Sorry, it's not clear to me based on your post.... Is one of your vehicles a quad and the other a dual? I've been hoping someone who has towed with both a quad and a dual could provide meaningful data or feedback regarding the efficiency of both when towing.
True, but that also supports the majority of power generation for EV charging in general. For long distance towing a pure EV is a huge disadvantage and the only reason I no longer own my R1T.
That may be true for you but not for everyone. I traded in my Ram 1500 Eco Diesel for my R1T with the express purpose of towing my 30’ Airstream between Canada and Arizona and I couldn’t be happier. As I’ve pointed out in several threads here and elsewhere, the R1T is more stable in crosswinds with much better acceleration and slowing. There are 2 sides to the range coin. Sure I only get 120 miles between charges but there are chargers everywhere on the West Coast. I’ll take my R1T any day.
Don’t believe so.
That depends on your location.... Here in Ontario less than 10% of our grid's power is from fossil fuels (natural gas only, we have no coal power plants). The rest is zero-carbon sources including nuclear, water, wind, and solar.
I wish it had worked better for me. The R1T was excellent at towing other than the range limits. Great daily driver for ease of use and smaller size as well. It just wasn’t capable of the long distances I need to drive occasionally or the monthly 130ish mile mountain tow. Heading back up to Alaska in about a month and even if enough charging opportunities existed along the way it would get old stopping every 100 miles for days on end.
"Powered by 100% renewable energy" is still something Rivian is claiming for RAN as well.
Fair enough, I appreciate your point that the USA still has a lot of natural gas and coal power production. In Canada our electricity across the whole country is almost 85% zero-carbon sources. But I guess my point is that the source of energy you're actually using to charge your truck is the relevant metric, not the country wide %'s.... If my local energy was produced by 100% coal power plants, I don't think I'd be buying an EV, personally. I appreciate everyone has their own reasons for considering EV's, but for me it's out of desire to lower my personal carbon footprint (setting aside any conversation about the embodied carbon in the production of the truck itself). Thankfully, my local energy sources support that desire.
Both are quad. Because your using all motors while towing and towing range is 1/2 to 1/3 of EPA there will very little if any difference between quad and dual.
Burning 40% - 50% LESS fossil fuel driving an EV compared to ICE. To me that's an upside, not a downside.
I think you're agreeing with me, then? I was stating that the downside to driving a Ramcharger (which uses an onboard gas-powered generator to produce electricity) is burning fossil fuel.
