Elecgric Vehicles - F250 Lightning - Event Date: 16 Mar 2022

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There have been several reports on electric vehicle towing, by both "regular" owners, and people who test trucks.. So far, after reading through articles or watching videos, it seems you can expect 50 to 60% range loss, at a minimum. We had an Rpod owner in the FB group last year, tow from Houston to Miami. They were able to average just about 150 miles a day, forward motion. Finding charging spots, and more importantly, USING those charging spots was difficult. NONE are designed for a vehicle with a trailer in tow. Many times, they had to drop the trailer first.

Finding CG's along the route, and also in-line with their route of travel/chargers was difficult also. They had hoped to be able to charge at CG's some, but were either not allowed, or charged extra, and a 50A 120v charge didn't add much range overnight they said.

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furpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128	Post Options Post Reply Quote furpod Report Post Quote Reply Calendar Event: Elecgric Vehicles - F250 Lightning Posted: 16 Mar 2022 at 7:30pm
	There have been several reports on electric vehicle towing, by both "regular" owners, and people who test trucks.. So far, after reading through articles or watching videos, it seems you can expect 50 to 60% range loss, at a minimum. We had an Rpod owner in the FB group last year, tow from Houston to Miami. They were able to average just about 150 miles a day, forward motion. Finding charging spots, and more importantly, USING those charging spots was difficult. NONE are designed for a vehicle with a trailer in tow. Many times, they had to drop the trailer first. Finding CG's along the route, and also in-line with their route of travel/chargers was difficult also. They had hoped to be able to charge at CG's some, but were either not allowed, or charged extra, and a 50A 120v charge didn't add much range overnight they said.

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Post Options Post Reply Quote offgrid Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2022 at 5:21pm
	I missed this year's allocation too, it'll be 2023 for me as well. I think it's safe to assume the range towing an rpod will be around half or a little more of what it is with just the truck by itself. That's roughly equivalent to what happens to your gas mileage on an ICE truck as well. We should be seeing some real world numbers on this soon. For me, since I've sold the rpod and no longer take long road trips, I expect I'll get the standard range version of the f150. All my towing nowadays is the horse or utility trailer and it's never more than maybe 30-50 miles. The standard range truck looks to be a relative bargain in the base trim at about $39k and is supposed to still be capable of bi directional charging so it can run your house in emergencies.
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Ciberpine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 May 2021 Location: Lewisville, Tx Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ciberpine Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2022 at 12:06pm
	Starting a thread on Electric Vehicles. I noticed in the post entitled "To buy or not to buy", that Offgrid mentioned that he is on the list to get purchase an F150 Lightning EV. I also am on that list, although didn't make the 2022 cut and will have to wait until 2023 apparently. The question that I am sure we all have is battery distance pulling a trailer, such as an R-Pod. Even though Ford's marketing material has lots of pictures of the F150 Lightning towing a nice Airstream, there is no information on towing distance. The truck looks like it will tow the R-pod with ease, but as we all know, it takes energy to tow. Has anybody able to find some information on this? Has anybody actually taken delivery of an Electric Truck and towed with it?
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