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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Steve Fowler

Leaving your EV at the airport: Will the battery run down while you’re away?

Airport car parks are one of the more overlooked parts of any holiday, but for EV drivers, leaving the car behind for a week or two raises a question that never troubled petrol and diesel owners: will the battery still have enough charge left to get you home?

Harpreet Sandhu recently emailed me to ask: “I travel quite a lot and sometimes leave my car at an airport for two or three weeks. With a petrol car I’ve never really thought about it, but what happens with an EV? Will the battery gradually run down while it's parked, and could I come back to find I haven't got enough charge to get home?”

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