High on the list of any pick-up truck's purpose is towing, so it's important (even for an electric pick-up) that the Maxus T90EV towing capacity is a respectable one.
The Maxus T90EV was the first mass-market electric pick-up truck, but as a rear-wheel-drive only pick-up it had a few fundamental flaws that didn't have people rushing to the dealer to buy one.
Fortunatley, one area where it didn't totally disappoint was in its towing ability. Most pick-up truck customers want to pull a small 750kg unbraked trailer. That's sort of a bare minimum requirement for a pick-up truck these days, but occasionally they need to do more.
Sometimes you’ll see a wide range of plant equipment on the back of larger trailers, or perhaps horse boxes or car trailers. A pick-up truck is the ideal vehicle for towing such heavier items using a braked trailer - but you need to have a vehicle that is capable of doing so.
Find out more about the difference between braked and unbraked trailers.
Most UK pick-up trucks now have a towing capacity of up to 3.5 tonnes (3500kg) and this has established itself as the benchmark manufacturers aim for with their diesel vehicles.
Electric commercial vehicles, however, have struggled to get to that number because of their heavy batteries. Several vans when they were first launched as electric vehicles didn't have towing abilities at all. For many others they are limited to just 750kg.
The Maxus T90EV towing capacity is up to 1,500kg for a braked trailer and 750kg for an unbraked trailer, which although not quite up to the standards of a diesel model, does brake the trend of untowable EVs.
Its towing capacity means that the majority of day-to-day things most owners will want a pick-up for are possible. However, be aware if you pull bigger items, the T90EV isn’t up to the job and you'll either break it, or break the law if you try.
It's also important to note that you can't have a full payload on board and also tow at maximum capacity either.
If you look at the numbers properly you'll see that the Maxus T90EV has a gross train weight of 4050kg.
It also has a gross vehicle weight of 3,300kg.
By doing some maths you can see that you can have a full payload and still be able to tow a small trailer up to 750kg. But, if you want to tow the maximum amount of 1500kg you’ll have to nearly all of the some of the payload in the truck, removing 750kg from the load bed.
If you need a greater payload and towing capacity from an electric pick-up truck there is another option, in the shape of the Maxus eTerron 9 pick-up which has a 3.5-tonne towing capacity.
