BannedByTMC
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Yes and yes. It happens, even with navigation. Nav says "go this way", then something happens up ahead and you are taking a different, longer route.On the freeway? And you didn't know?
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Yes and yes. It happens, even with navigation. Nav says "go this way", then something happens up ahead and you are taking a different, longer route.On the freeway? And you didn't know?
But the thing is, you know how much energy you have. You know how much energy you're consuming. It's simple math problem. And it's not like an ICE which you might or might not be able to coast and every slow down leaves your engine drinking heavily that range away.Yes and yes. It happens, even with navigation. Nav says "go this way", then something happens up ahead and you are taking a different, longer route.
I'm not sure there could be a worse situation. It's super-un-aerodynamic. It's very cold. He's not a very efficient driver to begin with. He's showing off with the truck.Another data point found on Ttwitter about EV towing mileage for a 39' 9500 lbs travel trailer: 0.9 mi / kWh.
Yes but if you're planning to arrive at 0%, and your trip gets 5 miles longer due to a detour that just happened and navigation has no record of... Or you know, like a slowdown that causes you to be stuck between exits and having to heat the cabin while you want to get off of the highway, you are going to run into an issue at some point. That's what he's trying to say. Leaving no buffer to get to your destination is objectively not smart.But the thing is, you know how much energy you have. You know how much energy you're consuming. It's simple math problem. And it's not like an ICE which you might or might not be able to coast and every slow down leaves your engine drinking heavily that range away.
-Crissa
So you go half speed for 5 miles. Or drop to 60 from 80 for 10 miles. Or you see things didn't go your way and stop at a different charger.Yes but if you're planning to arrive at 0%, and your trip gets 5 miles longer due to a detour that just happened and navigation has no record of... Or you know, like a slowdown that causes you to be stuck between exits and having to heat the cabin while you want to get off of the highway, you are going to run into an issue at some point. That's what he's trying to say. Leaving no buffer to get to your destination is objectively not smart.
Agreed, if you have a hauling business neither one will likely work.I think the results are too close to call, and not enough of a difference to sway someone from buying one truck or the other based on towing range. Personally, if I planned to frequently tow any significant load over long distances, I'd stick with a diesel or gasoline truck.
Not a perfect test but JRE is pretty well respected and he recently did a towing test.
Not good news for towing with the CT, but props to JRE for doing the test and I believe Our Cyber Life for loaning the vehicle for testing.
Cold weather but above freezing.
Max of about 65MPH some town, city, highway.
He had to drop down to 42 on the highway in order to not run out of battery before getting to the supercharging, getting passed by cars going much faster in this 65mph zone.
The range estimation in the truck was way off.
Vault was closed
About 10,500 lbs
He got 90 miles taking the battery from 100% to 2%
So if using a typical 80% of the battery that is a range of 72 miles when towing a heavy load
He had previously run the same tests with the rivian and F150 lightning
Cybertruck 90 miles
Rivian 100 miles
Ford F150 Lightning 130 miles
Acceleration 0-60 was the same for all 3 trucks
Cybertruck had significantly more road noise
Had bugs/issues with vehicle graphics
A real bummer that the CT is the 3rd place truck when it comes to towing.
Credit to ourcyberlife for loaning the truck and jerryrigeverything for the test
TLDR
Towing a heavy load with the CT you are going to get about 70-90 miles in cool weather, driving at lower speeds. Less range than the Rivian and Ford tests