Towing with a hybrid

[blakjack23]

With all the dead Tesla's reported around the country in the extreme cold this past week, we've been near zero here in North Texas, with the wind chill down to -5, now I'm wondering how wise a hybrid or plugin hybrid really is? Their batteries are going to be rapidly drained, just like EV's, in the extreme cold. Of course, the gas engine will help, but it will have limited battery power assistance, potentially.

So [MENTION=118321]Jetboy[/MENTION] and others, who know the ins and outs of the hybrid characteristics, what are your thoughts?

'Dead robots': Chicago's extreme cold knocks out Tesla cars

False. It was not all around the country, and it wasn't something wrong with Tesla's. There were other types of EV's involved. Chicago had a charging station issue that left 2 or 3 dozen cars unable to charge. News outlets blew it out of proportion...as usual.

I own a model Y in Minnesota. While it loses some range in the cold, the cold otherwise doesn't hurt it at all. In fact it handles the snow impressively well. I actually prefer to drive in the winter over my T4R because of how fast it heats up.

 

[KimchiJae]

If you watch videos on the Tundra hybrid you'll actually see the state of charge increase and decrease as the batteries get charged under steady state towing and then release that energy when more power is required.