faster then any regular discharge.
Meaning they don't really turn the car off so you constantly risk fancy computers running your batteries into the ground.
Your regular car may still have gas left, but chances are after 10 months......your battery in the gas powered car will be dead as well.
yeah..I suppose, but he won't need an engineering degree to find the damned battery.
Yeah, but then you
Step 1-Open hood
Step 2-Disconnect and remove battery
Step 3-Throw away battery in safe place
Step 4-Buy a new battery
Step 5-Install new battery
Total cost:100-200$ depending on your battery. Cost to replace Tesla battery? More than 10k at least
Harry Jansen that’s what I thought aswell😅😅😅
@@WengStansWorld and gas expires
Or if your lucky it will last longer.
Next trip, leave your Tesla in your garage and get a Uber to the airport !!! LOL
if he has a garage, everybody doesn't have a garage, and half the people who do, use it for something else.
@@dannyfields2065 Something else???
@@Iqtidar yeah, recreation room, bedroom, storage space.
danny fields did you even watch the video? The end of it was him (in his garage) charging his Tesla, what do you mean if he has a garage lol
@@turminaw1289 you didn't read it right, a lot of people don't have garages, or if they do they are converted into bedrooms, recreation rooms, or storage, most cars sit on the street, or in a driveway.
Buddy, you drive a Tesla 150 bucks for a tow shouldn't be a problem
mikeIRL
Shouldn’t be a problem?
Come on.. What causes to throw away that 150$ is a main problem here, not that money itself.
Also other then that 150 , he most likely paid for uber to get home from airport, then drove his car to airport an back and after al of that he paid 150$ , that in total it’s not just 150$ ..
kj8491 His wife could come and pick them up.
K K
Still that’s not free
Teslas aren’t expensive
Insurance or AAA would cover that easy
I mean if you park regular gas car for 10 month, sure it won't burn gas but the battery on it would decrease.
Takafumi Ishi yup..gas cars just dont need the battery as much so of course itll still start. Teslas likely wont start if it goes below a certain percentage for saftey reasons..
Takafumi Ishi believe me, yo can't start your ICE car after 10 months.
Mine fired up. Stop buying cheap car batteries.
Yup that happened with a Honda Civic I used to have. I let it sit for a few months in the driveway & ended up having to recharge the battery.
James a car battery is not a lithium ion as an EV... if he totally shut down the car it had no problem
If you leave your gas powered car at the airport for 10 months, it still has to have a 12 volt battery to start.
You leave it unplugged. Even if it is dead a good old jump cable will do it lol...
@@-Muhammad_Ali- even unplugged it will still drain, loses its overall energy due to heat
Yeah good point, my dad's car 12v battery dies if we don't use it for 3 days
That's why we carry jumper cables around. You literally just have to stay with your vehicle and wave them visibly to flag down another motorist.
@@DannieJensen exactly. hopefully the cybertruck with solar panels will solve this issue
"First world problems"
What have you done to help the third world recently?.
+Tim Tam`s ... trolling
Eating chocolate that helps to grow the rainforest thats what :D
Tom Francis yassss
This information about battery drain is very well documented and understood. There is a feature to power the car off for storage, which is in the menu. You are supposed to use it. If you do, range loss should be much less, in the neighborhood of 1% of charge per day.
It says in the users manual that the battery loses charge, and you leave it with 30 miles?
死んだ 死んだ i know but you only have yourself to blaim if you don't
Yeah - it took me all of three minutes to find the battery care section in the manual, and read the warning about storage, and the special paragraph about airport parking... So the key take-away is "RTFM"
TH-cam bloggers got "in troubles" on a purpose, so they can make their videos and gain more popularity (so and money), etc.
Outstanding assessment. The book in the glove box that NO ONE reads.
Ian Poulin ufb isn't it?
Lots of know-it-alls here making fun of this guy, but I find it to be a useful, informative video. People who do not have an electric car should be hearing the whole story, not just the positive hype.
Yea we
Petrol/Diesel car left for a long time will discharge the battery, even though the fuel in the tank remains as it was. Hence, undriveable.
