ajdelange
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I don't think anyone has suggested that the CT is suitable for towing heavy construction equipment. You can get what looks to me like a huuuuge 5th wheel camper for under 14,000 lbs, The numbers indicate a CT can tow somthing like that without breaking a sweat.
If you are lucky you will certainly do better than 200 but you can also be unlucky and get less.
Yes, I think it safe to assume that a vehicle with 1000 mile range would have an advantage over one with 500. Clearly the TriMotor is designed to tow. I expect that Telsa's specifiction of the weight limit was based on the size of the larger campers (as opposed to trailers for road graders) and the range chosen such that with a trailer of such size customer satisfying range would be available. They could doubtless cram in more battery if they thought they had to but they chose not to probably in a trade between range and cost. Perhaps they miscalculated. 650,000 people don't seem to think so at this point but we shall see when customers actually start pulling trailers.
If you are lucky you will certainly do better than 200 but you can also be unlucky and get less.
Yes, I think it safe to assume that a vehicle with 1000 mile range would have an advantage over one with 500. Clearly the TriMotor is designed to tow. I expect that Telsa's specifiction of the weight limit was based on the size of the larger campers (as opposed to trailers for road graders) and the range chosen such that with a trailer of such size customer satisfying range would be available. They could doubtless cram in more battery if they thought they had to but they chose not to probably in a trade between range and cost. Perhaps they miscalculated. 650,000 people don't seem to think so at this point but we shall see when customers actually start pulling trailers.
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