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[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

60-mile per day commute -SR
longer daily runs, live in an area with sparse charging -ER
Daily towing short distances/city - ER
Daily towing long distances - Superduty
just my take on it.

I will not be surprised to see far better battery tech with much faster charging in a few years, but the fact remains, until the charging infrastructure includes pull-through charging on the hwy, it is not very practical to use an EV for hwy towing on a regular basis. No-one wants to unhook to charge and then hook up the trailer again.

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[Rayden]

I also think that as BEV trucks become more popular, we’ll see trailer and RV manufactures start to offer better aerodynamic profiles. I am optimistic we’ll see 150 to 200 mile towing ranges in the next 10 (maybe 5) years where the tow vehicle doesn’t weigh as much as a Sherman tank.

TFL did a video on a new RV that is exactly that. Has vertical sliders that lower the RV down to the same height as the tow vehicle. Also had a large battery pack that was doing some type of power assist to the wheels. They did something like a 300 mile test run in a loop around Denver (I think) with 2 identical trucks; 1 towing the trailer, 1 without. IIRC, the result was almost no difference at all!