I seen in car manuals(gasoline) that they say: "If you park your car over a long periode, disconnect the battery"
Not only disconnect it but take put it on a charger. A completely discharged lead acid battery will eventually fail much sooner even after recharging. A bad way to treat such a battery is to let it discharge to zero.
OldFliersGroup what a load of rubbish..... Leave my car for weeks and no problem even in freezing temperatures.
unless its a manual jus pop the clutch and bam you can drive
BS! I've left my carked parked for two weeks before and it cranked on the first turn. The guy wasn't gone that long.
that was your fault dude. why would you leave your car in the airport when you only had 30 miles?
exactly
So he could make a video and get million$ of hit$.
lfyfain because he has too.
xrcrx ftfghjg you a hater
No it had 30 miles after 3 days of it being there he didn’t think it was going to die
Here's an idea....don't let your Tesla battery get so low?? Seriously, it's not hard.
He wasn't aware that leaving the car off for 4 days would discharge the battery. He said he had 30 miles of drive time left on the batteries when he parked.
RTFM
J T3 That's like leaving your phone at 10% for more than a week and then get surprised because it's dead when you come back. face palm
H8ter5 gonna H8
Another idea: Uber to the airport, you just risk yourself of door dings, theft, and vandalism.
Sure gas cars dont take the power, but imagine that you leave your phone unused for 3 days, its battery will still go down
@pmailkeey He din't say "turned off", he said "unused". Modern smartphones take a lot of power even when idle.
I have a cheap $10 non-smart phone. I charge it like once every few weeks if I don't use it, while the power is on.
My Caliber SRT4 can drain a battery in less than 2 weeks due to key fob & stock alarm/immobilizer.
not if it is switched off, boy people defending tesla are soo dumb😂😂😂
@@aneesh8963 says the person who doesn't own one, ever seen one or been in one. Don't speak of what you know nothing about. Genius.
Uhm why so surprised?
When you leave your phone for a couple of hours the battery percentage will also go down?
+Banned Daddeh not when it is turned off.
Dan, actually phones will still discharge over time. It could take weeks but it will still discharge even when off. Being the Tesla has a secondary battery that maintains the system the system when the car is off I would have to assume the cars main batteries have no draw when the car is off but they can still suffer from passive discharge.
The big question is why the secondary battery which I suspect is just a standard car battery discharged in 4 days. Its possible that battery was at the end of its life. The car is a few years old isn't it. Most standard 12V car batteries wear out over time and lose their ability to hold a charge although I would have expected that Tesla designed a monitoring system into the Tesla to monitor the secondary batteries performance and life so I would expect that you would have had some sort of warning on the dash well advance of the incident suggesting service and replacement for that battery.
if your phone is turned out, you should be able to turn it back on after a few days. what's on the car that uses that electricity is the question.
WHAT'S INSIDE? FAMILY but isn't a telsta always on? Like to 'sense' stuff, if you wanted to open te car f.e
Regular cars need gas and their batteries need to be charged or they won't work either.
had 30% battery left 3 days ago and surprised that it died, this guy really has no idea how things work
At 1:15 he says 30 miles remaining.
5% battery loss per day required you to know the full range and calculate. With a such a giant screen in the car you'd think there was a display of battery over time so your could judge your stay. Otherwise what is that screen used for?? Lithium batteries actually hold their charge well so there's no excuse for such a high vampire current draw.
Why did you not know this? Didn't you read your owners manual?
It's not his fault evs are still junk, and the hype that's been created around them is a nationalistic US against middle eastern oil hype...but many of the problems which caused evs to be seen as a lessor option still exist, admittedly to a lessor degree, but they still there and I wouldn't waste my time with them. When they produce better vehcles I'll bother, but I'd rather pay extra then wait an hour at the petrol station every time i need fuel...
zeyd you know nothing about what you are say. I have had mine for three years. It has been a FAR superior experience than any of my past forty Fossil cars. They are easier and more car free than any Fossil car.
Propel 2015 I think Tesla isnt bigger, their stocks are just Mord expensive compared to the ones of Ford and GM.
