Why Tesla's are bad at towing!

time2roll wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
So what's everyone else's problem again?:h

Yes that is the part that grinds on me. Everyone has an example why Tesla or an EV in general cannot work for them.

SO DON"T BUY IT

Nothing works for everybody in every possible situation. Be happy for those that can make it work.

Why is that so hard?

Because they are taxing me to fund a rebate for you to buy one...you want to buy one, fine...if the company survives, great...but when you make me pay for it, I get say.

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

rjstractor wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
I've ordered a Cybertruck to pull my RV and if I get 150 to 200 miles between charge, I'll be happy because that my normal stop for gas, lunch and toilet breaks anyways.

You might get close to 150-200 miles depending on how big your RV is. IIRC the Model X consumes about 700-900 w/hr per mile on the flat and up to 1800 w/hr per mile on a steep grade towing a 4500 lb horse trailer. I'm assuming the bigger, heavier Cybertruck towing a bigger, heavier trailer will consume more power, say 1 kwh per mile depending on speed and terrain. The 200 kwh battery in the Trimotor Cybertruck might get you close. As battery tech improves, so will capacity. If an electric pickup could get up over 300 kwh in battery capacity it would seriously be in business for RV towing. Of course, the more juice a battery holds the longer it takes to charge. You're looking at two hours for a full charge on a battery that big.

That's why I don't mind the more than a year for me to get the Cybertruck. Tesla usually put in all the improvements and advancements in technologies in their latest release.

My daughter's Tesla X would even get notifications for upgrades to her unit.

My Ram does the same.

Recalls are not upgrades.:B

I am not talking about recalls.

Reisender wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

rjstractor wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
I've ordered a Cybertruck to pull my RV and if I get 150 to 200 miles between charge, I'll be happy because that my normal stop for gas, lunch and toilet breaks anyways.

You might get close to 150-200 miles depending on how big your RV is. IIRC the Model X consumes about 700-900 w/hr per mile on the flat and up to 1800 w/hr per mile on a steep grade towing a 4500 lb horse trailer. I'm assuming the bigger, heavier Cybertruck towing a bigger, heavier trailer will consume more power, say 1 kwh per mile depending on speed and terrain. The 200 kwh battery in the Trimotor Cybertruck might get you close. As battery tech improves, so will capacity. If an electric pickup could get up over 300 kwh in battery capacity it would seriously be in business for RV towing. Of course, the more juice a battery holds the longer it takes to charge. You're looking at two hours for a full charge on a battery that big.

That's why I don't mind the more than a year for me to get the Cybertruck. Tesla usually put in all the improvements and advancements in technologies in their latest release.

My daughter's Tesla X would even get notifications for upgrades to her unit.

My Ram does the same.

So dodge does regular over the air updates? What do they update?

I am not sure what it updates, but it has happened several times since I owned it. It tells me not to turn the truck off on the nav screen and that it will turn off when it is done. The last update made the whole layout change.

ShinerBock wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

rjstractor wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
I've ordered a Cybertruck to pull my RV and if I get 150 to 200 miles between charge, I'll be happy because that my normal stop for gas, lunch and toilet breaks anyways.

You might get close to 150-200 miles depending on how big your RV is. IIRC the Model X consumes about 700-900 w/hr per mile on the flat and up to 1800 w/hr per mile on a steep grade towing a 4500 lb horse trailer. I'm assuming the bigger, heavier Cybertruck towing a bigger, heavier trailer will consume more power, say 1 kwh per mile depending on speed and terrain. The 200 kwh battery in the Trimotor Cybertruck might get you close. As battery tech improves, so will capacity. If an electric pickup could get up over 300 kwh in battery capacity it would seriously be in business for RV towing. Of course, the more juice a battery holds the longer it takes to charge. You're looking at two hours for a full charge on a battery that big.

That's why I don't mind the more than a year for me to get the Cybertruck. Tesla usually put in all the improvements and advancements in technologies in their latest release.

My daughter's Tesla X would even get notifications for upgrades to her unit.

My Ram does the same.

Recalls are not upgrades.:B

ShinerBock wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

rjstractor wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
I've ordered a Cybertruck to pull my RV and if I get 150 to 200 miles between charge, I'll be happy because that my normal stop for gas, lunch and toilet breaks anyways.

You might get close to 150-200 miles depending on how big your RV is. IIRC the Model X consumes about 700-900 w/hr per mile on the flat and up to 1800 w/hr per mile on a steep grade towing a 4500 lb horse trailer. I'm assuming the bigger, heavier Cybertruck towing a bigger, heavier trailer will consume more power, say 1 kwh per mile depending on speed and terrain. The 200 kwh battery in the Trimotor Cybertruck might get you close. As battery tech improves, so will capacity. If an electric pickup could get up over 300 kwh in battery capacity it would seriously be in business for RV towing. Of course, the more juice a battery holds the longer it takes to charge. You're looking at two hours for a full charge on a battery that big.

That's why I don't mind the more than a year for me to get the Cybertruck. Tesla usually put in all the improvements and advancements in technologies in their latest release.

My daughter's Tesla X would even get notifications for upgrades to her unit.

My Ram does the same.

So dodge does regular over the air updates? What do they update?

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

rjstractor wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
I've ordered a Cybertruck to pull my RV and if I get 150 to 200 miles between charge, I'll be happy because that my normal stop for gas, lunch and toilet breaks anyways.

You might get close to 150-200 miles depending on how big your RV is. IIRC the Model X consumes about 700-900 w/hr per mile on the flat and up to 1800 w/hr per mile on a steep grade towing a 4500 lb horse trailer. I'm assuming the bigger, heavier Cybertruck towing a bigger, heavier trailer will consume more power, say 1 kwh per mile depending on speed and terrain. The 200 kwh battery in the Trimotor Cybertruck might get you close. As battery tech improves, so will capacity. If an electric pickup could get up over 300 kwh in battery capacity it would seriously be in business for RV towing. Of course, the more juice a battery holds the longer it takes to charge. You're looking at two hours for a full charge on a battery that big.

That's why I don't mind the more than a year for me to get the Cybertruck. Tesla usually put in all the improvements and advancements in technologies in their latest release.

My daughter's Tesla X would even get notifications for upgrades to her unit.

My Ram does the same.

rjstractor wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
I've ordered a Cybertruck to pull my RV and if I get 150 to 200 miles between charge, I'll be happy because that my normal stop for gas, lunch and toilet breaks anyways.

You might get close to 150-200 miles depending on how big your RV is. IIRC the Model X consumes about 700-900 w/hr per mile on the flat and up to 1800 w/hr per mile on a steep grade towing a 4500 lb horse trailer. I'm assuming the bigger, heavier Cybertruck towing a bigger, heavier trailer will consume more power, say 1 kwh per mile depending on speed and terrain. The 200 kwh battery in the Trimotor Cybertruck might get you close. As battery tech improves, so will capacity. If an electric pickup could get up over 300 kwh in battery capacity it would seriously be in business for RV towing. Of course, the more juice a battery holds the longer it takes to charge. You're looking at two hours for a full charge on a battery that big.

That's why I don't mind the more than a year for me to get the Cybertruck. Tesla usually put in all the improvements and advancements in technologies in their latest release.

My daughter's Tesla X would even get notifications for upgrades to her unit.

stsmark wrote:
If I’m not mistaken the Porsche Taycan is 800 volts.

Give stsmark 100%

If I’m not mistaken the Porsche Taycan is 800 volts.

At this time, battery voltage is 400. The trans Canada rapid chargers are capable of 800 volts. When the higher voltage is adopted in vehicles, charge time may reduce by 50%.