Tested: How towing affects the electric pickups—GMC Hummer EV, Rivian R1T, and the Ford F-150 Lightning:
The Rivian's higher level of regenerative braking is helpful in slowing a trailer, while the Lightning disables one-pedal drive mode when towing.
The range for all three trucks when towing was less than half as far as when cruising lightly loaded at 75 mph. But the Hummer fared best, we suspect due to its punching the largest hole in the air to begin with—and the Rivian, which fared worst, the smallest—and therefore being relatively less affected by the blocky trailer.
The physics aren't different from towing with an internal-combustion pickup; in both cases the range will be sliced roughly in half. But in the case of these EVs, that reduced figure can be barely three digits. And low-battery warnings start in at roughly 50 miles to empty, when the battery pack is still nearly half full.
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