Ben, Well we shall see. We already know they are speed limited due to thermal issues. You can't run full speed forever. I am sure you can start to pull a big load, but these are passenger cars. Not towing machines. They have to beef everything up to do serious towing service. That aluminum frame is suspect to me for heavy towing. There is a reason why cars and trucks have steel towing gear.
You can likely tow a john boat, or other small, light things. You can have a cooler rack, or a bike rack. You can get a trailer hitch on a Miyata. It is even worth having, but you don't do much with it. I doubt the intent will be to pull a camper up in the mountains. There will have to be limitations. And they may come as a slow down or shut down to protect things. I like to think Tesla is not stupid enough to let people ruin a nice luxury sedan by towing anything big. We are both BS'ing. On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Ben Goren <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 14, 2015, at 8:22 AM, Michael Ross via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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. > > I'd like to think that Tesla isn't stupid enough to sell an SUV with a > trailer hitch and insane power and torque...and inadequate cooling. Their > engineers have gotten everything else right; I just can't see them > overlooking something that basic. > > I'll go out on a limb: if it comes from the factory with a trailer hitch, > you can tow impossibly heavy loads all day long until the battery runs out > -- which will take much less than all day with such a load, granted. If > they don't put the hitch on at the factory, you'd best keep your eyes glued > to the temperature gauge if you tow anything heavier than your red Radio > Flyer, though people will still be impressed with how much they can get > away with. > > b& > -- 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 [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150414/4aa33423/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)
