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- valhalla360NavigatorI see it more valuable for boondocking than assistance towing.
Problem with towing it you just added 1000lb in batteries to a 3000lb trailer...and if you use it, you don't get the boondocking advantage of a big house battery bank that can run the place for 3-4 days including the air/con. - SkibaneExplorer IIThe 80KWH battery pack is roughly comparable to the battery pack size in a typical EV.
While traveling, to charge both the trailer and your electric tow vehicle, you'll either need to use 2 charging stations simultaneously, or allocate twice as much time to recharging them both.
Being able to use the trailer battery pack for dry-camping sounds nice - but you'll consume some of that battery capacity simply getting the trailer there.
Currently, the biggest gripe with using EVs as trailer tow vehicles is the drastic reduction in range between recharges.
Putting a battery pack in the trailer so that it "tows itself" helps in that regard - but then again, so would simply installing a bigger battery pack in the tow vehicle.
I suspect that supplemental battery packs will be a popular aftermarket accessory for some electric tow vehicles. - LwiddisExplorer IIMore than cool! Downright innovative. Don’t like the wet bath and am concerned about lowering the tongue weight but otherwise very exciting.
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