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Why Teslas Are Bad At Towing (Today)

Engineering Explained · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cars, EVs & motorcyclesRenewables, batteries & storage

What it is

Engineering Explained uses physics to show why today's electric cars, including Teslas, are poor at towing, pointing to battery energy density and weight. It examines Cybertruck and F-150 towing claims.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a solid analysis of EV towing range in truck and highway threads.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “see this video for an interesting argument”

    Argument about EV towing range

    leetcrew, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “Can electric cars on the highway emulate plane-to-plane refueling?”

  2. “Engineering Explained did a good video on EV towing”

    EV towing range analysis

    clouddrover, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “2022 Ford F-150 Lightning is a brawny, battery-powered bargain”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: towing, tesla, energy density, ev range, physics

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