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Tim Watts wrote:
On 06/06/15 14:10, charles wrote:

One of the early stories was you couldn't part up a Tesla at say the
airport while you went on holiday for say 3 weeks, unless left plugged in.
Which seemed odd to me, as even a lead acid battery on a normal car will
last at least that under quiescent drain, with all the toys.

I found that after 2 weeks near Heathrow, The electric unlocking wouldn't
work. There was barely enough charge left to turn the engine over.


I'm not surprised - Teslas don't have engines...

;-)

But they have a battery many many times the capacity of a normal car, so
what's taking all the current? Surely wouldn't self discharge that quickly?

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