Can any of those on here who have full electric cars or vans tell me if they have any experience of towing or continental driving in particular both at the same time.
Months ago, before deciding to buy the Land Rover, I tested other models. Amongst them, the Porsche Cayenne, the Macan and the full electric Taycan. We were a small group of potential clients and we drove in the beautiful roads not far away from Madrid, with a couple of professional drivers / pilots and changing cars at every stop.
I had a very interesting conversation with those professionals. I told them that I needed a car to tow a trailer with my Morgan 3-Wheeler in it, so with a total towed mass of 1,2 tons. They immediately told me to forget about the Taycan. Despite the huge torque of the electric motors, towing a big mass behind you will consume the battery in a very short time, reducing dramatically the mileage you can do with a full charged battery. They also said that the hybrids (Cayenne) may be more appropriate, but still not the ideal… that today for towing the best is still a classic ICE, preferably a diesel for the torque. They insisted – they told me Porsche tested a full electric Cayenne, that may never come into production for this reason - that today a full electric heavy SUV doesn't make sense as this type of car is supposed to have a certain towing capacity that can't happen with the present batteries' technology.
