Another thought; Ford, GM and Ram do not rate the mpg of their trucks loaded or towing. You can go to some YouTube channels and see these trucks put through the paces and check mileage. I realize that having some idea of the range is necessary, but we owners are pretty clever. Do any of you take the range posted for your EV at face value, or do you experiment with it?
George Mullineaux 3rd Shift Wrench Monkey Pinnacle Corrugated, Landis, N.C. From: Luke Scharf <lukesch...@clusterbee.net<mailto:lukesch...@clusterbee.net>> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 00:31 To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org<mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org>> Cc: George Mullineaux <georgemulline...@pinnaclecorrugated.com<mailto:georgemulline...@pinnaclecorrugated.com>>; evln <e...@gmx.us<mailto:e...@gmx.us>> Subject: [External] Re: [EVDL] [External] EVLN: Tesla-Y feels like it’s not towing anything towed a travel trailer with a GMC Sierra Hybrid this weekend. This is one of the GM 2-Mode Hybrid vehicles. My MPG and driving range fell to about 50% with the trailer attached to the big hybrid -- which is about what people who've towed with the Model X have reported. Thinking through the feel of my setup this weekend, I feel like most of the range drop was due to the aerodynamic drag of the trailer (which had a large cross-sectional area). I definitely felt the aerodynamic drag of the trailer more than the weight when traveling at highway speeds. The low-speed controllability of the eCVT makes for a really nice tow vehicle. Hitching up and maneuvering the trailer was easier with this truck than with any other tow-vehicle I've ever used. At low speed/power settings, the eCVT part of the 2-mode system dominates the driving feel, but it feels more like a conventional automatic at higher speed/power. An electric tow vehicle could easily beat the big hybrid in terms of low-speed controllability, but would likely be smoother and quieter at highway speeds. The 50% reduction in range seems to be about par for the course. -Luke -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200820/f0aeb63c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
