Will Your Next Tow Vehicle be Electric?

Bird Freak wrote:

eheading wrote:
I met a guy in South Carolina last year who was towing about a 20' trailer with a Tesla. I spoke with him, and he said the Tesla worked just great. He traveled back and forth between Montreal and Florida. He new where the charging stations were along the way, and traveled 100 to 150 miles a day and had no problems. He thought it was the only way to go.

Ed Headington

I can't imagine a long trip like that at 150 miles a day. How long would it take?

I see a possibility of a couple things going on with the guy doing only 150 miles a day.

1. It might be a planned trip. Just for comparison. Every couple years we usually do a great circle trip through the Kootenays from the Okanagan. I think the whole trip is probably under 800 km. It takes us a week to 10 days to do it depending on season and weather...fishing etc. Maybe that’s all he wants to travel.

2. Even if he has to stop every 150 miles for charging because he is towing, It’s a Tesla model X. At worst case scenario he’ll be 30 to 40 minutes at a Supercharger. Personally we have never been at a Supercharger for more than 20 minutes but that’s just how we travel. V3 Superchargers are even quicker although model X’s Don’t charge as fast as model 3’s or Y’s. Still. Sounds like his limit of 150 miles per day is self imposed.