Tesla Cybertruck's range while towing 11,000 pounds gets almost doubled by Chevy Silverado EV towing the same load, as revealed by real life test

[chyoli]

If you want to tow something heavy, never buy an EV. Regardless of brand. Period.

[Jw]

Been well documented that EVs not good for towing long distances. (Gas is in efficient too btw) Battery Capacity is still too low and charging infrastructure way behind.

Hell evs aren't great at anything over 300 miles. They are for day to day use and accell incredibly at that.

[Griff]

I'm open to the EV platform, it's a good idea however the battery and infrastructure development is way behind at this point. Currently, I wouldn't use any EV truck to tow anything other than myself, the technology just isn't there. With that said, you proved in your article  that the tesla is more efficient, but due to the battery size is limited in range. This makes the entire premise of the article untrue. Yes, the Chevy can tow further because it has a huge battery. No, it's not more efficient than the tesla. It's okay to not like Musk, but be honest in your reporting. I'm a Dodge guy if it matters, but have no problem with Tesla or Chevy.

[A]

I'm sitting in a campground in Georgia. The camper next door was pulled by a 23 Ford Lightning with ext range battery. Camper is small, maybe loaded 6000# at the most. The owner reported no more than 90 miles between charges. Charges took about an hour each time to reach 80%. He and his family don't want to ever tow with it again.

One of the biggest issues with the Lightning is that Ford limited it to 150kw charging, making it the slowest charging electric truck. It is like they wanted it to fail

That said, I think it is still a bit too early for fully electric light trucks other than local delivery vehicles. For light trucks, I think the 2025 Ramcharger plugin hybrid is the best option. As long as Ram doesn't do something stupid

[AS692313]

Damn it took that many words to say the Cybertruck was *more* efficient per kwh? You fucking dunce