I never thought about charging while towing, at least not with a trailer attached. I still think we're being pushed into this EV stuff with no thought to where all this charging power will come from. We still have trouble keeping the lights on and air conditioners running in some parts of the country. I DID test drive a Tesla Model S many years ago and it was fun. Not enough fun to buy one though.
I met a family pulling a smallish Happier Camper trailer with a smallish Tesla at a campground on the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area. They told me they could pull their little trailer about 100 miles on a charge even while hauling a family of two adults and two kids. Surprisingly, from their home in the Bay Area, they had enough range to get to quite a few local campgrounds. Their M.O. was to AirBnB out their home and take the family camping until their guests left. They had quite a lucrative business going since they could charge their car with solar at their home and re-charge at the campground leaving them with a zero gas bill. This then allowed them to pocket the difference between the daily rates at the campground and their AirBnB! Also, a 2-3 night stay at the campground was plenty long enough to fully recharge their battery using using the 30A pedestal outlet. The ingenuity of this family was quite inspiring.
I’ve previously looked at the Happier Campers for EV towing, and I really like their Adaptiv® modular interior design. I should do an EV towing test with one.
In North America, every electric vehicle manufacturer (except Tesla) uses the SAE J1772 connector, also known as the J-plug, for Level 1 (120 volt) and Level 2 (240 volt) charging.
Tesla provides a Tesla charger adapter cable with every car they sell that allows their cars to use charging stations that have a J1772 connector. This means that every electric vehicle sold in North America can use any charging station that comes with the standard J1772 connector.
I never thought about charging while towing, at least not with a trailer attached. I still think we're being pushed into this EV stuff with no thought to where all this charging power will come from. We still have trouble keeping the lights on and air conditioners running in some parts of the country. I DID test drive a Tesla Model S many years ago and it was fun. Not enough fun to buy one though.
I met a family pulling a smallish Happier Camper trailer with a smallish Tesla at a campground on the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area. They told me they could pull their little trailer about 100 miles on a charge even while hauling a family of two adults and two kids. Surprisingly, from their home in the Bay Area, they had enough range to get to quite a few local campgrounds. Their M.O. was to AirBnB out their home and take the family camping until their guests left. They had quite a lucrative business going since they could charge their car with solar at their home and re-charge at the campground leaving them with a zero gas bill. This then allowed them to pocket the difference between the daily rates at the campground and their AirBnB! Also, a 2-3 night stay at the campground was plenty long enough to fully recharge their battery using using the 30A pedestal outlet. The ingenuity of this family was quite inspiring.
I’ve previously looked at the Happier Campers for EV towing, and I really like their Adaptiv® modular interior design. I should do an EV towing test with one.
https://happiercamper.com/pages/hc1-travel-trailer
They need to standardize the plug on all ev’s
In North America, every electric vehicle manufacturer (except Tesla) uses the SAE J1772 connector, also known as the J-plug, for Level 1 (120 volt) and Level 2 (240 volt) charging.
Tesla provides a Tesla charger adapter cable with every car they sell that allows their cars to use charging stations that have a J1772 connector. This means that every electric vehicle sold in North America can use any charging station that comes with the standard J1772 connector.