It looks like a very competent tugger, the dashboard looks like something from Starship Enterprise! I must be old school all I want is a speedometer and a fuel gauge.

in the UK the model 3 is restricted to towing 750Kg (last time I looked). What you need is a model X (and £100K or so).

This is interesting Randa.

Son-in-law picking up Tesla in August but don't think a suggestion that he has a tow bar fitted to try out our Troll with it would be met with enthusiasm - plus he is pretty law abiding.............................!

MikeT

There are a few new EV s out soon with 1500 kg and 1600 kg towing capacity l like the look of the Hyundai ionic5 which is 1600kg and decent range.it will be interesting how these case with towing and how it affects range..

As EVs become more capable campsites are going to have to consider charging points. I still think hydrogen is the way forward.

As said whilst some recent EV's have towing capability it's really the effect on range that's critical.

For caravan sites EV's have to mean a substantial investment in electrical infrastructure.

I'm just wondering about our own situation too. Our two garages are in a block on the opposite side of the farmyard mews development and they have no power, but our neighbours tell us that getting power to them is megabucks and even the business next door runs a generator, rather than getting a mains connection. Even if we did get mains, presumably we'd each have to have a meter and separate bill for our garages. At the opposite end of the mews we have a large drive but it's at the bottom of our garden. We could run a cable out of the fusebox in the kitchen and across 20 ft of garden to our side boundary.Then follow the boundary nearly 80ft to the drive and somehow negotiate the main gate halfway along the boundary. Once we reach the drive then a bollard for charging would be fine. I suspect that little lot will cost an enormous sum to do.

Kath & I were chewing this over sitting with a glass of red in the cool of the evening on Walney Island this weekend.

We were chatting about Robert's Tessla, and how it seems so much better than his former electric car a Leaf. We guess in a few years there will be a fair few electric cars, and certainly hybrids, that could tow our Troll (or even hydrogen ones).

However the reality is that by 2030 I will be almost 80 years old and my years ahead of towing will probably be few. Putting climate change issues and grandchildren's futures aside, do we just ignore the 2030 deadline and in 2028 pick up the best diesel or petrol tower still available with the best emissions and let that see out our caravaning days.........................................?

Something to ponder

MikeT

yep: thats what I plan to do:)

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We could run a cable out of the fusebox in the kitchen and across 20 ft of garden to our side boundary.Then follow the boundary nearly 80ft to the drive and somehow negotiate the main gate halfway along the boundary.


Assuming this is a tongue in cheek comment since chargers usually need a lot of power and proper installation from the power source to the property itself, the cabling for this length of run would be at least £350 on its own to say nothing about the fusebox maybe needing to be upgraded or even the supply changed to 3-phase:)

Then add the cost of the charger itself, and any installation/certification costs .. so yes, not an insignificant cost

I wasn't suggesting a DIY job and realise that there are substantial upgrade implications too.

In fact, directly opposite our kitchen window, on the boundary is a water filled brick thing with a metal lion headed spout above it. There's a plug and cable in a plastic bag beside it, which we assume is attached to a pump. Again, we assume that previous reside t used to run a lead from the kitchen window to power it up. As our prospective charging cable would run nearby it would make sense to or a use a permanent connection.
Previous residents also operated a couple of floodlights under trees in the main garden plus another pump in a water feature in the sunken area plus lots of other temporary lighting which has been removed, but remaining cable clips etc show where they were. Our electrician has ensured all is disconnected as it was a potential death trap. It would be nice to get some of that connected properly and running the charging cable to that end of the garden would allow something to be fitted at the same time. So rather than just a charging point, the electric installation provides other opportunities, which might make the cost more palatable