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Originally Posted by DNSB
And yet so many people seem to be comparing the Cybertruck to other trucks, electric, hybrid and ICE.
Two acquaintances of mine in California purchased a Cybertruck and were quite happy with it driving around town for a couple of months. Then they made the mistake of trying to use it to tow their mobile home to a campsite about 800km/500 miles away for an annual family get together . They got about 150km/94 miles from home before having to hit a charger since the Cybertruck had dropped to ~8% charged. At that point, they charged to 90%, turned around and headed home. Once they got home, they hooked the mobile home up to their Dodge 3500 and headed back out. When they reached the station where they had used the charger, they filled the truck back up which cost them $9 less than it had taken to charge the Cybertruck and continued on to the get together. They did stop again to fill up but 10 minutes to fill up compared ~50 minutes for the Cybertruck for 10% to 90% and 1 stop compared to ~5 projected for the Cybertruck).
What ticked them off the most was that the Cybertruck did not come close to correctly showing the range drop due to towing the mobile home (the display showed ~290 miles range with the mobile home hooked up compared to ~334 miles range before the hookup).
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As someone who has towed (and owns an small EV), The Cyber truck does not match the Air Flow of the Trailer, causing huge air resistance. OTOH The ICE pickup was taller, so the air passing over it was deflected up and over the trailer for a sleek flow.
Wrong Vehicle combination. If that had been a Ski Boat (would be low and the hull aids flow), he probably would gotten the advertised range.
Driving an EV for range, requires a driving style change.
That was rammed home when I rented a car similar to the one I owned before my Leaf. My best mileage before EV was 30 (1.7L engine) After EV was 50 (2.0L)
Simply by NOT using all the performance (snappy starts and quick stops) it had.