So, I've been sitting on this thought for a while and after much online research and not finding much great definitive info I decided to just dive in.
I drive a Model S P85DL and installed a tow hitch on it and 4-flat wiring harness. It has the staggered 21" turbines and we generally get around 350Wh/mi efficiency, far less when driving with fun on the mind
The camping trailer we bought is a T@B by the company Little Guy and it has about as low a Cd as we can find, it's also around 1500lbs which is within my comfort zone for the car.
Clearly this car is "capable" of towing a heavy load but my main concern is going to be range, I'm excited to see what the set up is going to be capable of and the adventure of figuring out supercharging with a trailer.
Our drive home from picking it up was 50 miles and our efficiency on that trio was right at 600Wh/mi... pretty rough and will only leave us with about 120mi range... On this trip we did 55mph for half and 65mph for half the trip, it was somewhat hilly and it was a really windy day too, though I hadn't checked if head or tail wind... fingers crossed it was headwind
I'll post our set up and efficiency numbers here for our trips in this rig and hope it helps others to decide if it's right for them or not.
Just to try and stave off the "you know who's", I know these cars don't have a "tow rating" and I'm not publicly advocating for anyone else to put a hitch on their S and do anything but haul a few bicycles around with it!
More photos and data to come...
I drive a Model S P85DL and installed a tow hitch on it and 4-flat wiring harness. It has the staggered 21" turbines and we generally get around 350Wh/mi efficiency, far less when driving with fun on the mind
The camping trailer we bought is a T@B by the company Little Guy and it has about as low a Cd as we can find, it's also around 1500lbs which is within my comfort zone for the car.
Clearly this car is "capable" of towing a heavy load but my main concern is going to be range, I'm excited to see what the set up is going to be capable of and the adventure of figuring out supercharging with a trailer.
Our drive home from picking it up was 50 miles and our efficiency on that trio was right at 600Wh/mi... pretty rough and will only leave us with about 120mi range... On this trip we did 55mph for half and 65mph for half the trip, it was somewhat hilly and it was a really windy day too, though I hadn't checked if head or tail wind... fingers crossed it was headwind
I'll post our set up and efficiency numbers here for our trips in this rig and hope it helps others to decide if it's right for them or not.
Just to try and stave off the "you know who's", I know these cars don't have a "tow rating" and I'm not publicly advocating for anyone else to put a hitch on their S and do anything but haul a few bicycles around with it!
More photos and data to come...