EV's need gas too - Tow with a Tesla?

Durb wrote:

Reisender wrote:

Durb wrote:
Hmmm. Tesla has released a tow package for the Model 3 shown here. The maximum tow weight is 2,000# and max tongue weight is 220#. The lightest RPod made weighs 2,714 dry and most likely has a tongue weight of over 300#. Tesla 3s can tow teardrop trailers and that is about all. Maybe overloading his vehicle caused him to have greatly reduced range creating the need for a roadside charge.

I wonder where he hauled the generators and gas can.

Is that a model 3 or model Y. Hard to tell. If it’s a model Y then his towing capacity is 3500 lbs and max tounge weight is 350 pounds. Hard to tell from the pic though. I’ll look at it on the PC tomorrow.

No idea on the weight of the trailer.

But still no reason for a roadside charge. We have travelled that highway pulling a trailer. There are at least a half dozen charge opportunities. There is something else going on here.

Could be a Y. An X has central door handles on the rear doors. He could probably squeak under the tow rating, but would be pushing the tongue weight. Toting a couple of generators and extra fuel isn't going to help with the numbers.

Yah. Hard to say on the tongue weight of the trailer without knowing the model. The model Y has a pretty stiff sport suspension. When we are fully loaded headed out the driveway with our teardrop the tongue weight is 338 pounds and the car doesn't squat more than 3/4 of an inch. We carry a chihuahua cage, a coleman propane stove and a 47 pound propane champion suitcase generator for dry camping. I can't imagine having to use it for charging. Ugh

Nice thing about the Y is it has a really deep subtrunk in the hatch. We can put our little champion and our coleman stove in there, cover them up with the floor covers and they are out of site from prying eyes. Great little propane camping generator but I'm sure it would suck for charging.