Appreciation post: no vampire drain

[VLumina]

We were out of town for over a week recently, and my Tesla lost around 9% battery, but the Gravity stayed at the exact same percentage it was before we left. I didn't even know that was possible since my Model S was the only other EV I was familiar with. It is pretty awesome to not have to worry about the battery draining while you're gone.

I thought it would be in a very deep sleep to save battery and might not wake up when I walk up to it, but it unlocked when I approached as usual.

 

[Tim-in-CA]

Early on the Air had a vampire drain issue and it was resolved a while ago. Rivian still has a VD problem that due to the architecture of the vehicle and cannot be reduced for Gen 1 vehicles. Pretty frustrating!!!

 

[Leftlane]

Did you have Sentry mode on your Tesla activated? I don’t lose hardly anything on mine over a week or two - maybe 1-2%.

 

[RajD]

Sentry mode sucked a TON of juice on our Teslas - especially if you left them at the airport - to the point where 1 week it drained 15-20%. Of course this is exactly the location where you want to use it, ironically. Classic dilemma of protecting your vehicle vs having enough range to make it home.

 

[VLumina]

Did you have Sentry mode on your Tesla activated? I don’t lose hardly anything on mine over a week or two - maybe 1-2%.

My Tesla is too old for Sentry mode So no