Propel, Tesla is NOT bigger than Ford or GM. Ford probably sells more in a month than they do in a yr. I've only seen a handful of Teslas and no dealerships but Ford and GMs are all over the globe
Neal Ramsey ,
No one said they were big than GM or Ford. Because of their stock values they are more valuable than GM or Ford. They do make twice the profit per car than GM or Ford. However they spend all that profit and more to continue their unprecedented growth.
He’s the type of guy to buy a new Tesla when the old one runs out of battery
Kekistani Refugee You would never need to replace it though, unless something really bad happened
He does have 3 teslas.
Kekistani Refugee nah more like 15k at the VERY MOST
Kekistani Refugee the batteries have an 8 year full warranty.
Kekistani Refugee the free warranty covers the battery for 160k miles or 25 years, whichever comes first.
Great video, I always like to see positive people like you show how you get out of a sticky situation. Extra props for treating the tow truck guys like normal human beings.
Also great editing..
“Just take it! You know you want it car.” Lol 😂
Got a 100k car - complains about 150 bucks. Gas car isn't using gas while parked but it's using it's battery a bit, it is common sense.
NigiVlogs He can afford to complain
NigiVlogs it's 100k the the government pays you 20 grand because it's a energy efficient vehicle
His car isn't 100k. He bought a weaker & used 60kw model which is like $50k.
It's 7500.00 Fed plus whatever the state will throw in, anywhere from 0 to 2500.00
he has the old gen p85
also, you can call Tesla's hotline, 24/7, and get live advice/instructions, that very minute. It uses power, all the time, since it is 'talking,' to the satellite, for updates, etc.
Why would you let it uncharged to such a low State? Don't get a tesla if you don't know to maintain one. Please
so never go to airport with tesla...
rkmorfi Basically Unless they have a supercharger were you can leave it plugged in
Jose you don't even need a super charger. The base one that it comes with recycles the energy that you don't use while charging. It also doesn't damage the battery when you do it.
Jose he didn't know about it... watch the whole video before commenting please
You could have just brought an extra charger and a normal power outlet adapter, charge it there.
That was your first mistake, having less than 30 miles on an electric car and turning it off? Do you turn off your iphone when it's at like 2%? No, you charge it. Bruh, use yo head.
Where was he going to plug it in at the airport? Use YOUR head Poppin.
Lots of airports have charging stations. Also you could use a long power cord
Or,, you know, charge it before going to the airport?
The head is not only to use a hat, it is to use the brains!
Brian Knudslien I just did
Dan: My Tesla died
Tesla: using 5% battery parked for 10 months
Other people: how about you just take it to the nearest charging station
69 likes i hope it stays
Doesn't understand technology; complains about technology.
and gets on TH-cam to display his ignorance
Yet still makes videos about technology.
Most people don't. That's why you find a gas powered car broken down every few miles on the Interstate. I count up to 7 vehicles a trip on the side of the road. Some with their license plates removed I'm guessing as they don't want them back.
What was the range left when this dude parked it for 2 weeks? 25 miles?? I guess he doesn't get the concept of overnight charging at home.
Junk is eing displayed here, Pure junk.
never thought things would go dirty at 6:50
lmao 😆
Bro seriously park it in the electric vehicle parking? They have chargers and it's closer to where you need to go...
bring a gas generator, plug it in and let it charge until it runs out of gas lol. you'll then have enough power to get home or to the nearest charging station.
Very creative. But not sure if that would have enough Amps or watts or whatever these things use,haha. Someone needs a small battery that is charged already and you can just deliver it ,put it in the trunk and connect to the dead one and it could leach the good battery into the dead one like running in parallel and then it could run.
or just plug it into the gar park power socket
Watch one of his video showing using gas generator, WONT WORK EVEN.
@@RadiatedExodus Funny I found videos of people using generators to charge them.
Why do you think it wont work?
@@ghz24 Did you search on his channel?!?! -sigh-
Be advised that every time you check the status of the car in order for it to do that the car must full turn itself on which if you already know the battery is low don't check it as it uses a bit of power to tell you the battery is low.
Question 2
Why are you still charging at home on a 120 volt outlet? Have a simple 14-50 outlet installed and you charge at up to 31 miles per hour instead of 3 or 4 miles per hour.
