This is the 1 thing Tesla says all drivers must do while their car is parked, but almost no owners do it

If you’ve got a Tesla, there is one thing the automaker says all drivers must do while their car is parked, but almost no owners do it – and this applies to every single model.

If you’ve never owned an EV before, a Tesla is a good place to start, but that means you need to know how the battery works properly, as it can’t be treated like a car with an internal combustion engine.

It doesn’t matter what kind of Tesla Model you have; even a Cybertruck will be affected if you fail to take this one important thing into consideration.

If you don’t do it, you can expect dire consequences, and of course, if you let your Tesla EV die, you can only tow it using a flatbed truck because towing it will affect the tires and break the electric motor if you’re not careful.

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The 1 thing Tesla says all drivers must do

Being a new owner of an EV can be a bit of a learning curve, and you can’t really treat the ownership process in the same way as you would a car with an internal combustion engine.

There is one thing that Tesla has been telling all of its customers to do, and it doesn’t matter if you have a Model S,3, X, or Y, or even a Cybertruck.

When you park your Tesla EV, you can’t just assume that there will be the same amount of charge left in the battery as you left it with.

Like with a lot of electrical devices, idleness will slowly drain the battery.

Even if you’re not actively driving it, you have to factor in that the battery charge will slowly drop throughout the time it is parked, and according to Tesla, you need to prepare for the fact.

You lose one percent every day

The best thing you can do for your electric vehicle is to leave it plugged in and charging while you’re not using it.

This may feel like a weird choice, but there are mechanisms in place to stop it from overcharging or overheating.

If you park it and don’t plug it in, you have to expect that for every day of idleness, you lose one percent of charge a day.

If you leave your Tesla parked and uncharged with only 15 percent left while you go on vacation for two weeks, you can expect to find a bricked EV upon return.

Other factors will only aid in the charge dropping more quickly while you’re away, like bad weather, the battery age, and even the EV’s software.

If you forgot to plug it in and now you have a dead EV on your hands, it’s going to be a real hassle to tow it or jumpstart it.

You can’t tow a Tesla; you’ll need a flatbed to move it so that you don’t ruin the electric motor or wheels and while jumpstarting is possible, it’s a bit of a drama.

Best to just plug it in.

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