Krufka

Has anyone done a test how much battery % or range will you use per hour leaving your e-tron running with A/C and FM radio ON while parked? I am planning on watching a movie in one of those drive-in theaters but most of them are long drive into rural places with no fast charging around so good battery management may be a key on those type of trips. Summer days are still hot but the evenings are not that bad and I do not expect high temperatures but in case it gets uncomfortable (or you need to keep annoying bugs out) you may need to run air conditioner for several hours :/ Would that drain your battery much? What is the power drawn by the A/C in Eco Mode anyway? Using recirculated air vs fresh could probably extend the range or running fan only but I guess the A/C should not use that much battery, right?

Follow up winter question: how about running the heat for 5-6 hours without driving the car? Any tests on that?

Tip: Walmart offers free tickets on drive-in movie tours: details https://www.thewalmartdrivein.com/

Bill33525

Guess'n no more than a couple of miles per hour. You can check this by firing up the A/C and radio in the driveway and see the usage. Haven't been to the drive in for more years than I want to admit.

Brock Tune

Haven't read anything on the e-Tron, but with Tesla's having camp mode there's a lot of user data on their power consumption. Obviously not a one-to-one comparison, but people report power consumption of anywhere between 1-2.5kw/hour, with the higher ranges being using the heater in cold climates and AC use being on the lower side. For a summer evening drive-in, I feel like you could plan on losing 2kw/hour and have a nice safety buffer.

As far as 5-6 hours, I'm curious if an e-tron would even do that? Would it continue running for an extended time if no one was in the drivers seat?

drcollie2

Why would you bother to go to a Drive-In Movie and have the car all buttoned-up with the A/C on? Part of the "experience" is being outdoors, windows down and all that. May as well just stay home and watch Netflix if you want to be in A/C.

lkfoster

I can think of one reason where I live, it's currently 100 degrees out at 8:30pm with an expected low of 90 overnight.😎

drcollie2

Krufka

this is why: https://www.metallica.com/encore-drive-in-nights.html
you can't get it on your Netflix "experience"

BackInCali

I only knocked down about 3% on mine. NBD

marklin

Do you mean the AC will not turn down by itself after an hour when you park your car. Some people had mentioned that the E-tron will turn the AC off after one hour of no movement of the car.

URBAN LEGEND

You can get 2 Ryobi chargeable fans, Those do

the job and are small.