This EV Towing Test Left Me SHOCKED - Watch and See Why ! | 4K

A good and practical, real world test. All that was missing was some really good hills like those in the Welsh mountains, Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and the Scottish highlands.

A great real world test, I tow a 24 foot 3.2 ton semi off road caravan in Western Australia with a Toyota 200 series V8 diesel 4WD. With the mainly long distances between towns here it would take me weeks to some of the distances I cover in a day with my Toyota. I would spend more time charging the vehicle than my time driving.🤣🤣

I recently spoke with the guys selling the new Maxus T90 pick up. I use my 2011 Navara D40 to tow my caravan and when they asked what I would use the Maxus for, they told me to stick with my old truck. Apparently the Maxus can tow 1500KG but would run out of juice in an hour.

In fairness the cameraman is the equivalent weight of an caravan awning and BBQ . Well done lads love the video

I love these UK videos because you guys alway tackle the questions other content creators avoid. That was a $200,000 suv / trailer combo. The insurance cost terrifies me. Well done, but it would not be My choice for a relaxing vacation.

The other problem is that when you have a claimed 50-60 miles of range left ( often false ) I guarantee you will start to get massive range anxiety and start to stress about finding a charger that hopefully works.

Once again you talk about issues related to EV’s that no one that I am aware of is talking about in Canada. Most YouTube segments just talk about the cars and how well appointed they are pros and cons and so on. I watched your segment on batteries and learned more than anything I have seen or read so far. I think Petrol Ped is now my go to source for topics related to EV’s. Keep up the good work!

What a surprise! My last petrol tow car did 40mpg solo and 20mpg towing. Half. My current EV Ioniq 6 does 4.5 mpkw solo and 2.4 towing. Half. When attaching the caravan the car resets the range from 320 to 160. I can safely tow for 100 miles with plenty of range to spare.. There are many charging hubs around with multiple chargers and room to unhook the caravan close by. Zap maps make planning this breeze. It’s really no hassle. It takes 15 to 20 mins while I eat some lunch to add another 100 miles range. That said most of my touring is within 100miles of home so I can just seek out a handy charger solo the following day.

You were also in the flat-lands of the south of England. What will happen in the hilly-lands of the scenic north of Scotland. I also wanted to see you reverse park the caravan back to where you picked it up.! It was a good test, but as you said it wasn't too surprising. Keep up the good work.

As a caravanner here in Australia, an EV will NEVER work on current offerings. I am not surprised at all that towing halves the range. Great vid.

My EV6 AWD pulls 1600 kg and then needs about 30 - 50% more energy as usual 16,8 kWh on 100 km. The German ADAC tested also coming to similar results in summertime going to Italy!

To paraphrase Charleston Heston...'you'll have to drag my Gas Guzzler out of my DEAD BARE HANDS....try it 👍. Double dare🤘. Cheers 🙏.

Thanks for bringing real-world experience to EV fantasy

I couldn’t think of a situation where I would be happy losing 1/3 of my range the day of a journey just because it was cold outside. My full tank on the freeway will take me ~600km regardless of the outside temperature.

Good demo - it exemplifies that, as EV's roll out, this type of travel is for the fortunate. Not that it will ever bother me but it will likely affect many for all the reasons. Thank you.

I wish I could afford that pair. As someone that uses rechargeable Power tools I love how it has revolutionized my job.

Pete, Imagine what chaos you would cause trying to charge a car + caravan combination in a town or city.

The anxiety level I experienced from just watching your video was unbelievable. I thought the anxiety level I normally experience from being married to two different women in two different cities was bad but after watching your video I don’t think I’ll be buying an EV anytime soon….

There’s about a 35% increase in drag between 60mph and 70mph, which is significant. Fortunately the wet roads on the second day, would have gone some way to offset that discrepancy. The difference between 50mph and 70mph is close to 100%, so it would be interesting to see what difference it’s making to people’s range in their cars, ICE or EV with a doubling in drag.

Hey mate - a real caravan in Australia will generally weigh over 3 tons. The EV would be hopeless in terms of range in Oz!