Battery/Vacation

[Del1731]

Hi everyone
quick question for you all. Im going to sunnier places for 3 weeks to get the bloody cold weather out of my bones, do I charge car fully or just leave it at 50% Soc. car is 25my GT. and yes its in UK so temps varying between 0-10deg C This time year. Car will be left outside

THANKS EVERYONE

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[Maquis]

Leave it near 50% and enjoy your holiday.

 

[Del1731]

Leave it near 50% and enjoy your holiday.

any reason why 50%. off to sunny Sri Lanka 30deg so will enjoy. Cheers

 

[RickMachE]

any reason why 50%. off to sunny Sri Lanka 30deg so will enjoy. Cheers

Ford recommends that for 30 day or longer periods. The key is not to leave it at 100%. I wouldn't obsess about the 50% for 3 weeks, just make sure it's not 100%.

 

[Del1731]

Ford recommends that for 30 day or longer periods. The key is not to leave it at 100%. I wouldn't obsess about the 50% for 3 weeks, just make sure it's not 100%.

Thanks Rick

 

[HuntingPudel]

For 3 weeks, just leave it somewhere between 30% and 70% and you should be fine. The HV batteries degrade faster if left near the extremes of state of charge (0% or 100%) for long periods of time. Short periods of time have less effect on degradation, as do middling states of charge.

 

[Maquis]

any reason why 50%. off to sunny Sri Lanka 30deg so will enjoy. Cheers

What Rick said….which is why I stated near 50%.

 

[islandboystan]

I live in Hawaii and my 2022 is parked in a carport covered to keep the cats off. I leave the EV at 80% SOC for almost 6 weeks. Upon my return, I lost 1% and the EV just starts right up. You should not have any issues with only 50% SOC. Being warm is a good thing. Kind of why I chose to live here.

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