FAMILY PACK
Imagine towing a caravan behind one of these. It’s something I’ve been idly pondering while parked at Tiverton leisure centre as the ID.4 rehydrates after a less than strenuous workout on the A303. If the UK has a holiday road, the A303 is surely it. Come summer, provided we’ve done as Boris says, it’ll be nose-to-tail caravans, roof boxes and bike racks. How’s that going to work in the electric future?
Stick a roof rack on VW’s carefully honed 0.28 drag coefficient and you’ll knock tens of miles from the range. But what’s really juicing my volts right now is this: every electric charging point is in a single parking bay. It’s not like driving onto a petrol forecourt – if you want to recharge your caravan hauler, you’re going to have to unhitch first. Hassle.
Holidays are what these cars were designed for though. Well, sort of. It’s why you buy a car this size, isn’t it? Or more correctly of this range. You don’t need a 99kWh battery if you’re just bimbling about locally, and who’s commuting these days? The big long-distance car in the family is justified and bought for two reasons: filling up with your kids’ school friends and going on holiday.
Of these, only the ID.4 looks ready for a summer camping break, doesn’t it? The XC40 is surely too
