Long distance EV towing video

[Crazychicken563]

I'm curious to get this community's feedback on this video

The truck in the video is a Silverado EV with a range of 500 miles and a charge speed of 350kw

A few things I observed:
1. The cost of DCFC was quite high. It looked like they were picking specific stations for their price
2. In the majority of cases in order to charge they had to block many stalls or unhitch the trailer. It also seemed like at every charging stop there was never a single other vehicle charging (except in a single stop where there was one other car). This somewhat leads me to believe that they were moreso lucky that the trailer could stay on rather than the design of the charging stations being trailer-accessible. I did notice a single pull-through charging station which was very cool.
3. The position of the charge port in the rear of the truck seemed awful for lining it up with pretty much every charger they used. Seems like having the port on the front would have been vastly better in every situation.
4. Towing through the mountains looked very effortless, to the point where the nav was actually underestimating their range with a trailer.
5. A surprising number of chargers seemed to charge below the expected charge speed. Later on there was also an issue with their truck, but even before then they were hopping charger stalls. This is the same thing I've experienced with public charging as well, and doing so with a trailer sounds extra annoying (except again these guys had zero other people sharing the entire charging station with them)

Overall I was impressed by the performance and range of the truck in this video, especially considering it was filmed in the winter. This video did however confirm that charging with a trailer is not really that accessible unless you remove the trailer. I don't think it's wise to assume an empty charging station at every single stop.
It also really made clear that a charging port in the front of the car is superior to having it in the rear, at least for this usecase.

I'm curious what you all think about this video. Is it representative of anyone else's experiences?

 

[Mousehunter]

Last week I did a small road trip before the storm hit S. Texas. Saw my first drive through charging station for trailers - it was one of a bank of Rivian chargers (also the first Rivian chargers I have ever noticed). There were no cars charging - but that is not uncommon.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

DCFC costs have been rising with the exploding costs of electricity around the country. In this video, they seemed to be trying to find the most expensive chargers.
The farthest I’ve towed a trailer with my Lightning is about 1200 miles round-trip. Shorter distances many times.
I’ve never unhooked the trailer at a DCFC.
I have no problem unhooking a trailer. It takes almost no time to do so even with my WDH (not sure why they weren’t towing with a WDH). The DCFC stations are usually not so busy that I can’t just park wonky for 30 minutes.
I have the charge port on the front of my Lightning. If the Scout keeps the charge port on the back, I won’t consider it a tow-capable BEV, even though I don’t care about disconnecting. A rear driver port placement just makes everything more difficult. Front passenger side is better in every way, including for charging on residential streets.
I live at 7,000 feet; towing with the Lightning up or down the mountain is infinitely superior to towing with any other vehicle I’ve ever towed with. There’s simply no comparison.
I noticed that they regularly charged above 80% when they didn't need to. That's a them issue, it’s not an issue with BEVs.
I don’t find long-distance towing to be a problem, but I only do it once a year or so.

 

[R1TVT]

I'm curious what you all think about this video. Is it representative of anyone else's experiences?

No.

But if long-distance towing in the winter (or any time really) were one of my primary use cases, I would buy a 2500HD (again).

Glad that is not the case, though.