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by vel0city 934 days ago
Range hit from towing in an EV largely a factor of air resistance. Maxing out the weight with a small trailer is often less of a range hit than having a large but mostly empty trailer. Adding a lot of weight will cause some impact from rolling resistance but most of the extra energy use towing is aero drag.

For reference there's almost no range hit for maxing out the bed payload on a Lightning.