Lantley wrote:
I'm not an over the top EV guy. But I am open minded enough to understand one day I maybe towing with an EV vs. claiming that EV towing is an impossible pipe dream.
What?:h Did you not see the video? This family is towing with their electric truck so I don't understand how anybody can say it's a pipe dream.
The real question is; and always will be, how practical is it for you and me and everybody on this forum.
Is it practical to tow 100 miles and then have to charge for an hour? The answer for "me" is not only a no, but a hell no. I think for the average person on this forum the answer will also be no.
LI batteries are the best of the best we have right now and the energy density is not very good "for me" at all. My wife has to plug her car in every night. I have to plug my phone in every night or every other night which is a total PITA.
People always talk about batteries like they are a new invention which is just not the case. Even LI batteries have been around for over 50 years and they really have not improved much at all.
As far as fast charge rate goes, it's again a trade off. You can really charge a battery very fast......but.....(here comes that trade off) it hurts the battery life. So instead of your battery lasting around 8 years now it will last about 2 or 3 years.
As far as new battery tech that is "just right around the corner" aaaaa it's not looking good. Could it happen? Sure. But if I was a betting person I'm going to say it's not going to happen anytime soon if ever.
I remember many years ago on this very forum people were saying we should go to alcohol as a fuel. I said it was a bad idea and it will never "be practicable". It wasn't; but I was still shouted down by people that just didn't understand the problems of using alcohol as a motor fuel. Then people jumped on the algae diesel fuel gig. We were going to get our fuel from algae. I showed the math that showed why that wouldn't work. Again I was shouted down.
If the future of towing an RV is with electric trucks, the future is not looking bright for the "average RV'er." If you can drive 100 miles and then sit for an hour charging then buy one of the 3 electric trucks out on the market right now and have at it. I will wave at you as I pass the charging station.
BTW, I still think there should be an electric tow page just
like I suggested months ago in this thread.