Then you will wake up to a fully charged battery every morning ( 85%) instead of less.
Question 3
If your charging cable for the car is long enough why not plug it in for 10 minutes would give you enough power to release the parking brake and roll her off the ramp bed.
The flashing lights after the tow driver jumped the 12 volt battery to get it off the truck wasn't enough juice after he disconnected the booster battery the car didn't have sufficient power to work properly which is why the lock mechanism was giving you problems plugging in.
Just mark it up as a learning experience on the idiosyncrasies of an EV.
wow, problem after problem.
it's because there is a high tech computer inside the car that's why the screen is there and remember it updates like an iPhone so that's why it's using 5% of your battery a normal car dosnt have all of that to keep updating and checking while it's off
seriously? that is an extremely large battery you are talking about, there is more going on than "updating"
How much school does lincon miss usally? Pls respond
I think he should do a video called "Whats inside a Tesla Battery." That would be cool
BasexQUACKERx Gaming idk but probably quite a bit
EVEN my dog doesnt LOVE me... I have a channel which no one like to see or S U B....:/ :/
Nothing much actually. Just a few thousands of 18650 batteries. Powerbanks has the same kind of cell (well, most of them) as the Tesla has in their cars
i never thought i would get likes or responds 0_0
Your video saved many people from buying Tesla and hiring a towing truck.
That was the first tesla and they bought it used so abousily it's battery will die.
Now they buy their own teslas.
Buying a tessla is good but it's a battery a battery use at least 3 to 5 percent of its battery on till it's completely turned off
Like your smartphones battery if you don't power of it and off it using the button it will at least 2 percent of its battery , while if you turn off you phone completely it will not lose battery.
There tesla was just off not completely shut.
The problem getting out of the parking spot was your horrendous parking job. Yeah, blame that truck parked properly. So many comments about you owning a Tesla. I tend to agree - it's the wrong car for you. Get a Camry...
He needs a prius boi
Or your just jealous.
You left it on a 30 miles and max range of Tesla P90D model when is full capacity is 270 miles?!? And you complain here about you don't have any more juice in the batteries?
Bizzo Brigante ok if you drive a car with gasoline you're going to loose miles on it too. a car doesn't stay at 270 mile range. maybe he was driving far and there was no tesla charge stations. and he said he didn't know you loose 2-5% of battery a day without using it. grow up man
If you are going on a trip with a plane you certainly don't leave a car on a 30 miles radius and go away for 10 days and expect battery to stay on the same level after returning back?! For instance he could quick charge a car for a hour or two before the trip and he would still have at least 140 miles radius! I understand the analogy with cars using gasoline but this comparison is foolish! The proper comparison would be to compare a Tesla car with a electronic device like smartphone or laptop that has gone in standby or hibernation and still using some portion of the battery capacity.
( You understand that this is actually what a "huge electronic device" like a Tesla car is doing when is not in the drive mode? ) Btw. You said grow up? I should say smart up! :-)
Bizzo Brigante it's a P85 not a P90D
Tnx, good to know :-)
Yeah great video that was created out of "I really don't know why" reason of the Tesla owner here :-) Btw. I'm chilled but people really upload all sort of nonsense videos on TH-cam and we general public have to digest that crap!
way to neglect the battery and then complain about it when it dies,
@Brian Anxieton So you can't find time to refill your gas tank with days in advance?
@@vayne7556 you use gas when you drive to the airport....
oh man even just watching this video makes me feel that my IQ is dropping.
xmouserx l
Sour Tesla fanboy^^^
If you would've read the manual you would've known that. Not Tesla's fault.... Your fault!!
Now on that angle you are absolutely correct Dude! In any product you should read the User's Manual....afterall that is the purpose why all products have User's Manual right?!
@@arayleche3468 LoL do u read user manual for a car???
@@ayanokoji5594 mate i read a whole ford galaxy owner manual
@@arayleche3468 probably can't read....
He bought the Model S used, so it 99% didn't have a manual.
lmao the guy who makes a living off of taking things apart couldnt take apart his car.
Why Dude?....Do you really believe a Physics teacher really knows everything about physics?! DUH!
