Just came on this video randomly when searching for, if you can tow a Tesla with 2 wheels down. Towing a car with a rope can't be the safest thing at 30 mph, but doing it on the highway at 70 is pretty crazy. I'd think that they would at least try it at 7am Sunday morning when the traffic is light.
Towing a Tesla with a rope to charge
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So that's the solution... Get a tow truck and pull the teslas when the batteries go flat...
Definitely a contender for the Darwin Awards.
I was thinking that if you can get a tow, you can tow it to a charging station, but if none are nearby, this could be a work around.
Yeah that's about all you can do. You'd have to have a tow truck sized battery pack or generator to be the equivalent of a gas can.
At some point, wouldn’t the regenerative braking begin to put some charge on the battery?
Or does it take some charge to allow that to work?
Or does it take some charge to allow that to work?
you'd need enough power to have the vehicle in drive.... and since you've just ran it until it stopped....
When I had a car that wouldn't start, get it rolling fast enough, toss it into second gear and pop the clutch. Try that.
There are many discussion point here. Is it legal to tow using just a rope, and at the full speed limit? Is that Mercedes transmission now toast? Why did they start without a full tank? Funny how casual the Merc driver was about the gas level.
But, yeah, the EV has no idea it's not just driving down a mountain and with some models you can regen up to the full motor power for a short time if you're going fast enough. On a continuous basis you'd be limited to whatever the battery can take in at the particular charge percent and temperature.
But, yeah, the EV has no idea it's not just driving down a mountain and with some models you can regen up to the full motor power for a short time if you're going fast enough. On a continuous basis you'd be limited to whatever the battery can take in at the particular charge percent and temperature.
You do not understand.
This rig needs five gallons of diesel fuel poured all around it, then ignited.
That will fix the burned-out clutch problem without paying the mechanic.
The clutches on these are very expensive to swap, like eight hours labor & $14,500.
Is there any info on how much the regenerative charging can put back into the batteries on a Model 3? I imagine it would take a long time to get the battery to where it would be able to drive the car and this would put a lot of extra wear on the electric motors to get the battery up to a point where the charge would get you anywhere.
They should just get Telsa's trademarked Telsa Mobile Gas Can accessory
How often have you run out of gas? In over 50 years of driving, the only time I have ever run out of gas was when I was 18 and driving my father's car - drove 300 km to the city, found an apartment, drove 300 km home (on empty according to the gauge with the empty light glowing for the last 50 Km) and ran out of gas pulling into our back yard. We had a 45 gallon gas tank in our back yard in those days so filling up the tank was pretty easy. That was pretty dumb but I did it.
I now live in earthquake country so I never let my gas gauge get below a quarter. That's pretty easy. But if you run out of gas a lot, an EV is probably not for you.
EV owners will just have to be extra careful until there are charging stations "on every corner".
I now live in earthquake country so I never let my gas gauge get below a quarter. That's pretty easy. But if you run out of gas a lot, an EV is probably not for you.
EV owners will just have to be extra careful until there are charging stations "on every corner".
Buddy of mine has a newer Tesla. I’m not sure what model. He drove it from alabama to Vermont and back, and said the recharge times have gotten quite short with the supercharger stations. Timing supercharging with snack breaks, he said it wasn’t bad at all. He is very intelligent, and knows how to use tools to plan stops and whatnot, so he may have better luck with these strategies than others, but as the tech improves and proliferates, this should simply be less of a problem.
I think i would just do this. Very easy, just call it a tesla range extender.
The car does this for you. 2 things:
1 - The car knows how much charge you have remaining, where the Superchargers are, how many are open, how many are in use, how many are out of order, etc. It will reroute you based on numerous parameters.
2 - You can enter waypoints into your destination. Waypoints are places to stop which may not be on the direct route.
I still like the idea of a range extender. However, the BMW i3 really highlighted the reality of such a situation when inferior equipment and design is used. Some owners would deplete their battery, then try to continue down the road, using the enging/generator combo. What resulted was a top speed of 40mph down the highway, and 60 miles of addl range, ugh. Of course, all it really required was to start the engine well before the battery was depleted.
What's really needed is a "task specific" engine/generator combo. One that is mega-powerful, clean, light. A gas turbine could fill this requirement.
What's really needed is a "task specific" engine/generator combo. One that is mega-powerful, clean, light. A gas turbine could fill this requirement.
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The volt guys did a much better job.
