Hi all! First question here, from a 2021 Long range Y owner ready to travel again.
I am a SERIOUSLY addicted camper so I bought the tow package to tow a little 400 lb utility trailer and 2 heavy Hobie kayaks. That load would be about 800-900 pounds max with all related gear. However, if I add my glamping gear, my trailer gets full - it might add another 600 pounds. Dare I try to make it from Hope to Merritt (with AC on)? I have no idea what the empty consumption would be over that high terrain, let alone with extra weight and drag. I don’t know how to calculate any of this and I wish someone would write “EV Range for Towing Dummies”. We are fortunate to have a scale close to our home but what a lot of work to load the whole deal to get the accurate weight (I’m a 66 year old Nana with a permanent right hand injury), so my adventures are more carefully planned these days.
Given what I’m reading - that even flat towing of a (covered) utility trailer with kayaks on top would cut my range by more than half, I imagine adding that big mountain range, inevitable wind and AC would sure beat me up over mountains. I’m confessing that I have paid no attention to range because my trips have been SO local and I have at home level 2 charging.
I do have 520 km which is so great, but still, I cannot take any risks and I absolutely cannot get stranded in a bad situation.
Thoughts?
Kathryn
I am a SERIOUSLY addicted camper so I bought the tow package to tow a little 400 lb utility trailer and 2 heavy Hobie kayaks. That load would be about 800-900 pounds max with all related gear. However, if I add my glamping gear, my trailer gets full - it might add another 600 pounds. Dare I try to make it from Hope to Merritt (with AC on)? I have no idea what the empty consumption would be over that high terrain, let alone with extra weight and drag. I don’t know how to calculate any of this and I wish someone would write “EV Range for Towing Dummies”. We are fortunate to have a scale close to our home but what a lot of work to load the whole deal to get the accurate weight (I’m a 66 year old Nana with a permanent right hand injury), so my adventures are more carefully planned these days.
Given what I’m reading - that even flat towing of a (covered) utility trailer with kayaks on top would cut my range by more than half, I imagine adding that big mountain range, inevitable wind and AC would sure beat me up over mountains. I’m confessing that I have paid no attention to range because my trips have been SO local and I have at home level 2 charging.
I do have 520 km which is so great, but still, I cannot take any risks and I absolutely cannot get stranded in a bad situation.
Thoughts?
Kathryn