Ford stops taking orders on the lightening

valhalla360 wrote:

Reisender wrote:
Yah. And I gotta say, towing with an EV the last couple months has been...enlightening. Range aside, we have towed everything with everything, and it is a whole different experience towing with an EV. We’ll keep it fair and just compare an SUV to an SUV. But towing a small trailer with a gas grand Cherokee and the same type of trailer with an EV SUV is an eye opening experience. Power on tap and lots of it, no hesitation, no shifting, no heating on hills, superior breaking with almost all of it regenerative braking and totally quiet and effortless.

If I recall, you are pulling a small tear drop trailer. A gas Grand Cherokee will hardly notice it's back there. It should have no issues providing brisk acceleration without hesitation. Even on fairly steep hills, it should be able to hold in overdrive (plus modern transmissions are much more sedate when shifting). If it's overheating, something is seriously wrong. Braking should be no problem. Turn on tow/haul and it will downshift taking the load off the brakes.

Now if you are entering short distance races towing your trailer, sure an EV will probably win but the gas option has plenty of power for such a small trailer.

Our grand Cherokee was a good vehicle for us. It had a higher tow rating than our EV SUV. But it was no where near as capable. In comparison it was a dog. Having said that I’m sure the new ones are better.

All jmho.