Tesla Towcar

"Good news for aspiring Tesla Model 3 owners: the promised official tow hitch has arrived on the Tesla site, at least in Europe. As well as being able to add a bike or ski mount to the EV, the high strength steel tow bar can pull up to 910 kilograms (2,006 pounds) of cargo.8 May 2019"

taken from google. might be able to tow a teardrop but not much more.

Maybe, just maybe, teardrop size caravans are the future. Yes, no doubt regulations will dictate this but it might just be the only option available to us. Some will argue this is an excellent thing. Of course other non towed options may be the way forward like static type caravans, pods and yurts. 

They will be walking a very tight tightrope to ensure they are not left any UK spec vehicles in 2035,will they be hoping to cash in on last minute sales or dump them at silly low prices (i think i will be "observing" from elsewhere

Chocolate teapot springs to mind!

 I suppose the change to electric vehicles will be similar to past transitions,  some of which have cost early adopters financially but have eventually become affordable as volume rises and costs fall. Like the transition from public transport to the motor car and even more recently from petrol to diesel. Landline to cellphone to smartphone.

Electric cars should be cheaper to mass produce based on the number of operations and raw materials required to make the  electric machine vs the internal combustion engine. Currently batteries are built up of rechargeable cells similar to AA batteries which can't ultimately be the best way. It is primarily the energy density of the battery storage that prevents them being acceptable towcars. Optimistically one would assume progress to be made in the next 15 years, there may be good electric towcars available then but they might be expensive. Rental towcars anyone? Similar to other transitions like colour television or VHS recorders the majority of which were rented when introduced.

I read a test in a Continental caravan magazine where they described their experiences with towing a 1500kg caravan on a 1000km journey from the north of Europe across the Alps and down to Italy with a Tesla towcar. The conclusion was that it is possible, but one did need strong nerves on occasions, hoping that the outfit would make it to the next charging station. Mind you, the article was written over a year ago, so things may have improved in the meantime.

Perhaps wireless charging will be feasible in 15 years time maybe make the M25 into a big wireless charging pad.... my optimism surprises me today......but why do I keep thinking of trolley buses

They were before my time, but you're right. We supposedly went forward and now appear to be trying to go back to where we used to be. We used wind & water power years ago then had an industrial revolution 

Yes,electric cars held the land speed record until 1900 until a useable ICE came along with cheap oil/fuel. Strange how things evolve, I wonder where electric cars would now be if we had no oil? 

I can remember trolley buses and trams(not so much) they were with the technology of the day far superior  with their power than todays ICE buses, it really stood out when i had some relations in Brighton going from the sea front to their house up hill most of the way and they just took it in their stride,, when they were withdrawn and diesel buses as today are used, the timetables had to be redone making for a longer journey time was and still is because of the lack of decent replacements for the trolley buses with their non existant polution levels

This came from the Mercedes site but not exactly clear (without an in depth study) whether you need extra equipment such as a wall box to achieve this. 

Or 'back to the future'