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& -------------- 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/20150414/772a3227/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)
