I have talked to someone who has done this, but only to charge enough to get "the last mile" home. It was a Solectria Force.
Seth Janez Svetlin wrote: > > Victor Tikhonov wrote: > > > > > 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 > > That really shouldn't be a problem. Problem would arose if the motor > side of tranny would not be rotating - some (manual) boxes have forced > lubrication/pump driven from the crank side or they rely on motor side > gears to splatter the oil around. Some manufacturers just don't like > their car to be towed around much - it's bad for the image - so the > dread warnings. > > Situation proposed would be no other than regen while driving. There are > however some other issues. > > Full regen all the time would account to decent power consumption. For > example, 10 kw of regen could account to say 20kW of power from the > towing vehicle (10 /0.8 motor /0.9 gearbox /0.9 tires /0.9 tires 2/0.9 > gearbox 2) not accounting the power to move both vehicles down the road. > > It would probably seem like you were towing two vehicles. It could lead > to engine overheating or excessive tire wear. There might even be some > stability problems. > > And there's not-so-remote chance all would be fine and sweetly charged > and the list will have to find some other problem to debate :) > > Janez Svetlin -- vze3v25q@verizondotnet
