Nope never, in 30 years of driving notta!
It’s just poor planning if you do.
Just my $0.02
Can you flat tow a Tesla?
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It’s just poor planning if you do.
Just my $0.02
Depends of course how long you want to sit on the side of the road, but if you want to use a Tesla supercharger to get going again in under an hour you will need one of these 150 KW diesels.
I suspect as long as the Tesla can be placed in Drive mode it won't know that it's being towed.
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That's probably a fair assumption.
If you can flat tow it to use its regenerative brakes to charge it, take a picture, it needs to be a meme that facebook will fact check it to claim it never happened
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Einstein said once something along these lines: “only two things are infinite: human stupidity and universe, and I am not so sure about universe.”
How far would that be?
Only three times, and all three times were on a motorcycle with no gauge. Twice the bike literally sputtered and died with enough momentum to coast to the gas pump. Only once was I really stuck when I ran out about 3.5 miles before the station. I was in the last 100 miles of a Saddle Sore 1000 (1000 miles in 24 hours or less), and I overestimated my range by about 5 miles...pushed it to the station, and still made the 24 hour deadline.
How long is a piece of string?
I took a recent road trip in my Tesla, 4,100 Km just to see how it worked on the road. I was concerned about whether Superchargers would be closed, out of order, having to wait, etc.
It all worked out pretty well. In that distance I only ran across one station (at an 8 station Supercharger) that was out of order. Never had to wait.
Yes you could run out of charge, but I suspect there was a lack of planning, a lack of understanding or simply not paying attention in the described case. And it should never happen 10s of miles from a charging station - a few blocks maybe. On the road I spoke to one guy who has had a Tesla Model S for 3 years. He has run out of charge twice, both times almost at home - because he admits he was simply not paying attention. He was taken home on a flat bed.
My general plan was to arrive at the next Supercharger with a 20% charge. And got as low as 15% once. So prediction is not an exact science.
It all worked out pretty well. In that distance I only ran across one station (at an 8 station Supercharger) that was out of order. Never had to wait.
Yes you could run out of charge, but I suspect there was a lack of planning, a lack of understanding or simply not paying attention in the described case. And it should never happen 10s of miles from a charging station - a few blocks maybe. On the road I spoke to one guy who has had a Tesla Model S for 3 years. He has run out of charge twice, both times almost at home - because he admits he was simply not paying attention. He was taken home on a flat bed.
My general plan was to arrive at the next Supercharger with a 20% charge. And got as low as 15% once. So prediction is not an exact science.
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It is even ridiculous to discuss this. I see at least once a week person walking to the gas station because they ran out of fuel.
People do dumb things for no good explanation.
"...can a Tesla be flat towed..."
not in our state (MA)
not in our state (MA)
In those situation, you probably would just call a flat bed to tow it to the nearest fast charger, instead of flat tow this car or emergency charge on road side.
ev can´t be towed by rope or what ?
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There was a Youtube video where someone towed a Tesla to see how much energy is lost when charging it that way. With the MPG dropped on the tow vehicle compared to what Tesla was able to charge it was about a 40% loss.
So it is possible to flat tow it, and it can be used to charge the battery.
So it is possible to flat tow it, and it can be used to charge the battery.
If they feel like it. Don't get me started on how many times thy made excuses and refused to pay the tow bill.