The Entrance and Long Jetty have a higher concentration of boats, trailers and caravans than most of the coast, and towing is one of the few genuinely distinctive things you can do to an electric car's battery.
Towing roughly doubles an EV's energy consumption. The exact figure depends on the load, the frontal area and the speed, but a doubling is a reasonable working assumption — which turns a 450 km car into something closer to a 220 km car, before you account for hills or headwind.
For the pack itself, towing means sustained high current draw over long periods. That generates heat, and the thermal management system works harder to shed it. This is normal operation and a modern EV is built for it, but it is a heavier duty cycle than ordinary driving, and it means a car that has towed regularly has run hotter for more of its life than one that has not.
It also means a lot of deep discharges. A towing trip empties the pack far more completely than a commute, and deep cycles age a battery more than shallow ones.
None of this is a reason to avoid a car that has towed. It is a reason to ask, and to measure — because "has this car towed" is not a question the odometer answers, and the consequences show up in the battery rather than anywhere a buyer would think to look.
The holiday-car pattern
The Entrance also has a high proportion of cars that belong to weekenders and holiday lets — vehicles that sit for weeks and then work hard for a few days. Standing still is not neutral for a lithium pack: what matters is the state of charge it stands at. A car left at 100% for three weeks ages measurably faster than the same car left at 50%, because a full cell sits at a higher voltage and higher voltage accelerates the chemistry that removes capacity permanently.
Where we come to
The Entrance, The Entrance North, Long Jetty, Toowoon Bay, Shelly Beach, Bateau Bay, Blue Bay, Killarney Vale and Chittaway Bay. Home driveways, seller addresses, holiday-let and marina car parks.
Booking
Online booking is open for all Entrance and coastal Central Coast postcodes. $249, no travel surcharge. Phone 02 7252 1390 if you would rather.
EV battery testing across the Central Coast · Terrigal · Work out a car's real range · Book a test — $249