Well in the end he did learn to pry it open. Such as other things you don’t know everything off the bat
* makes a living destroying things. I guess he didn't want to destroy his car.
Imagine being surprised this dude isn’t a mechanic
A very specific type of mechanic at that
it is also bad for the battery to leave it discharged. Ideal for battery life is to leave it at around 60%
if one has a ice car and a useable garage to put their car in, get a (battery tender,) it keeps it charged between 80% to 100% (NO, NOT A BATTERY CHARGER) a good battery will last for at least 9 years.
4 tips to keep your Tesla from dying when your traveling
1 leave Tesla or other EV at home use uber to get to the airport
2 if tip 1 isn't possible try using the chargign station at the airport'
3 if no chargers present use the moble connector
4 take short trips so your battrey doesnt drain
This is the saddest show of how little people know about their cars and how when you escalate to another level of tech it takes another level of knowledge for care and feeding. I bet you ten bucks everything described here including care and feeding IS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. Look on TH-cam to remove the front grill (plate) how about the book in the glove box?
Yup lesson learned. Don't drain it so low. Do you fill it up at home?
Chris Bates I do .. every day.. always drive off with a full charge.. no excuse for a 10% battery charge..
Learn how to use your $100K vehicle
did he read the owner's manual?
Seriously. It has standby mode for this exact reason
still needs to learn how to use it ...even if it is used...owners manual?
ClayDog the original owner kept it but told him he lost it. So he doesn't have one.
rps13sr I'm 100% certain you could find a pdf of it online
The fluid is circulated within the intermediate layer by a pump to ensure both the seat bottom and seatback are evenly heated and cooled, without one spot getting too hot or cold.
Seems like there would have been an electrical outlet somewhere in that garage. Maybe he only needed to pick up the portable charge cable and long extension cord or rent a generator from home depot for an hour. Although, guess it would not have been as interesting of a video. Who knows, maybe he let the battery run down in order to make the video and possibly get something from Tesla.
486DX266 that's actually what I've been thinking. Just get yourself a charger and an extension cord.
It takes a couple of hours to charge using the regular charger, but once the car is ready to go just drive home and give it a good charge.
True, charge the car in the parking garage, it is easy and cheap compared to calling a toe truck. If you keep a jump pack in the car then you will always prepared for this type of problem.
Jump packs don't/can't carry enough power to charge the battery pack to move the car let alone drive it
7:15 your wearing those yeezys like flip flops.
Those are 2% of the price of the tesla lmfao
this is pissing me of so hard
they are probably the amazon knock-offs
they are just shoes.
CaptiveHat expensive shoes
why don't you buy extension chord and charge it at the airport?
glassman5555 A, C, D, or E chord?
glassman5555 huh?! Please explain
glassman5555 why don't you buy a spelling app and install it in to your small brain so you know the difference between chord and cord!!
glassman5555 fan c
glassman5555 true
So glad you shared this. All the people saying bad things about you is not warranted. Most people want to buy a Tesla because of the low maintenance.
This was very informative. Thank you!
No ur dumb 30k to replace the battery
You could have got a petrol generator and charged the battery up that way.
that would be the most ironic thing, an electric car relying on petrol to work.
NIK4014 not to mention the fact that you can get a jump box that charges electrically
+NIK4014 For someone who lives in a country that *hates* electric cars, and owns a Tesla, that would be the only option if you're not home
There are a grand and amazing total of 0 to 5 chargers in the whole country :c
Mr. Midnight what country?
Looks like he made $10k+ from letting his Tesla die lol
Nick Venice minus that he pays for the tow truck driver.
That’s not good
LOL and not goood
@@thememegoat8593 cool
Yes
Has a tesla but complaining about $150 towing fee 😒
Jesseg0815 150 is still money.
Jesseg0815 totally agree
Tesla’s are cheap
All that money he saved on the Tesla getting cheap running costs.... oh wait never mind.
I'm glad he's complaining, it better informs me of the flaws of these first-gen vehicles. This issue should be addressed by tesla with solar panels on the roof on the next generation...
When you get past the age of ten, it's REALLY time to turn that hat around! LOL!
