Just completed our return trip from the lakes yesterday towing, First leg was 107 (2hrs 12 mins) miles with about 17% / 22 miles left in the battery (130 mile full to empty range). Recharged to 89%, though charger was not outputting full power, and next leg was 92 miles (2hrs 7 mins) arriving at 20% / 26 miles left. A much shorter charge there up to 45% to get the remaining 40 miles home with a bit to spare. Got home with 13% / 17 miles towing or 26 miles solo left.
What interests me here is over the 4 years I have towed with this car,
1) after 54000 miles and 4 years, I cant detect any real degradation in the battery capacity. When we started towing, I reckoned up to 130 or so miles full to empty and that is exactly what I am still getting.
2) the actual towing experience is still sublime. The linearity of the power delivery and sure-footedness of the car still makes for a great drive.
3) The stops are only somewhat governed by the battery range. Each main "leg" was over 2 hours, and by the end I was ready for a comfort break anyway.
4) Finding a stopping location was easy. The 1st was a Garage outside Warrington with a Starbucks, Greggs and 8 high powered chargers. There were 5 available when we arrived.
the 2nd was Corley services on the M6 near Coventry. Again - plenty of chargers and parking available (8 there with 8 more going in). All of this on a sunny bank holiday Monday.
It's still not for everyone - having home charging makes life MUCH easier and MUCH cheaper. But as has been pointed out on other threads, near new used EVs are a bargain at the moment. A 2022, 56000 miles, 400hp AWD Polestar 2 like mine can be had from Polestar for just under £24k. Thats a huge amount of car for the money, and can be run for just £5.25 for 200 miles of driving.
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