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    Posted: 07 Feb 22 at 7:28pm
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This is available, not sure if that is the battery pack  Smile quite a few of this type, Ford have that mad one, with the huge ford letters, can't remember the name  Embarrassed Maverick I think, to tired to press the keys on google  Confused     



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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-60286985   
German trials of electrified HGVs


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That will work. Though there's already a trailer, you're limited to an inflatable Tinker Tramp as a dinghy, room in the boot. Nice...(replying to the pickup post-does this forum support Firefox?)

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I don't think the trailer is anything other than a prop.
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Seems that towing is a range killer for EVs.  
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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.
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Yes, but the extent of the range drop is alarming!  A claimed range of 330 miles, real world of 230 miles (not towing) but only 100 miles towing. One hundred miles… can’t get to an Inland’s and back on that!

And turning the lights, wipers and a/c on takes off another 50 miles.

I was looking at a new car and normally I keep them 8 years or so to keep total cost down.  Would have gone for a 3 series touring but am worried that buying ICE might hammer residuals in 8 years time, but family size EVs are crazy expensive and hybrids have no boot space.

So I’ll keep my car another 8 years.  
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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%. 

* My holiday destination is 120 miles away so probably doable towing the boat but they already have to resort to a large diesel generator to supplement the grid electricity at busy times, adding 200 EV's would probably take out the entire island's grid...
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A2Z, I forecast good condition ICE tow cars will be worth their weight in gold, electric cars aren't going to be much better in eight years time.
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