Tesla Model X Towing 5,000-lb Camper: 600-Mile Road Trip

RoyJ wrote:
This hasn't been mentioned yet - but wonder if constant heavy discharge, followed by fast charging, will take a toll on battery life. Much more so than an IC engine running high duty cycle.

I'm far from anti-EV, in fact, I believe 99% (not an exaggeration) of commuting should be done with EVs.

But the fact is battery technology is not quite there yet to support heavy duty-cycle. The motors are, and have been ever since GM introduced the first diesel-electric locomotive. 99.9% of rail freight use electric motors for motive, the <.1% being heritage steamers.

As soon as we have reliable 1,000 kwh battery packs, with negligible Peukert factor, then bye-bye ICs.

It’s a good question and I don’t know the answer. But judging by the amount of busses, mining equipment and grid storage being built I would think that at least some heavy duty deep cycling is supported.

There will be new info coming on Tesla’s battery day in September. Might be interesting.