Front vs. back charging? Big impact on towing horses.

[neutrino]

Is the CT charging port in front or back of the vehicle? If in back (similar to Y, S, X, etc), that's going to be a nightmare at Superchargers if towing horses. You can't disconnect your trailer to charge with animals inside -- they will shift around and mess up your tow hitch mount.

A lot of Superchargers are too tightly packed to accommodate a trailer -- but some SCs could work if the CT charged from the nose. Anyone know?

 

[MP3Mike]

They have only shown it with the port in the rear like every other Tesla.

Very few existing Superchargers, or other DC charging sites, would allow charging with a trailer without blocking the driving area...

 

[Ogre]

You just have to be picky about where you charge.

More and more stations have trailer accommodations.

 

[neutrino]

Plugshare should have a filter for "accommodates trailers." I've noticed numerous CCS/Chademo stations that seem to have plenty of room. But many superchargers don't.

 

[FLRifleman]

That type of towing beyond local distances is going to be a no-go for an electric truck for the foreseeable future. Using the testing that we have seen on the F-150 Lightning as a guide, with high aerodynamic drag trailers like a horse trailer, you are looking at about 100 miles of actual range. The Cybertruck shouldn't be any different, as the physics are the same.

 

[StuartBB]

Front would be easier for towing

 

[ThomasD]

Will long distance towing be practical when these trucks are 5 to 6 or even 7 years old? Is the range hit worse while towing with a 5 percent degraded battery

 

[Daniel in SD]

Will long distance towing be practical when these trucks are 5 to 6 or even 7 years old? Is the range hit worse while towing with a 5 percent degraded battery

No, the range hit gets better the more your battery is degraded.
300 mile battery and a 100 mile range with trailer is a 200 mile range hit.
285 mile battery (after 5% degradation) would be 95 miles of range with a trailer, so range hit improves to only 190 miles.

 

[Earl]

Plugshare should have a filter for "accommodates trailers." I've noticed numerous CCS/Chademo stations that seem to have plenty of room. But many superchargers don't.

Have you suggested this to plugshare.com? It seems like it will be a good idea going forward but teslamotorsclub.com is probably not the best place to make suggestions to plugshare.

 

[Ogre]

Will long distance towing be practical when these trucks are 5 to 6 or even 7 years old? Is the range hit worse while towing with a 5 percent degraded battery

As the battery ages, it has less capacity to store power. So you might have 95 kWh instead of 100 kWh when fully charged.

When you tow a trailer, you consume more watts/ mile. The effect is the same. The total capacity is less.