Actually if the tranny is in gear it will get lubricated properly while being towed. Of course regen means that the tranny is wearing on the backside of the gear teeth, but shoot...you hardly use that side of the teeth anyway.
Victor Tikhonov wrote: >Lock Hughes wrote: > >> Jeeeees... you make me wonder... could the EV >>electrics be "flipped" to charge the batts while the >>EV is being towed? (!!!)... or would it be >>easier/better just to wire the EV directly to the >>motor home to recharge on the highway? >> >>Lock >> > >Jeeeeees, very easy if an EV has regen. Just turn it on, >stick on the third gear, engage regen, and in 30 min >of towing your EV is full (regen current reach driving current >levels, hundreds of amps). > >The only problem I see (besides there are too few regen capable EVs) >is the tranny doesn't take towing very well for long >time, much less loaded with regen tranny... > >Victor > > >
