paul dove via EV wrote:
If your car reports Wh/m then just drive it while towing and record the
consumption. The Tesla can do this. Then just divide by the battery capacity to
get range.
Good point! Most EVs have instrumentation that provides a much easier
way to measure power
If your car reports Wh/m then just drive it while towing and record the
consumption. The Tesla can do this. Then just divide by the battery capacity to
get range.
On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 11:49:14 AM CDT, Luke Scharf via EV
wrote:
We need a way to rate the trailer's drag, as
Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
Won't it also make a large difference overall, depending on the tow
vehicle? If the trailer fits in the trailing vacuum, I would think
there would be less resistance than if it were punching a new hole. I
suspect this could have a larger difference than the frontal
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Luke Scharf via EV wrote:
We need a way to rate the trailer's drag, as well as its weight.
One possibility is a roll-down test. Accellerate the vehicle to speed,
put it in neutral, and measure the time and/or distance to coast down to
a lower speed.
Obviously, do it on flat ground when
We need a way to rate the trailer's drag, as well as its weight.
Measuring the cross sectional area of the trailer seems like a good proxy
for drag, as the Cd won't very as much for trailers as it does for cars.
As many people on this list already know, there are some classic
engineering
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
On 8/16/20 11:24 PM, George Mullineaux via EV wrote:
But I never doubted the ability of an EV with 2,000+ pounds of torque towing.
It is the manufacturers that will not rate their vehicles with a comparable
towing weight. Let me go out on a limb and claim that the reason for this is
that
But I never doubted the ability of an EV with 2,000+ pounds of torque towing.
It is the manufacturers that will not rate their vehicles with a comparable
towing weight. Let me go out on a limb and claim that the reason for this is
that towing will greatly impact range. As has been mentioned
