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Post by zanygame on Feb 8, 2023 22:06:45 GMT
You can't. Anyway the average suv (petrol or diesel) has a max towing weight of about 3,500lbs. And its nothing to do with engine power, its about kerbside weight. But lets agree that EV's can't tow 5th wheels at the moment. Big deal.
You've lost ground on every other criticism, So I guess I can be magnanimous on this one. EV's are an enviromentle catastrophe and no amount of turd pollishing can hide that fact......And as for EV's towing power forget it, they couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.....Who would spend that ammount of money on a total lemmon the Cost of the pussy pulling hummer was nearly twice as much as the good old and reliable Dodge ram... you know f all about anything. |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 8, 2023 22:32:12 GMT
I can assure you that tiny things like that are not common - and as we have seen, even the largest EV's are incapable of towing something as small as that. You can't. Anyway the average suv (petrol or diesel) has a max towing weight of about 3,500lbs. And its nothing to do with engine power, its about kerbside weight.
But lets agree that EV's can't tow 5th wheels at the moment. Big deal. You've lost ground on every other criticism, So I guess I can be magnanimous on this one. I'm not sure what you are smoking but I pulled a 9,000lb travel trailer with a petrol truck with no issue. How far do you expect to get in your EV pulling that sort of weight? |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 8, 2023 22:34:01 GMT
EV's are an enviromentle catastrophe and no amount of turd pollishing can hide that fact......And as for EV's towing power forget it, they couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.....Who would spend that ammount of money on a total lemmon the Cost of the pussy pulling hummer was nearly twice as much as the good old and reliable Dodge ram... EV's are like heat pumps - the betamax of the green revolution..  |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 8, 2023 23:16:41 GMT
EV's are an enviromentle catastrophe and no amount of turd pollishing can hide that fact......And as for EV's towing power forget it, they couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.....Who would spend that ammount of money on a total lemmon the Cost of the pussy pulling hummer was nearly twice as much as the good old and reliable Dodge ram... you know f all about anything. Ah bless......At least I know how to not make a total prat of myself...So whats your excuse? As soon as my questions get a bit alkward you resort to the usual bullshit....You have purchased a frigging lemon and are now trying to defend your own stupididty for falling for all this ECO bollocks. |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 8, 2023 23:19:37 GMT
You can't. Anyway the average suv (petrol or diesel) has a max towing weight of about 3,500lbs. And its nothing to do with engine power, its about kerbside weight.
But lets agree that EV's can't tow 5th wheels at the moment. Big deal. You've lost ground on every other criticism, So I guess I can be magnanimous on this one. I'm not sure what you are smoking but I pulled a 9,000lb travel trailer with a petrol truck with no issue. How far do you expect to get in your EV pulling that sort of weight? Of course in that comparison video what would have realy took the piss out of EV's would have got the dodge to pull the gutles humber back plus its light load and the dodges own load. The dodge wouldn't have even broke into a sweat. |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 9, 2023 8:07:15 GMT
I'm not sure what you are smoking but I pulled a 9,000lb travel trailer with a petrol truck with no issue. How far do you expect to get in your EV pulling that sort of weight? Of course in that comparison video what would have realy took the piss out of EV's would have got the dodge to pull the gutles humber back plus its light load and the dodges own load. The dodge wouldn't have even broke into a sweat. That actually happened on another video of theirs. They tried to do a long road trip in SUV's and the EV one ran out of juice in the middle of nowhere so they had to put it on a trailer and tow it home using the other SUV with the petrol engine.. |
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Post by Orac on Feb 9, 2023 9:39:50 GMT
I think one of the problems with the EV debate is that many people take the enormous robustness and power of IC vehicle technology for granted
If you use an IC vehicle, you don't hit a hitch and so you don't notice how bad it would be to hit a hitch. It's just there when you need it and it works when you need it. Explaining the disadvantages of EV to people used to that is a bit like trying to explain what dialup modem internet is like to a teenager.
