What Car? Tow car overall winner 2021

Rookie error by me (not by the OP) - these are still the 2021 results as announced in Sept - 2020 The 2022 awards (should be annouced in Sept 2021) have not yet hit!

That was the Camping and Caravan Club award. The CMC award went to the Skoda Superb Estate SE L Executive 2.0 TDI 150PS DSG

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/whats-on/awards/towcar-of-the-year/2021-winners/

A few plug in hybrids, but only one all electric entrant this year (iPace)

Nice to see that the CCC had an electric tow-car of the year category. I wonder how long it will be for an electric car to win outright? 

I have twice now written to Kia as they keep trying to get me to change my Sportage 2ltr diesel auto for a Kia EV 6 that they say has a tow limit of 1600kgs  and a range of "up to?" 300+ miles,but have yet to recieve any thing other than an acknowledgement for my emails. 

I just asked what they consider at what speed is the high 300+ MPC? and if i tow my caravan that weighs 1300 kg what can i reasonably expect to be the range?

This club made a big play about the EV towing the very light Bailey caravan from Burrs country park to Cayton village club site,although they did have to stop at Beechwood grange for a recharge ,and then trumpeted that twhen at Cayton many miles were still in the battery so they travellen on a vey flat road early?in the morning for 39.5 miles. as we had done the week before but in heavy traffic

The 2022 results are now in. 

https://www.caravantimes.co.uk/features/the-caravan-and-motorhome-clubs-towcar-of-the-year-2022-is-the-seat-leon-estate/?_se=dG9ieXJlZXNAZ21haWwuY29t

The Volvo v40 P8 recharge (all electric) took the 1500 to 1700kg range. Skoda Enyaq won the electric car and lightweight van category. 

Overall winner was the SEAT Leon Estate FR 1.5TSI 150PS.

JVB - the best info on actual range is here https://ev-database.uk/. The updated numbers show the 2WD is good for arround 260 and 4wd for 255 solo. I would guess that to translate to up to 170mile range towing real world 100% - 0%. 150 (3 hours towing) mile from home should be comfortable, and with the right charger, another 130 miles second stage after a 20 min charge. 

Those kind of numbers give a really useful real world use IMHO, but then I am happy with 200 miles solo and 120-130 towing from my P2. 

Thanks for info

This clubs tow car of the year 2022 is  the Seat Leon

Clever considering it's still 2021.

Then what do you do, when you get the outfit onto site. Do any sites at all have a charging point? Seems you would need to plan to go out to a charging point and sit there for several hours whilst it recharged. Sounds like fun (not)..

There is available at this time (for a charge £8 a pop for full evs)the option of using your own EHU site power via your LVs own on board socket to charge an EV while on site, or as being installed if space available and during site up grades EV charging points ,that can be used at a cost depending what rate yo want to charge at

But as there has been a big problem with the supplies we get from France and lack of "green?" supplies (no wind or sun) a large coal fired power station that was to be decommisioned had to be fired up to maintain the national grid , and that is at this time of year

One of the electric feeds from France want bang a few days ago in Ashford at some Nat Grid station. Might be worth buying four candles. Won't help with charging electric cars but at least you'll have some light.