[Caevlist] Towing with the Y

[Alan Batie]

Aerodynamics really do matter - I drove up to Portland yesterday to look 
at a small tent trailer I've been giving some thought (only half 
seriously) to getting.  As expected, they wouldn't let me take it for a 
"test tow", but I did get a new stinger with the 1 7/8" ball I need for 
my little utility trailer (the one I had on the RAV was for a smaller 
hitch and wouldn't work in the Model Y).  This afternoon, I took my 
little utility trailer out for a test tow.  On the way up to Portland at 
70mph, I was consuming 270Wh/mile.  Coming back at 75mph, it was just a 
hair under 300Wh/mile.  Pulling the little, unloaded, utility trailer at 
60mph out to Tangent...440Wh/mile, and for a brief run at 70mph, just 
over 500Wh/mile.  Since I didn't have a cover on, I think I was hit 
aerodynamically with both the front of the trailer and the tailgate, so 
it's probably about what I can expect if I got the tent trailer. 
Between the $15k and the range hit, I think I'll just keep using a tent 
or a motel 😉

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