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The trailer is the slave. The truck is the master. The truck will always be pulling most. The powered trailer will never “push” the truck.

um, all that is entirely irrelevant. Very interesting discussion of gas tractor trailers, but not relevant to electric vehicles with powered trailers at all. Electric vehicles and computer control eliminate basically all the problems that CDL drivers face with gasoline/diesel engines paired...

All of the above. I can see variants being made for each purpose. They might come up with a utility trailer that can be converted for multiple different purposes, but it would have to be pretty damn nifty because you’d think they would already exist for gas cars. If they do, they aren’t very...

We are talking about range for long trips. If you don’t need or want the range, you wouldn’t get one. I don’t have any toys. I would be buying all these things for the first time. I will have the truck first and the toys second. I would definitely prefer something like a powered trailer over a...

Not really, because they are not meant to be uninstalled/reinstalled all the time. They are permanent installations and there is a little more to it than unplugging them from your wall. Plus, they do not work without Tesla’s software and by design are not conducive to being dual purpose...

I recently did a 1,000 mile drive in one day. Then a few days later, drove 1000 miles straight back. 14.5-15 hours, only stopping for gas. Solo driver. Really depends on your goals and what you want to see.

How come no one has brought up powered trailers? I think its silly to talk about throwing powerwalls in the back of the cybertruck. Promo images show a cyber trailer, how much do you wanna bet that will have its own battery and at least one powered axle? You already power lights and signals...