New York man issued warning after revealing he left his Tesla Cybertruck plugged in for the entire month he was away on vacation

A New York man was issued a warning after he left his Tesla Cybertruck plugged in for a month whilst he was on vacation.

TikTok user Jeremy Judkins used his story to push his view that EVs had a clear advantage over gas cars.

He said that his Cybertruck started up with no issues after he’d left it stationary whilst off on his vacation.

But viewers weren’t so sure about his argument.

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This New York man left his Tesla Cybertruck plugged in for a month

Jeremy Judkins described his relationship with his Tesla Cybertruck as a ‘loveless marriage’ – he hadn’t touched it in a month.

But that was no concern, as he’d left it on charge whilst he was out of town.

“What I love about a Tesla: You can just leave it plugged in for any amount of time, and when you come back to it, it’s just gonna work like you would expect,” he explained to his TikTok viewers.

Sitting inside the Cybertruck, he expanded on what he meant.

“With a gas-powered vehicle, it might not even start. It’s gonna struggle,” he said.

“The battery might be dead. But with a Cybertruck, it just says, ‘Tap to activate drive.’ Tap. The Cybertruck is in drive. And we are literally moving. It’s like I drove it yesterday.

“That’s the benefit of electric vehicles. They don’t care if they sit and sit and sit.”

Is this right?

Whilst you technically can leave your EV plugged in indefinitely, it’s not always advisable.

EVs nowadays have battery management systems, which means that EVs charge up to the max and stop.

However, doing this repeatedly can potentially cause damage to the battery over time.

Judkins doing this once whilst on vacation probably isn’t such a big deal.

But doing it repeatedly probably isn’t the best habit to pick up on.

It’s also not encouraged to leave an EV sitting with zero percent battery for long periods of time either.

People who viewed the video also took issue with the assertion that gas cars would struggle to start up after long periods of inactivity.

“You can let a [gas] vehicle sit for more than two weeks and it will start up just fine,” wrote one viewer.

“I had a car that was sitting for five years, and it started in .8 seconds,” a second person commented.

EVs are on the rise – but are they really better than gas cars?

Unless you’ve been living under a very well-insulated rock, you’ll know that EVs are growing more and more popular.

As more and more people buy EVs, it seems like studies are being conducted to analyze every minute detail of them.

One study looked at how long owners keep their EVs around for, which turned out to be three years – nine years shorter than the average for gas-powered cars.

There have also been studies that assessed which states were the best for an electric car, and which have revealed the financial impact of transitioning from gas to electric.

There’s a lot to take on board when it comes to deciding whether or not to go electric, so it’s best to take everything into account.

To see Jeremy Judkins talk about his Cybertruck, head over to his TikTok channel.

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