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My son has had a Chevy Volt for years...original range extender. For him it works well because, while most of his driving is within 30 miles, he does fairly frequently travel to see friends 150 miles away which is when having the ICE engine generator makes for a convenient trip.
However, since 350 miles would be sufficient for almost every trip I make and I am only likely to be towing 100 miles or less, lugging around gasoline and an ICE engine is just wasteful. It is probably going to severely impact payload capacity, EV efficiency and performance.
One point to consider is that actual off-roading barely uses battery capacity since you are traveling slowly and getting regen.
As suggested by a number of posts, people should be realistic about what their use cases are. It is expensive and a little silly to by more battery than you need (GM EV pickups max range battery vs extended range battery) or a range extender you almost never use.
However, since 350 miles would be sufficient for almost every trip I make and I am only likely to be towing 100 miles or less, lugging around gasoline and an ICE engine is just wasteful. It is probably going to severely impact payload capacity, EV efficiency and performance.
One point to consider is that actual off-roading barely uses battery capacity since you are traveling slowly and getting regen.
As suggested by a number of posts, people should be realistic about what their use cases are. It is expensive and a little silly to by more battery than you need (GM EV pickups max range battery vs extended range battery) or a range extender you almost never use.