It is past 1995 too. Who does this in 2018?
@@ededdie3919 2019*
Of course this would be a guy in Utah. So many douchebags in Utah. Grown white man wearing his hat backwards.......seriously bro?
Let people do what they want. Why you judging? Is your name judy?
Might be comfortable
Pay $150 for towing?
AAA or insurance would cover that
Daniel Bustos I don’t think insurance would. It’s his own fault. Insurance would not pay for something you did.
if you want to save 150 $ dont buy a tesla and you can just refuel a normal car only with 20$
Dude its electric does your phone sit there and stays 100% for 10 months OK
Yes it does
Firt Name Last Name mine loses like 20% over night wtf kid of phone do you have
@@Lanzik_ oppo
Lanzik just close all your apps and then put it on low power mode
Okay but if you turn of the phone completely, after 10 months it will stay the same.
You can leave a gas car parked for months, but the battery will still be drained on that gas car 😂
Sith Lord for real and he left his car at 30 out of it's 280 out 300 mile max capacity. That's like leaving your phone on 10% turning it off and expecting it to work 4 days later like wtf
yeah but it would not be dead in only 4 days, which is where electric cars fail unless there are charging stations and people responsible enough to leave early enough to charge their car up on the way to the airport, then would probably need a charge on the way home but it would have at least been driven home.
Anthony E. You're argument is extremely valid and i totally agree. It is still be technology and will only get better as the years go on and soon they'll probably have portable back up batteries for when your tesla dues which will probably be huge but still a good response
but thats not what he did so its pretty senseless comparison
@@silkysmotth if tesla survives.
I know it's old, but I just came across this video today. This is a scenario where something like peer to peer charging would come in handy. I wonder what Ben S would think of that idea.
on newer teslas you open the Frunk with a secret handle and there is the battery so you connect it
Except that 12v battery Only runs the car systems Not the motors, that's what the massive battery pack under most of the car does at vastly higher voltage
RTFM. Read the f manual. 😎 Honest mistake, not many people read manuals. But when it comes to new (sorta) technology don't assume anything.
James Jackson there’s an acronym for reading the owners manual of a high end electric luxury car? Damn!
no, but the RTFM acronym has been around for decades. Why would you buy a new generation toy and not want to know and absorb everything about it? What does he think it is? a fridge?
RTFM would have prevented this situation - as usual....
My battery died at 106,000 miles and will cost 20,000 to replace. That’s 19 cents per mile + electricity costs to run my car. Considering at $5 per gallon a 30 MPG car only costs 16 cents per mile, there is no way my tesla was more cost efficient than and ICE car. I loved my tesla but I am over it now. I’ll buy from a better company in the future.
Actually internal combustion vehicles do lose fuel via evaporation but in recent years it has improved with the advent of PZEV. Electrics are still at version 0.1 so lets wait until there is say 20 years of combined industry development behind them to make any real comparisons. Judging by how rapidly one company has advanced them I doubt there will be any comparison before long.
Chris Hax
: There'll be plenty of comparison. EV cars pollute just like any other. It costs Co2 to generate electricity and to build those toxic batteries (which, as they move on from the recyclable but reaching it's peak Lithium/ion, will become non recyclable!) Renewables are highly unlikely to ever be capable of providing anything like enough power and Nuclear...!! The most dangerous and polluting of all! There's only one form of energy whose waste nature loves and that's the carbon based version.
Remember ALL forms of energy production produce waste and the airborne version get's carried everywhere by the wind, so the notion that EV's are better that way is a fallacy. That's a fact and the reason why I don't fall for all this 'Green Energy' propaganda.
@@garycarter01 Thank you!! So many people don't look past the obvious... just deporting our pollution elsewhere...
My Model X only loosing 2 - 3 miles per day while parking tho. i left in the garage for a month with 80% charged and have no problem.
