Dino juice v Electrons....
Towing just got longer....A LOT LONGER...(and harder) Well....I guess it would work.....if you're retired....and like to wait around at charging stations half of your life.....and like to play soli...
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bgum wrote:
You failed to notice the EV didn't tow but half way home as he stopped to drop off trailer. This explains difference.
Details Details pay attention to the details.
If you notice I ran the figures from the start of the trip to the charging station which was 86 miles for both vehicles. Another way to look at it is this: The electric Lightning cost was about .38 cents a mile and the gas Chevy truck was about .53 cents a mile to run.
The Lightning took 27 bucks to fill. (In total reality it took somewhere around $33 or $34 bucks to fill because they said they only put 3/4 of a fill into the battery because it too so long to "fill.")
It would take longer to fill the battery than to the brim than to actually drive the trip towing the small trailer. :E :E Plus on the next leg of the trip you could only go about 65 miles on that 3/4 of a charge. :E :E :E
An interesting note is 3 years ago it would have been a lot cheaper to drive the gasoline truck / mile towing. You see, it's hard to sell electric vehicles when gas is cheap. :B
