Electric car pulling a caravan

Don’t expect anymore than 100-110 miles without have an enforced stop , battery cars are hopeless for towing long distances as your forced to stop frequently to plug in

Providing of course there is a working, unoccupied fast charging point available for which you are registered and will accept your payment just when and where you need it. If an EV cannot equal, let alone better towing the towing experience with an ICE towcar then the tech is still flawed. There is a post over on CT forum from a novice caravanner buying their first caravan to tow with an as yet bought EV into France. Good luck with that…..

As the what car article states it will be quite a few years before any EV will be able to match the convenience and miles per tow of the ICE vehicles 

It what I was shown when talking about EVs as it was part of the discussion, it seems it is only the higher end EVs are even worth considering  for towing and most of those are not yet in most peoples price range

I’d say the main consideration for most people at present in buying an EV is not its towing performance. People like ChocT are the pioneers in terms of towing and it’s feedback from them that’s likely to affect what manufacturers do far more so than comments from the nay sayers who have not tried it. 

All that matters to ChocT and others is that they are happy to tow with their EVs and their feedback is invaluable. Well done you tuggers with EVs.👍🏻

I didn’t say they were, JV. Re-read my post and you’ll find I said "…nay sayers who have not tried it". 

The thing is affordability is also a matter or perspective. As is the term “high end”. For example, some folks are lucky enough to be able to select an EV as a company car. If they are looking to use their company EV as a 10% tow car and 90% business machine, knowing it can to tow within limits might give the option to pick an EV over an oil burner. 

The question then is not “are EVs affordable? “ or “are EVs equivalent to ICE?”, but “how good is an EV at towing and what are the limits? “. 

It’s a different perspective that needs an empirical, not a comparative answer.

That is why you make sense & empiricism carrys weight👍🏻

Boff, sometimes I do wonder if Whataboutery is the new  truth…

I do recognise that I am very fortunate to be able to drive an EV as a company car. It’s a very cheap way to own one. I also recognise that for many, a brand new towing capable EV is not affordable. And for others, they may want to tow 300 miles no stop and 600 on one day. For those folks, maybe an EV is not right. 

But I am sure there are many folks who tow caravans, go have the opportunity to take a company car, and are considering the option of an EV. Knowing what can be done is far more useful than understanding what might not be done.

We have also just sold out V60 PHEV and are awaiting a Fiat 500C EV. Personally owned and financed. 

I did two decent solo journeys in the last week too. South Northamptonshire to Goodwood FOS (250 miles return) and up to Manchester (280 miles return). 
For Goodwood, I needed a charge on the way home. The first charger pair I went to in Chichester, both were available, but the one so plugged into was on a go slow (25kW instead of 50), and it’s sister became occupied before I could move onto it. So I went on to Havant, and plugged in there. The charger would not recognise my RFID card, but I started it from the app, and got 50kw right off the bat.

For Manchester, the business park I went to had a pair of 22kW AC chargers. I plugged in there at 26% and was at 87% five hours later when I left. Zero waiting. 

For your Oxford issue, next time you pass Banbury, stop there. There are 16 Instavolt ultra rapids near the M40 junction, and 6 Osprey and 12 open Tesla Superchargers 2 mins drive further on. Fantastic facilities.

Yep, we have undoubtedly spent less on fuel in the 15k miles in the last year than we would have done on diesel. Not just a bit less, but a lot less. My guess is of the 15k miles, perhaps 3000 tops have been on public charging. The rest on home charging. The cost of 12k miles charged from home? About £360. My guess (and I would have ti work it out) is that we have also spent less time waiting to charge during those 15k miles than we would have done fuelling the car with diesel too.

I understand that Hydrogen is very expensive to produce and requires,very high pressure. vessels,for it to be stored in enough quantities to make it a viable alternative? 

It makes way more sense looking at the bigger picture, the building of EV plug ins has never really moved at a pace. I’m thinking they(both) may be the new Petrol & Diesels going forward into the future.

I thought one of the problems the U.K. had was it didn’t have massive gas storage facilities.  

Onto Hydrogen.   It takes far more energy overall to move a vehicle 1 mile with Hydrogen than it does with Battery electric.  Look it up.   Maybe for heavy transport hydrogen has a future. But for personal transport it doesn’t have a future.  

However touting Hydrogen is classic merchant of doubt territory.  You don’t need to do anything now because a new technology is just around the  corner which will save us.  Just like the cigarette industry were going to introduce safe tobacco in the 70’s, so there was no need to give up smoking.    

I think we are doing quite well in the UK producing renewable energy and at present this points to us being able to support electric car charging. We are short of public chargers and this is where we are lacking. Hydrogen has always been a consideration but it's known to be more expensive than electricity and similar to fossil fuel costs. We should be able to produce cheap electricity which will benefit all in the future. 

You can check if a charger is in use via an app before heading for it, Nav. It’s not as bad as you seem to think.