Tesla Cybertruck Is Significantly Worse At Towing Than Model X: Report

Bowlus, manufacturer of ultra high-end luxury towables, has been testing the tow range of popular electric trucks and SUVs since the Tesla Model X first launched in 2015. The company’s top-of-the-line Volterra model is an all-electric camp trailer with 17 kWh of onboard power, which can provide an emergency charge to EVs in a pinch. The trailer starts at $310,000, so it makes sense that the company is doing such involved testing with its homes on wheels. In a recent post on LinkedIn, Bowlus CEO Geneva Long informed the world that a nearly-decade-old Model X can tow a 3,250 pound Volterra about 235 miles, while a new Cybertruck managed just 160 miles.

Given the Cybertruck’s dual motor all-wheel drive estimated range of 340 miles, that means it can go just 47 percent of its range estimate while towing. The Model X, by comparison, has a 330 mile estimated range, giving it a towing range of 71 percent of its range estimate. That’s a significant difference in towing range between two different EVs from the same company, but the Cybertruck came out nearly a decade later than the Model X. That seems like a pretty big step backward to me.