An electric car makes a great tow vehicle, all that torque makes it a breeze! The issue isn’t really the range of the vehicle- stopping for 20mins every few 100miles shouldn’t be a hardship. Rather it’s the availability of decent chargers. With their Tesla they have ready access to the best charging network so it’s probably less of a problem for them. Things would be improved for us campers if campsites installed a few chargers or were more accepting/set up for people plugging in at their pitch.

Exactly, and it’s not as if expensive Rapid chargers are necessary as everyone is parked there for hours if not days so regular 7kW units are fine. TBH access to a 13A plug would be ok for most people.

Really? I don’t think a 30 min stop to charge turns your proposed trip into a 2 day epic.

But it's not a 30 minute stop, is it? You have to find somewhere to leave (safely) your caravan whilst you charge your car. Which probably means a campsite, which means a stop over. I'm in agreement with Colin here - not yet a sensible, feasible option to tow long distances with an electric car. i met and chatted to several Dutch electric tow car campers in France in 2023 - they reckoned their towing range was half their normal range. One was a Long-Range Tesla and they got less than 200 miles. With that I reckoned I couldn't even get to Dover on a single charge, then I'd have needed two recharges to get to Epernay in northern France. I did it on one tank of diesel. IF you could charge up whilst remaining hitched, then that could be a game changer.

And Teslas are not really very robust as tow cars...

Oh dear some sobering photos Simboc

Like Colin I feel a long way from towing with an electric car but may consider a hybrid when we next change car

My son-in-law has had electric cars for ages but has no need to tow. He has had a Tesla for about three years and he seems to get great pleasure from planning out his longer distance journeys to reach Tesla chargers. He works in designing computer programmes and it all appeals to his character and way of thinking. Our daughter thinks totally differently and gets range anxiety when she drives it in Greater Manchester.

I'm afraid that I am of that ilk. I do love the look of the new electric VW campers though...........................

MikeT

I would expect that most people would park their trailer in a space near the charger, or if not busy just park next to the charger with it attached.

Don’t get me wrong, there are valid points made in this thread and I don’t tow with an electric vehicle because of some of them. But wild doomsaying isn’t very productive.

I’d love an electric car; the majority of my colleagues drive them now but they don’t do the miles I do.

I’m unlikely to go for one though as I tend to fill with diesel only when the yellow warning appears. My friend can’t charge his at home yet, and he had to drive 19 miles earlier this week to find a charge after visiting 3 stations with broken chargers or long queues of equally desperate people.
I just know that I’d be calling the AA eventually.😂😬