Towing trailer with my EV - range data

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I recently replaced my old tow vehicle with an electric SUV and wanted to share the results of my first three trips. I thought it would be helpful to share real world range data. As expected, there is a big reduction in range. The car on its own has a range of 280 miles. Towing on the flat at 60 MPH we get a range of about 120 miles or 1.2 mi/kWh. Massive reduction! But I knew this going in, and we are lucky to live in Las Vegas with lots of great places to camp within 100 mile drive or so. Charging up at campgrounds has been very convenient too. Each of three trips we went on were quite different conditions, and in one of them we went from an altitude of 2,300 ft up to 8,500 ft! That really did drain the battery in the EV a lot, but we did get some regen on the way back down. Although the range is short, the EV has tremendous power so it's a great tow vehicle if you can accept the reduced range. I put all the details from this trip here in my blog - Towing with an EV It has photos, details of the range, distance, elevation, and efficiency achieved. Let me know here if you have any questions!