s there any tips for me to preserve my car and its components? I am going away for 9 months on a deployment order (military) and going to park my car for 9 months. I am currently living in an apartment on my own so I do not have garage to keep it charge all the time (I charge at Electrify America once a week).
Anyone knows if I could turn on the vehicles thousands miles away from its location just to preserve the battery health? And I heard some people recommend unplugging the 12V battery, while others do not recommend that. I am new into electric car (my first ever electric car - 3 weeks old now).
If this is going to be something you do with any frequency perhaps a disconnect switch for the 12v would be good idea. Something like what RV’ers use to keep their house batteries from discharging.
9 months is a long time… Most everyone is thinking about the batteries - rightly so. I’d also bring up more logistical/legal items for leaving any car in one place for extended periods…
Can you give the keys to security or a trusted person to move the car occasionally? Perhaps even take it for a drive and charge it to 60% again?
Does the base allow cars to be stored long term without moving them?
Will base security know the car is not abandoned?
Even if you unhook the 12V, if you don’t put it on a charger at least every month or two, it will die. And when lead acid batteries die, they are damaged permanently. Could you put the 12V on a trickle charger? Remove the battery from the car?
What is the climate? Does it snow? Will they tow you to clear the snow? Will they do any maintenance like paving, sweeping, sealing?
Lift it on jack stands but keep the suspension loaded and get a car cover. Don’t ping the car unless you have all the updates installed as it will drain the battery. Covered parking is ideal but probably not possible. Keep the rotors dry or they will likely rust beyond use in that time frame. If there’s not already an AGM battery. Get one. The OEM battery doesn’t last during regular use. I would personally leave the battery connected. But honestly it’s up to you for that. Use some kind of tire shine to keep the tires in tip top shape and get some kind of rodent control. Ideally something that won’t hurt cats that may take up residence under the hood. A bucket of damp rid would be wise if it’s anywhere other than the southwest. There are solar battery maintainers. But idk how those will jive with the ev6 s 12 volt battery management. I hope your deployment is boring and uneventful.
More practical note: get it up on jack stands. Otherwise the tyres will be junk when you get back. They’ll flat-spot and you’ll never get that flat spot out.
Forget about doing anything remote to it through the app during the storage time. After 7 days in a corporate basement parking lot, my EV6 went into a “deep sleep” mode and I received a notification on the app that the remote features would no longer work.
Are you going to store it in a garage / storage unit? If so, I’d recommend putting it on jack stands, so you don’t need to worry about your tires. If it’s not in a garage, probably not safe to leave it up on stands for that long.
Otherwise, as said, leave the main battery around 60% and disconnect the 12v. You won’t be able to start it remotely after about two weeks, anyway.
Unfortunately, im just going to leave it parked by my workplace inside the army base, hoping that people dont break into it. I rarely hear any car breaking incidents where I work at so everything should be just fine.
Maybe leaving it covered would make it way more trouble than its worth to break into it. Not sure how much traffic an army base gets, but maybe it’d be feasible to leave it on jack stands that just barely raise it off the ground, so the tires aren’t holding all the weight.
Lift it on jack stands but keep the suspension loaded and get a car cover. Don’t ping the car unless you have all the updates installed as it will drain the battery. Covered parking is ideal but probably not possible. Keep the rotors dry or they will likely rust beyond use in that time frame. If there’s not already an AGM battery. Get one. The OEM battery doesn’t last during regular use. I would personally leave the battery connected. But honestly it’s up to you for that. Use some kind of tire shine to keep the tires in tip top shape and get some kind of rodent control. Ideally something that won’t hurt cats that may take up residence under the hood. A bucket of damp rid would be wise if it’s anywhere other than the southwest. There are solar battery maintainers. But idk how those will jive with the ev6 s 12 volt battery management. I hope your deployment is boring and uneventful.
9 months is a long time… Most everyone is thinking about the batteries - rightly so. I’d also bring up more logistical/legal items for leaving any car in one place for extended periods…
Can you give the keys to security or a trusted person to move the car occasionally? Perhaps even take it for a drive and charge it to 60% again?
Does the base allow cars to be stored long term without moving them?
Will base security know the car is not abandoned?
Even if you unhook the 12V, if you don’t put it on a charger at least every month or two, it will die. And when lead acid batteries die, they are damaged permanently. Could you put the 12V on a trickle charger? Remove the battery from the car?
What is the climate? Does it snow? Will they tow you to clear the snow? Will they do any maintenance like paving, sweeping, sealing?
