Tow Cars

Touring caravans with built in traction motors and batteries already exist and can restore some or all of that lost range. I don't see that happening with boat trailers anytime soon though (and if it does I suspect the trailer will cost more than the boat  )

Originally posted by eric_c Originally posted by PeterG No surprise surely, that carrying cycles and towing increases energy use. So more fuel (and emissions!) in an ICE, less range in an EV. But clearly it's something many might overlook. I can tell with my diesel car, that towing a dinghy impacts MPG, if I ever get to tow at a steady speed. Also the drag of a canoe on the roof makes a noticeable difference. The flip side is that EVs can be very economical when traffic is slower. As a two car household, one EV would work for us, but they need to get cheaper. The number of people I know getting electric cars seems to be roughly equla to the number buying gas guzzling camper vans...

I'm pretty sure towing a boat will have nowhere near the same impact on range as towing a caravan but it will still makes most EV's unsuitable for getting to events (or pretty much going on any holiday destination you would drive to). Unless you have on site charging available (and I doubt many camp caravan or camp sites will have the infrastructure to charge a significant number of EVs in the foreseeable future*) you are going to have to expend a significant proportion of your holiday charging the car or extend your journey times by, maybe, 50%.