Hi Martin and All, Every one of my lightweight EV's are designed to tow a trailer as I often have to buy piles of lumber, etc. It's kind of hard for many people seeing a wood/epoxy Harley Servicecar trike size pickup EV, Then when they see it towing a trailer 50% larger piles with stuff they just lose it.
Most amazed when they find out I'm just using s 2.2 hp golf cart transaxle, I get a little more than that out of it, can go like it does down the highway even with the load. Legally it's a moped limited to 30mph because I didn't have the $300 to get a MC DL as I was ill and broke at the time and built it out of parts lying around. I've done 45mph in it. Hard to beat such an EV for low costs. The Ewoody did 60mph on a '3.5hp motor' and towed a trailer I have about 60% completely rebuilt as an actual aerocabin 3wh MC EV, unlike the body it had before. This one is set for 80mph + and before battery only costs $500. Mostly because I'm good at finding near no cost parts, not that I have a choice. And why all trains are electric drive. Just another reason to love EV's, it's torque, economy make towing a breeze. Jerry Dycus On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 5:36 AM, Martin WINLOW via EV <[email protected]> wrote: Vehicle mods in Europe are generally very much frowned upon. Trying to convert an ICE to an EV, for example, is nigh-on impossible if intended for the public road. In the UK, however, things are a lot more relaxed. My local vehicle inspection office hardly raised an eyebrow when I took my converted EV van in there for them to check the VIN (chassis) and engine/motor numbers. Even the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) are getting less hung-up having just allowed the building and use of single seat 'experimental' aircraft in the UK with no regulation (of the aircraft, at least). MW On 30 Jun 2014, at 15:41, Mike Nickerson via EV wrote: > I think that Willie (on this list) has been towing a trailer with his Tesla > Model S for some time. I read his postings on some of the trips. I think it > was late last year. > > I find the differences between the U.S. and Europe kind of amusing. I had an > email discussion about my conversion with someone from Europe. He was asking > what approvals I had to get on the design. I explained that in my state, you > could do anything you wanted with your car unless it is specifically illegal. > He was shocked. > > Mike > > > On June 30, 2014 2:20:09 AM MDT, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> 'May be illegal if your area doesn't allow towing using your EV' >> >> http://transportevolved.com/2014/06/24/can-tow-tesla-model-s-one-owner-answers-emphatic-yes/ >> Can You Tow With a Tesla Model S? One Owner Answers With an Emphatic >> ‘Yes’ >> June 24, 2014 By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield >> >> [images >> http://media.transportevolved.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Screen-Shot-2014-06-24-at-15.11.52.png >> Towing with a Tesla Model S? No problem! (Screenshot via YouTube) >> >> http://media.transportevolved.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Screen-Shot-2014-06-24-at-15.14.20.png >> The Torklift Central Model S EcoHitch adds a tow hitch to your Model S. >> >> http://img.youtube.com/vi/7QM1o_0nyqQ/maxresdefault.jpg >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140701/c5567b49/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140701/918430fb/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
