Not sure even Father Christmas's pockets are deep enough for that !

The Tesla model 3 is from £42,500 and the model X from £82,000. The Hyundai is a little cheaper at £37,000 for the base model. I would imagine that it will be some time yet before decent used models of these cars are available on the market.

So the practical towing electric dream will remain unaffordable for many for some time to come.

The latest episode of "Fifth Gear Recharged" on channel 5 shows the Skoda Enyaq electric SUV towing a caravan from £33,000

Steve

where is the rest of tow bar?
normally they have plates that go down either side of chassis legs and bolt through, this looks like only bolted to back panel!!
hope no one hurt

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where is the rest of tow bar?
normally they have plates that go down either side of chassis legs and bolt through, this looks like only bolted to back panel!!
hope no one hurt

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well id class a bmw as well engineered quality car thats probably made stronger, compared to a made as light as possible electric car, that's just my opinion

my own car and one before has chassis leg plates holes factory made for the bolts. its a heavy piece of kit the tow bar.

If you're interested to hear a range of real experiences from people who are actually already towing caravans with EVs, I'd recommend the Caravanning With Electric Vehicles UK Facebook group (I can't post a link yet as I'm still a newbie here)

The overall conclusion seems to be that for some people it works really well and has some advantages over petrol and diesel alternatives. People are making some adjustments to the way they travel, but it's working for them. For others (e.g. if you haul big daily distances with a large van), it's probably not the right choice. It's horses for courses, but there are definitely real people enjoying towing with an EV out there.

Eribas seem pretty popular!

Caravanning With Electric Vehicles UK Facebook group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/756828822465212

I can see the attraction of an electric car - max torque at zero revs being the highest on the list - but it depends on your individual circumstances. For us it's 140 miles to Dover - this appears to be just over the distance most electric cars will manage on a charge, so, you need to either charge en route, or do a stop over and charge. No Motorway services seem to be prepared for charging whilst being hitched up, so you need to unhitch (I have watched the video of Andrew Ditton travelling from London to Scotland and his needing to unhitch before charging), which is hardly ideal. We often travel at night/early hours for quieter roads and I don't fancy doing that in the dark.

And then there's the cost of an electric car. As an about to be fully retired couple I do not see how we will be able to ever afford an electric car. I have just picked up a Volvo V40 190bhp Euro 6 diesel done only 50,000 miles which may well become our tow car when my Euro 5 V70 dies, however it is interesting to note that Euro 5 and Euro 6 diesels are in the same Crit'Air class in France (Class 2), unlike the UK where you can take a Euro 6 into London with no ULEZ charge. And ours doesn't use AdBlue, which makes ownership easier.

France is the more critical decision for us frequent continental travellers, as several French autoroutes run through Crit'Air zones (e.g. Rouen) and you will be fined for not displaying a Crit'Air sticker when you pass through the zone (€135 currently) and, potentially, banned from travelling through those areas on high pollution days.

I'm afraid that, having to charge every 100 towing miles or so just isn't going to cut it for us. Andrew Ditton says most fast chargers only take you to 80% capacity before fears of overheating the battery cut the charge rate right down and it is viewed as unreasonable to charge beyond 80% on a public charger...

A friend of mine here was persuaded to buy an EV for his company use. He usually charges it at Lidl for not a lot. One of his technicians took it to see a client and charged it on a motorway and got charged 99Euros. Not happy! It seems that having an electric tow car is fine if you really don't go far. In our local supermarket, you see old peeps parking in the charging bays because they don't want to walk any further than they have to to get to the shop. My son bought a Kona that he's coming to see us with today. I'll ask him how he's getting on with charging.

A friend of mine bought a brand new electric Mercedes SUV earlier this year. When I saw him the day after buying it, just north of Ipswich, he told me he needed to charge it (no home charging point yet installed), but he was going to have to drive 2 hours to Norwich and back to do so, because all the public chargers in Suffolk were out of service... As EVs get more common, charging them will get harder, not easier, because the charging infrastructure is just not there.

The ultimate irony is that they are best suited to city use, but you can't charge them outside the vast majority of houses or flats, whereas, in the countryside, where it's far more likely you'll be able to charge your car at home, the range of electric cars becomes a big issue.

And, due to the high weight, they eat tyres.

Another colleague of mine bought a Nissan Leaf. Great for the 8 mile commute. However, they lived in rural Suffolk and, every week, she needed to take her daughter to play hockey at Bury St Edmunds. 38 miles each way. She soon found out that, if it was sunny, she could make it there and back, but, if she needed to use the lights, or even the wipers, then it was unlikely she'd make it home...