Towing with an electric car has been great so far, had our Kia Ev6 since December 2021.We have done a few trips now and had no issues on charge only twice had to uncouple the caravan. Would highly recommend.
As we're planning on living in our caravan, we would be very much be interested in towing with an EV to fully reduce our carbon foot print. Need to wait for a few more pennies first though.
So first mini trip (really to try out the kit and new awning and dog compound/windbreak). Only 73 miles but both ways was at 3 or 4 degrees C and didn’t bother preconditioning the battery. Towing was effortless if a little scary as a first time caravan tower. 73 miles. 568 wh/m.
Biggest thing for me was almost everyone who had a chat on site couldn’t believe the car could actually tow. Universal mocking of range although all admitted they took breaks everyone hour or two at services anyway.
They were all incredibly badly informed and simply didn’t believe me that the cost of fuel for the round trip was something less than £4.
Glad to hear it went well Mark. Yes, the mocking from the ill-informed... welcome to my life! And most of them don't want to be informed. Well done you on your first caravan tow. It's SOOO much more relaxed with an EV.
We have just taken delivery of our new Polestar which we would have loved to have used as our towing car but we have a Bailey Unicorn, two boys and all that comes with them so will be interested to follow the developments over the coming years to enable larger outfits to be towed more efficiently. We will also enjoy your honest look at the market through your videos & blogs. Dispelling myths no doubt about EVs & towing! Thanks for your content.
Thanks Karen. Just a year or so ago you could only tow 1000kg with a ‘mainstream’ mid-range EV. This year it is 1600kg. Who knows what it’ll be in 3 years time. Enjoy the Polestar!
We have been comfortably towing our Swift Basecamp with a plug in hybrid Volvo XC 40 for 3 years now and I especially love going into 'whisper' mode on caravan sites. In a few weeks we will be swapping out the hybrid for a fully electric EX40 Volvo and I have to confess to being nervous and excited about the upgrade. One of the challenges I had with charging the hybrid Volvo is the myriad of apps and paying methods that are required. How have you dealt with this issue? Apologies if you have covered this in one of the videos I haven't watched yet.
Thank you for all the hard work you put into this, it is great to have such a useful resource to hand.
Towing with an electric car has been great so far, had our Kia Ev6 since December 2021.We have done a few trips now and had no issues on charge only twice had to uncouple the caravan. Would highly recommend.
Great to hear Brian! In the future I'll be doing a post about where you can charge without uncoupling, so keep a note please :)
Will do thank you Andrew
As we're planning on living in our caravan, we would be very much be interested in towing with an EV to fully reduce our carbon foot print. Need to wait for a few more pennies first though.
Hi Andrew,
I have Tesla model Y and just got an Eldiss 550. I’ve been dirbding EVs for over five years but this will be my first experience electric touring.
We live near Leeds. First trip out planned for next week.
Keen to learn and share as we go along.
I’m carer for my wife and we have three dogs so it will be a busy little van on tour.
All the best,
Mark
So first mini trip (really to try out the kit and new awning and dog compound/windbreak). Only 73 miles but both ways was at 3 or 4 degrees C and didn’t bother preconditioning the battery. Towing was effortless if a little scary as a first time caravan tower. 73 miles. 568 wh/m.
Biggest thing for me was almost everyone who had a chat on site couldn’t believe the car could actually tow. Universal mocking of range although all admitted they took breaks everyone hour or two at services anyway.
They were all incredibly badly informed and simply didn’t believe me that the cost of fuel for the round trip was something less than £4.
Glad to hear it went well Mark. Yes, the mocking from the ill-informed... welcome to my life! And most of them don't want to be informed. Well done you on your first caravan tow. It's SOOO much more relaxed with an EV.
We have just taken delivery of our new Polestar which we would have loved to have used as our towing car but we have a Bailey Unicorn, two boys and all that comes with them so will be interested to follow the developments over the coming years to enable larger outfits to be towed more efficiently. We will also enjoy your honest look at the market through your videos & blogs. Dispelling myths no doubt about EVs & towing! Thanks for your content.
Thanks Karen. Just a year or so ago you could only tow 1000kg with a ‘mainstream’ mid-range EV. This year it is 1600kg. Who knows what it’ll be in 3 years time. Enjoy the Polestar!
Hi Andrew,
We have been comfortably towing our Swift Basecamp with a plug in hybrid Volvo XC 40 for 3 years now and I especially love going into 'whisper' mode on caravan sites. In a few weeks we will be swapping out the hybrid for a fully electric EX40 Volvo and I have to confess to being nervous and excited about the upgrade. One of the challenges I had with charging the hybrid Volvo is the myriad of apps and paying methods that are required. How have you dealt with this issue? Apologies if you have covered this in one of the videos I haven't watched yet.
Thank you for all the hard work you put into this, it is great to have such a useful resource to hand.
All the best
John