THE VIDEO SHELF · electric vehicle towing
Why Teslas Are Bad At Towing (Today)
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 HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as a solid analysis of EV towing range in truck and highway threads.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Engineering Explained
- Topic
- electric vehicle towing
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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energy, not power. I'm sure the motors have enough torque to tow the battery, what I'm doubting is how efficiently that extra battery capacity gets converted to range. as an aside, the cybertruck is (probably) pretty bad at towing. see this video for an interesting …
leetcrew on Hacker News · 2020-05
In Can electric cars on the highway emulate plane-to-plane refueling?> charging networks matter for most people Yes, best to go with the common charging standard so you can easily use (almost) all charging networks with no adapters. The F-150 is CCS so it's got that covered. > Also, how will the range actually be …
clouddrover on Hacker News · 2021-05
In 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning is a brawny, battery-powered bargain
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