Tesla Towcar

At the price of a Model X, even second hand, I doubt I'll ever be towing with one, irrespective of range etc

"Good news for aspiring Tesla Model 3 owners: the promised official tow hitch has arrived on the Tesla site, at least in Europe. As well as being able to add a bike or ski mount to the EV, the high strength steel tow bar can pull up to 910 kilograms (2,006 pounds) of cargo.8 May 2019"

taken from google. might be able to tow a teardrop but not much more.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=S4W-P5aCWJs

Presentation of the above is a little irritating but It does explain the shortcomings of current electric towcars. Especially when compared to UK internal combustion engine cars which are more efficient than the US models quoted.

Now,  once battery energy density improves they start to make sense, let's hope that stride's are made before the ban on the internal combustion engine.

Maybe, just maybe, teardrop size caravans are the future. Yes, no doubt regulations will dictate this but it might just be the only option available to us. Some will argue this is an excellent thing. Of course other non towed options may be the way forward like static type caravans, pods and yurts. 

diesel sales will be high in the early 2030's if there are any left from the manufacturers.

They will be walking a very tight tightrope to ensure they are not left any UK spec vehicles in 2035,will they be hoping to cash in on last minute sales or dump them at silly low prices (i think i will be "observing" from elsewhere

If you have the odd £65000 try a Merc EQC quoted towing capacity is 1800 Kgs. Solo range is around 250` but the quickest fast charging time is 40 mins and around 12 hours from a domestic socket. 

Chocolate teapot springs to mind!

A quick Google suggests that it takes 41 hours on a domestic supply not 12 hours, so you can only drive it every other day unless you can find a "super-charger".

 I suppose the change to electric vehicles will be similar to past transitions,  some of which have cost early adopters financially but have eventually become affordable as volume rises and costs fall. Like the transition from public transport to the motor car and even more recently from petrol to diesel. Landline to cellphone to smartphone.

Electric cars should be cheaper to mass produce based on the number of operations and raw materials required to make the  electric machine vs the internal combustion engine. Currently batteries are built up of rechargeable cells similar to AA batteries which can't ultimately be the best way. It is primarily the energy density of the battery storage that prevents them being acceptable towcars. Optimistically one would assume progress to be made in the next 15 years, there may be good electric towcars available then but they might be expensive. Rental towcars anyone? Similar to other transitions like colour television or VHS recorders the majority of which were rented when introduced.