Tesla Model X Sees 71 Percent of Range While Towing a Luxury Travel Trailer

• Bowlus tests the Tesla Model X's towing capabilities with its Terra Firma travel trailer.

• The Tesla Model X seees 71 percent of its range while trailering the 3200-pound trailer.

• This follows Bowlus’ attempt to make its travel trailers more accommodating for electric vehicle owners.

Towing a trailer is not great for range, with the added weight and increased drag from pulling something large making your vehicle work harder--and using more energy. While internal combustion rigs still dominate the towing space, electric vehicles are becoming more common on the road. Naturally, EVs will be increasingly called upon to handle a family’s towing tasks. With that in mind, the team at Bowlus, a luxury travel trailer manufacturer, strapped one of its trailers to a Tesla Model X to see how much of a range penalty customers would expect.