Electric Tow Vehicles - Getting close
Used to be a guy on the forum towing a tear drop with a tesla but really not suitable for the vast majority of RVers. We had a young family camp next to us this weekend and something didn't look rig...
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2022 wants their post back. People are dumping EVs like bags of liquid dog **bleep**. Especially the big ones. The little 4 wheel commuter scooters are still doing ok ish.
GM was late to the game with the Duracell powered Hummer and pickups. Just as Ford and Tesla can’t give them away.
Plus the GMs aren’t even a real pickup truck. They’re a Chevolanche/Blazer/Elcamino 1 piece body. Virtually useless compared to a pickup unless you want to twist the body panels up with a significant load and any off camber spots.
But the best part is, the GM EVs have a 170-200kwh battery pack and it’s good for only a little over 200mi on flat earth and low altitude, probably driving east only. (Lightning is 98-130kwh and reports of 100mi towing are in line with what GM guy told you.)
And that’s with a little 5klb TT! Lol.
Well if ya want one, wait til next year. They’ll be on the clearance rack next to all the unsold Lightnings and Cybertrucks!
Or go buy a lightly used cybertruck now for the cost of a nice 2017 Silverado with 90k miles on it!
Man, we need a laughing emoji here real bad!!
As I said, cost is still an problem but there is a decent percentage of folks towing a 5-7k trailers and 220miles is viable for weekend trips and for once a year longer trips it's viable.
If you ever go camping, you will see lots of unibodies towing up to around 5k lb.
The technology isn't going to replace diesel dually right now but for small to medium trailers it's viable and that makes up a significant percentage of RVs... unlike a few years ago when anything more than a year drop was impractical.
You are partially correct. I make 5 or 6 camping trips per year and most of them are under 250 miles. However, at least 1 or more times per year we make trips that are 300 to 500 miles. I need a vehicle that covers all my trips not most of my trips. In that respect I think you are wrong, 220 miles is not any where near viable.
I don’t think most people want to be tied down to such a limited range from home; and every extra day driving is another day I’m not fishing, kayaking, or hiking. In short, EV isn’t for towing, not by a longshot.220 miles of towing sounds like my 88 GM 3500 towing with a 454! 30 gals at 7-8 mpg! THats with a 6500 lbs 24' TT! I'm not seeing the EV being much different frankly!
Other than as mentioned, 30 min to fill up vs 15 min of fuel......
Its getting closer to usuable for some of us. Other still not close.
Marty
