[CS-in-SoCal]

New poster here. I reserved my Lightning back in May. We have a 9,000lb GW toy hauler with an 800lb tongue weight. Hoping that the Lightning will be able to tow her ok.

 

[CS-in-SoCal]

I’m hoping the torque on these will make towing a breeze. I wonder how easy it will be to add airbags to the Lightning. I currently tow my TH with a 5.3L Tahoe, and without airbags it’s a low rider.

 

[CS-in-SoCal]

I can’t wait. Now I need to plot out where to recharge while towing my TH. I just saw a Chargepoint Station on my way to Ocatillo Wells out here in So Cal. I didn’t investigate how easy it would be to charge there (pull-thru vs pull-in), but if it was either a) run out of juice, or b) fumble through about an hour of apologizing to people for my big ‘ol TH, I’ll take Option B.

 

[CS-in-SoCal]

Thank you. I’ll remember that.

 

[CS-in-SoCal]

Here's the first realistic data, not with a Lightning but a Rivian R1T:

The owners/drivers of Gideon the Rivian were pulling a trailer with a Mustang Coupe (trailer weight about 6,500 pounds) across country. In the first leg, TFL Truck identified about 7 stops in 700 miles from Gideon's Instagram account. The owners confirmed this and indicated they kept charge levels in the 16-80% range.

~100 miles between charges while towing
equates to ~ 165 miles total range while towing (100 / 0.6)
equates to ~ 45-50% range reduction from EPA range due to towing (314 mile EPA range)

Note that this is the reduction from overall EPA range. I haven't seen the EPA highway listing or an independent highway test. The YouTube discussion also didn't include what speed Gideon was traveling.

All in all this suggests we may see a 40-50% reduction from the Lightning's overall EPA range rating as well.

Thanks for sharing. That's about what I figured; a 50% reduction in range. The Lightning, with the extended battery, is supposed to have 300mi range to it, so, we will just need to plan our camping trips around available charging stations, and pray that they start adding them to Pilot or Flying J stations.