Plug in or not plug in while away for a few days?

[scottintucson]

New owner here...going away for a few (7) days and leaving my Mach E at home. Planning on leaving with charge level around 50%, but I was wondering if I should leave the car plugged in? I'm in AZ, so temps don't get super cold. Appreciate any opinions on this...

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[generaltso]

I wouldn’t. It’ll be fine.

 

[Flint302]

Agree, kinda funny about that whole "burn down your house" thing.

 

[efisher]

Set it to charge to 90% and leave it plugged in.

 

[generaltso]

Set it to charge to 90% and leave it plugged in.

Why leave it at 90% for 7 days when the charge isn’t needed? If I was going to leave it plugged in, I’d set the charge limit to 50%.

 

[Mach-Lee]

If it's not going to be in use, there's no reason to leave it plugged in. Unplugged at 50% is the best way.

 

[efisher]

Why leave it at 90% for 7 days when the charge isn’t needed? If I was going to leave it plugged in, I’d set the charge limit to 50%.

It's what Ford suggests.

 

[bruceski88]

It's what Ford suggests.

Left mine last winter over holidays for 3 weeks at about 70% charge. Only lost 1%.

 

[generaltso]

It's what Ford suggests.

Ford's suggestion is to limit your charge to not more than 90% for daily charging. That doesn't mean you should let it sit at 90% for days. For storage, they recommend leaving the battery at 50%. If it's only parked for 7 days, it doesn't really need to be "stored", but the closer to 50%, the happier the battery will be. No need to keep it at 90% for 7 days when the charge isn't going to be used.

 

[scottintucson]

Thanks all...I have my plan. Unplugged at about 50% SOC. Happy New Year all!

 

[HGxxx]

Currently in the middle of a 2 week vacay, left car unplugged at around 47% SOC.

 

[jkovacs]

FWIW, we just took a trip to Europe and left our MME parked outside in the cold at the airport Park ‘N Fly in Montreal. Came back and she’d lost a total of 4km range over 15 days. You’ll be fine. ?

 

[ChuckA]

New owner here...going away for a few (7) days and leaving my Mach E at home. Planning on leaving with charge level around 50%, but I was wondering if I should leave the car plugged in? I'm in AZ, so temps don't get super cold. Appreciate any opinions on this...

I live in CT when temperature was around 30 degrees in my garage. I left mine unplugged at 92% SOC for 10 days while on vacation. It stayed at 92% SOC but the GOM went from 190 down to 182 miles.

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