Practically 4 months after Tesla started delivering Tesla Cybertrucks, an proprietor has been noticed towing a big caravan and utilizing a drive-thru Tesla supercharger bay.
A photograph of a matte-black wrapped Cybertruck was shared on X by Nic Cruz displaying the parked Cybertruck at one in every of these drive-thru bays.
The silver caravan being pulled seems to be a lot bigger than the Cybertruck which stands at over 5.6 metres in size.
Pull-By way of Superchargers ftw 🔥 pic.twitter.com/LI6D2IAkqF
— Nic Cruz Patane (@niccruzpatane) March 14, 2024
On the again of this sighting, a Cybertruck lead engineer, Wes, commented on the main focus round drive-thru chargers and the upcoming updates to the person interface to indicate “trailer-friendly” superchargers: “Supercharger workforce is all the time searching for alternatives to put in these at new areas. Will present trailer pleasant stalls on the in-vehicle UI to make it simpler when highway tripping with a trailer”.
That’s excellent news as unhitching isn’t all the time attainable at charging station websites and can assist with higher route planning for drivers taking a look at towing trailers, caravans, boats and different bigger objects.
Andy D, an Australian EV fanatic additionally chimed into this dialogue by highlighting that we have to have extra drive-thru bays regionally together with getting the Cybertruck downunder: “May do with these round Australia Wes – no scarcity of land or photo voltaic right here. There may be, nevertheless, a notable scarcity of Cybertrucks down below… 😭😭”.
The Tesla Cybertruck has some spectacular towing credentials. It’s able to having practically 5 tonnes of towing capability, coming in at 4,990 kg towing capability based on Tesla’s Australian web site.
Final month, one current proprietor who occur to run a recreation automobile (RV) dealership had taken towing with the automobile to a different degree by towing a caravan that weighs virtually 5-tonne.
The burden and the sheer dimension of the RV being towed made that setup fairly attention-grabbing to look at. The Sandpiper Vacation spot caravan which was being towed by this proprietor is available in at 12 meters in size, which is greater than twice the size of the already enormous Cybertruck.
Power consumption whereas towing the Cybetruck was round 1,500 Wh/mile or 932 Wh/km. This is able to give the truck a variety of round 130 km. This is able to require a number of charging stops on longer journeys.
Regionally a Tesla supercharger website that might probably be used as a drive-thru charging station is at Campbelltown in NSW.
With extra drive-thru bay-equipped Tesla supercharger websites beginning to seem within the US, it could be attention-grabbing to see if this pattern continues right here in Australia.
Tesla does supply a normal towing bundle with the Mannequin Y which might see extra drivers wanting to make use of superchargers with out having to unhitch, making towing with EVs quite a bit easier.
Riz is the founding father of carloop primarily based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV knowledge, perception stories and traits. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for automobiles, notably EVs and needs to assist scale back transport emissions in Australia. He at the moment drives a crimson Tesla Mannequin 3.