You don’t wear yeezys like some slippers
I'm a tow truck flatbed driver and we deal with teslas all the time. the newer ones will have a little piece that you'll pry off in the front (looks like a sensor but bigger) that will expose the charge cables to jumpstart the 12v. usually its located in the front of the car on the driver side. also if the charger port ever gets stuck from a dead tesla (model s) you can pop the trunk, on the left side of the trunk there will be a carpeted circle almost that you can pop of . inside you'll find a small switch right behind the wire to the battery that you can switch to release the charger. literally just had to do this to a tesla a few days ago lol
Maybe you should cut it open I mean the channel is called "What's inside" PLEASE RESPOND.
Should've just used an extension cord and the 120v adapter lol
The cable would be so long that so much voltage won’t make it all the way that it will not charge
@@qeelevators2960 that's not how it works m8
That ain't how it works
@@gckgamez4700 Actually that is how it works.
It may not be noticed when the cords are 50-100 feet but more than that and any voltage sensitive appliance will be in danger of malfunctioning.
Try googling "how far can you run an extension cord"
Running flat is not dying. Also the manual describes this and you should have read it and caps are supposed to be worn the other way around.
$150 to get your car towed? What state do you live in?
Wanless Milam Utah
Wanless Milam Utah BUT STILL WHY 150. I COULD GET LIKE 100 BIG MACS FOR 150
Drew Burks I’m dying at the comparison lmaooo
My wife and I are coming down to SLC this weekend for my birthday. I would love to meet up with you guys and go to lunch, or feel free to join us at the Nets Jazz game!
“Just take it, you know you want it” 😂😁😂😂 best part of this video, I needed a smile and laugh today
So funny 😂😂 maybe he tells his wife the same thing
Who else saw the mansion in the back round at 1:33 like "I wanna live there"
Clorox Bleach I want to burn it
I love watching dan be so happy about pulling off the front thing
How i end up watching this tool.
Same here
Why'd I spend 2 minutes
You should always clean the tip of the charger before you put it in the car
Why didnt he just bring the cord with him to the airport!!
The Lab The cord doesn't just plug into a dc outlet. You have to pay for Tesla to install a charging station in your garage
False, you can plug the Tesla into 120v or 240v outlets. But they're not as convenient for charging, take longer, so people prefer to install the faster chargers.
Allan it was at the airport for 4 days. He could have easily plugged it in for full charge when he returned. maybe the airport did not have electricity facility for Evs
Allan it was at the airport for 4 days. He could have easily plugged it in for full charge when he returned. maybe the airport did not have electricity facility for Evs
You guys are the ones who got me into Tesla thanks Daniel. Nice car👌
Explain to me how you have a charger in your garage (essentially a gas pump) and you drive away with 30 miles on the range?
i could come up with a few scenarios right of the bat where this could happen, its common sense.
@@leetjohnson what reason could expain why someone would let a tesla die in an airport parking lot on a bum charge? he says " maybe the driver didnt have enough time and was gonna miss his flight"..survey says "clink" number one answer!
Agreed. It makes no sense unless you want to make a video about a dead battery and get million$ of click$.
@@Anotherdaynparadise, common sense, just like knowing your car will lose all of it's remaining range while you are on the trip? I imagine many EV owners have learned this lesson the same way.
"it wont take the charger" *continues to stab until it accepts defeat*
@6:51 I thought he was going to spit on it and keep trying lol
Was very creepy tbh
HA I see what u did there 😂
first, you should not have let the battery run down to more than 50%. battery is best kept at 50% to 90% charged. secondly, when you are leaving your tesla for an extend period, turn off the car. there is a button to do it.
The reason why your tesla uses 2 to 5% of the battery every day when you’re not using it is because it needs to have battery power to run some of the functions
So if you park your Tesla near the airport and go on a 3 week vacation, the battery will be dead when you come back.
Theres a button to turn it off
it would be foolish to park any car in a public car park for three weeks..... uber
he said I am not good at making stuff
yeah he is good at cutting open stuff
+Murtaza Hussain; make that: Destructive disassembling stuff.
Dan: Car won't start
Lincoln: why? That's awesome
Buddy. Batteries must maintain a certain temperature for safe operating conditions. This requires low battery usage over time when it sits. I see you are in a cold climate.
I would have just bought a cheap generator and used it to charge the tesla.
Yeah, nobody would steal a generator blaring away inside a parking garage sitting out in the open... Think before you speak.
