towing
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The 2025 Ram 1500 doesn’t stand out with the highest tow rating, but it’s one of the best at getting the job done.
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Review: 2024 Lexus GX 550 towing reveals virtues and hasslesLiving and towing with the 2024 Lexus GX 550 reveals some strengths and weaknesses of embracing its new SUV body.
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Ford patents concept of charging an EV with a trailer battery
To address towing range anxiety in electric vehicles, Ford has developed bidirectional charging to connect an EV to a battery-equipped trailer.
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GM patents tow-assist device to increase towing capacity
GM's tow-assist device would use electric motors to increase towing capacity and could be used to position a trailer when not hooked to a tow vehicle.
Stephen Edelstein -
Ford patents charging electric cars by towing them
Ford has filed a patent application that proposes charging electric vehicles by flat-towing them behind another vehicle.
Stephen Edelstein -
Hot damn! Rivian says RT1 electric pickup tows 11,000 pounds in the desert
Rivan released a video of RT1 pickup towing 11,000 pounds in the Nevada desert.
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Blind spots remain a headache in nearly every new vehicle, but for those who tow, the problem becomes magnified. Enter the French company Valeo, which introduced a new camera-based system at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show this week. The trick system, called the XtraVue Trailer system, mounts several cameras on both the vehicle and trailer, at the rear of both. Each camera feed is then combined into a single image to show the driver a view behind the trailer. This is some James Bond, Q-division stuff. At the show, Valeo had the system running on an external monitor in a demo vehicle, but...
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2018 Ford F-150 boasts best-in-class towing rating, improved fuel economy
The Ford F-Series has been the best-selling vehicle line in the United States for decades, and Ford isn't ready to give that crown up anytime soon. Instead, it has doubled down on technology to boast best-in-class towing and payload ratings, and fuel-economy figures for the 2018 Ford F-150. The...
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Porsche Cayenne sets a world record by towing an Airbus A380
It's always fun to watch something small try to tow something very large. Remember back in 2012 when a Toyota Tundra towed the Space Shuttle Endeavor? That was a pretty amazing sight. But it pales in comparison to what a Porsche Cayenne just pulled off. There's a new world record for heaviest...
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Toyota rolls out 2010 Tundra with new 4.6L V8
Big, brawny work trucks often find another purpose on American roads - hauling big, brawny Americans around. Toyota's latest gladiator to join the big-truck arena is the 2010 Tundra, and it's packing an all-new 4.6L V8. The big engine may not stand up to the likes of the 6.7L Cummins turbodiesel or...
Nelson Ireson