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Post by jonksy on Feb 9, 2023 12:11:38 GMT
Of course in that comparison video what would have realy took the piss out of EV's would have got the dodge to pull the gutles humber back plus its light load and the dodges own load. The dodge wouldn't have even broke into a sweat. That actually happened on another video of theirs. They tried to do a long road trip in SUV's and the EV one ran out of juice in the middle of nowhere so they had to put it on a trailer and tow it home using the other SUV with the petrol engine.. They could have removed 2 spark plugs from both banks of a V8 engine and still pull the EV home… |
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Post by zanygame on Feb 9, 2023 19:51:17 GMT
You can't. Anyway the average suv (petrol or diesel) has a max towing weight of about 3,500lbs. And its nothing to do with engine power, its about kerbside weight.
But lets agree that EV's can't tow 5th wheels at the moment. Big deal. You've lost ground on every other criticism, So I guess I can be magnanimous on this one. I'm not sure what you are smoking but I pulled a 9,000lb travel trailer with a petrol truck with no issue. How far do you expect to get in your EV pulling that sort of weight? You've pulled a 9 ton trailer? 3.5 ton is the legal limit on a car licence. Are you a lorry driver? |
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Post by zanygame on Feb 9, 2023 19:58:03 GMT
I think one of the problems with the EV debate is that many people take the enormous robustness and power of IC vehicle technology for granted If you use an IC vehicle, you don't hit a hitch and so you don't notice how bad it would be to hit a hitch. It's just there when you need it and it works when you need it. Explaining the disadvantages of EV to people used to that is a bit like trying to explain what dialup modem internet is like to a teenager. I think the problem is that a certain group of people really want EV's to be useless so they invent ever more remote scenarios that petrol cars can manage but EV's can't. It started with the guy who 'apparently' drives 300 miles every day and yet bought an electric car. ?? Now as the have steadily improved we are onto the guy who needs to tow a 9 ton trailer. 🙄 The fact that 95% of the driving population never tow anything is academic, its just goody that we can find something wrong. |
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Post by zanygame on Feb 9, 2023 19:58:48 GMT
That actually happened on another video of theirs. They tried to do a long road trip in SUV's and the EV one ran out of juice in the middle of nowhere so they had to put it on a trailer and tow it home using the other SUV with the petrol engine.. They could have removed 2 spark plugs from both banks of a V8 engine and still pull the EV home… Yeah but not a £2.50 a gallon. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2023 20:06:09 GMT
I'm not sure what you are smoking but I pulled a 9,000lb travel trailer with a petrol truck with no issue. How far do you expect to get in your EV pulling that sort of weight? You've pulled a 9 ton trailer? 3.5 ton is the legal limit on a car licence. Are you a lorry driver? 9000 lb is not 9 tons. It's just over 4 tonnes. As he speaks in lb, he sounds as if he's talking America, but what would I know. However, it's good to know your maths cannot be trusted for future reference. |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 9, 2023 20:10:09 GMT
They could have removed 2 spark plugs from both banks of a V8 engine and still pull the EV home… Yeah but not a £2.50 a gallon. They could have pulled two spark wires from both banks and that would have used more fuel/ Pulling two plugs per bank would not as there would be no sucktion thats why...
EDIT BTW if the V8 was efi you could pop two injector wires per bank and no fuel would be wasted...
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Post by zanygame on Feb 9, 2023 20:50:01 GMT
You've pulled a 9 ton trailer? 3.5 ton is the legal limit on a car licence. Are you a lorry driver? 9000 lb is not 9 tons. It's just over 4 tonnes. As he speaks in lb, he sounds as if he's talking America, but what would I know. However, it's good to know your maths cannot be trusted for future reference. Oops, to used to thinking in kilograms Still the max you can tow is 3.5 tons. |
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Post by zanygame on Feb 9, 2023 20:51:06 GMT
Yeah but not a £2.50 a gallon. They could have pulled two spark wires from both banks and that would have used more fuel/ Pulling two plugs per bank would not as there would be no sucktion thats why...
EDIT BTW if the V8 was efi you could pop two injector wires per bank and no fuel would be wasted...
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