Ben, It is likely the Tesla cars can pull it just fine, but will probably overheat towing, especially on hills. Towing packages for trucks have all manner of extra cooling gear, for transmission, oil coolers, oversize radiators, and so on. It is a simple application that is difficult in practice.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Ben Goren via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > On Apr 14, 2015, at 5:40 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > In any case, don’t get your hopes up too high on a truly versatile towing > > capacity because electric power isn’t similar to a traditional engine’s > > twist. > > Huh? > > Range questions aside, an electric vehicle with ~700 HP / ft-lbs should > absolutely stomp all over anything else on the market. And with all of that > torque there from a standing stop...I can't imagine how gas could possibly > be any more "versatile" than that. > > Hell, this thing should be able to tow the broken-down tow truck with the > broken-down still-full pickup truck still on the flatbed. > > b& > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 801 bytes > Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150414/629411cf/attachment.pgp > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150414/147a5a79/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)