Nikolas Tesla I think he meant to charge it instead of getting a tow truck, like as in getting a generator after they found it dead. Not during their trip...
Yeah, I'd just sit in the car playing angry birds on my phone/tablet while a portable generator recharges it. That, or watch a movie on my phone while I get enough of a charge to get the car home.
Get 2 generators and get 220v. In one hour you will have 20 miles. Enough to get you to a supercharger!
Well I carry A 9mm so.... My castle my property, and my safety... I agree then have a jenny for at home.
I got one of those little jump starter things I put in my car just in case it doesnt want to start. I wonder why Tesla doesn't put a charger in each car that will jump start and give you at least 20 miles to get you somewhere to fill up? How hard would that be and with all the money you spend it should be like a spare wheel and just part of the car.
Dude…. you can't jumpstart an electric car.
No you just need enough power to get you somewhere rather than locking you out of the car.
Robert Days depleted batteries need a boost. Tesla’s have huge batteries and the boost required is high. Just don’t park the car with so little juice left for days. That’s not how EVs work.
My mistake for saying jump start. I was thinking a charge pack that can charge the car up enough to get you somewhere to get a proper charge. And why would you have an extra battery pack in the trunk? As he said, the car drained itself while sitting at the airport. Another solution would be a long term parking switch that turns everything off while not being used long term.... like at the airport. But yes a power pack in the trunk would be cool not just for the car but for lights, charging phones jump starting friends petrol cars, electricity while camping etc. But yeah, not jump start.
@@rayofvictory one of the many downsides of an electric car.
At the parking garage your battery was in an extreme power-saving mode that allows you to put it in neutral to perhaps roll it to an electrical outlet (and connect the mobile charger) or put it in tow mode so it can be easily towed. If your battery was completely dead, you would not have been able to open the doors.
Any combination of the following will help with the long term battery drain:
An increasing number of airports and third party lots have EV charging spots or a vallet charging service.
Charge up the battery near where you are going to park it or charge to 100% before you leave, and be an efficient driver to the airport.
Take your mobile charger (and an extension cord to be safe) with you.
Avoid using your Tesla app. Apps and other services that talk to your vehicle will wake up it up. It can takes 12+ hours for the vehicle to go back into "deep sleep".
If you use third party apps (Tesla-Fi, Tezlab, Remote S, etc) change your password and do not update the password in the apps until you return.
Enable "Energy Savings" under Power Management and uncheck "Always connected". Note: Model 3 have no "Energy Savings" mode.
Disable "Pre-conditioning" (Model S/X only) and "Cabin overheat protection" -- although these should stop functioning after vehicle goes into deep sleep (unless battery reaches an extreme temperature).
Park where the vehicle is protected from extreme temperatures. Consider wind direction in the winter (and park where it is blocked from the wind). Avoid direct sun during warm weather.
Trade your car with an ICE vehicle from a friend/family member for the week.
Leave your car somewhere where you can leave it plugged in and get an Uber, train, one-way car rentals, etc to/from the airport.
U really need to refer the manual☺️
Honda makes a small generator that wood work good for this for about 150 dollars ', will run 2 hours on a gallon of gas
Danny Nabors to bad Honda already makes cars with a generator and a stuff built in. I think they're uhhhh called hybrids
1st of all, spelling police: ... *would - - 2nd of all, I was thinking the same thing - in a pinch you could rent a portable generator for a couple hours and charge up the car (every Tesla owner should have a cable in the trunk that will connect 110 to the charging port). I just posted an ultra-long comment describing this all in detail :-)
Honda doesn't make generators for less than $800.00
not to mention "work good" (should be work well). The 1st respondent wrote "to" instead of "too". Back on topic: I went for a test drive and it's an amazing automobile.
What kind of wood work are you referring to, treated lumber, cedar or oak, hmmm?
*starts carelessly ramming charger into car worth excess of £75,000*
me: -COoL iT ARNie!-
about the battery, i learned in science in school that electricity is stored in the battery and when you first put it in it will release the electricity and if you keep the battery in it will still drain. So you should take the battery out every night because if you take it out the electricity will become static electricity and stay in the battery and not get used.