Electric cars are now powerful enough to tow caravans, trailers and horseboxes — but not every EV is suitable. In this ultimate guide to which electric vehicles can tow, we'll list every EV with a decent tow rating that's on sale, tell you what our favourites are and drop in some hints and tips along the way. 

Do you need to hitch up a trailer or caravan to your car and you're not sure whether you'll be able to go electric? Towing is one of the things that we get asked the most about.  Fear not – some of the most capable models can tow over 2,000kg, including SUVs like the BMW iX and Kia EV9. 

And while smaller EVs may only manage lightweight trailers, you'll be surprised at what some of the favourite electric cars on the market will be able to pull. 

The EV9 can haul as easily as a diesel car

However, efficiency is going to take a real hit and you’re going to need a big battery to go any distance towing a caravan behind you. Or, you’ll need to stop for charging about twice as often and we are not sure you’d be popular at a motorway charging point with a trailer. 

But there are situations where you might want a towbar. Maybe you take a boat a few miles to the coast, or have a trailer you take to the tip? Everyone seems to be lugging bikes everywhere these days, and a towbar-mounted rack is more convenient that loading cycles onto the roof, especially on taller cars. ​

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A few years ago you only had a really limited choice of electric cars that could be fitted with a towbar. But after doing the research we found that there is actually a decent selection, with a few makers actually re-engineering models to make them compatible. There's even a dedicated electric car gong in the Caravan and Motorhome Club's Towcar of the Year awards! 

Plus, when it comes to towing, electric cars are improving all of the time; when the Volkswagen ID. Buzz first launched, it only had a maxing braked towing capacity of 1,000kg, but now, in 2025, the four-wheel drive GTX can haul up to 1,800kg.

Here’s a run down of all the electric cars that can pull – note these figures are 'up to' as the capacities are dependent on trim level and powertrain...

The BMW iX was voted Electric Towcar of the Year 2026

BMW 330e – Up to 1,600kg

BMW i4 – Up to 1,600kg

BMW i5 – Up to 2,000kg

BMW i5 Touring – Up to 2,000kg

BMW iX1 – Up to 1,200kg

BMW iX2 – Up to 1,200kg

BMW iX3 Neue Klasse –  Up to 2,000kg 

​BMW iX – 2,500kg

​Citroen SpaceTourer – and all the other van-based electric people carriers which are basically the same from Peugeot and Vauxhall – can tow up to 1,900kg. 

​Ford Mustang Mach-e - 750kg 

​Hyundai Ioniq - 750kg

​Hyundai IONIQ 5 - 1,600kg

​Hyundai Ioniq 9 - 2,500kg

​Hyundai Kona - 100kg on the 64kWh version, which is largely useless for actually towing but should be fine for a bike rack.

​Jaguar I-Pace - Just 750kg. 

​Kia Niro Electric (2022 on) - 750kg​

​Kia EV6 - 1,600kg

​Kia EV9 - up to 2,500kg

​Lexus RZ450e - 750kg

​Mercedes EQA - 750kg 

​Mercedes EQC - 1,800kg

Mercedes EQS SUV - 1,800kg

MG ZS EV - 500kg

MG 4 EV - 500kg​

​Nissan Ariya - 1,500kg. 

​Polestar 2 - 1,500kg

​Polestar 3 - 2,200kg

​Polestar 4 - 2,000kg 

​Skoda Elroq - 1,200kg

Skoda Enyaq - 1,200kg 

Tesla Model 3 - 1,000kg - but check the online manual, as Tesla keep changing their minds.

​Tesla Model Y - 1,600kg

​Volvo XC40 Recharge - 1,500kg. 

​VW ID.4 - 1,500kg. But you can’t tow with an ID.3, despite using the same motors and other bits underneath

Volkswagen ID.5 - 1,400kg

Volkswagen ID.7/ID.7 Tourer - 1,400kg

Volkswagen ID. Buzz - 1,800kg

If all of those are out of your price range or you just want to dip your tow in the water, how about a PHEV or a used car? The Volvo XC60 T6 PHEV AWD is a great choice, for example, as it's a previous overall Towcar of the Year winner and can tow up to an impressive 2,250kg.

If you do tow with your electric car, let us know how you get on!

PHEVs are good to dip your tow in the water