No trailer-friendly charging or route planning for EV road trips
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Summary
Travelers towing trailers with EVs face major planning stress because charging tools ignore real-world towing conditions. A driver crossing mountain passes in western Canada had to carefully orchestrate every charging stop, deal with drastically reduced range, and once ended up in a dead-end charging lot where he had to unhitch the trailer and back out. Existing EV route planners do not model towing consumption, elevation, or whether a charger has pull-through access for a trailer, turning a long road trip into a fraught logistics puzzle instead of an enjoyable adventure.
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Finding suitable charging locations while towing a trailer in unfamiliar areas required extra planning and caused difficult maneuvering.
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