EV.

Martyn1981

Herzlos said:

Ganga said:

born_again said:

Ganga said:

When a  " battery car " dies can you still move it ,does the electric transmission allow it to be pushed ,towed etc.

Yes. Within limits. Just put it in neutral.

 A EV should never be towed with drive wheels on the ground.

Don't get why a EV running out of charge is any different to any other car running out of fuel. 
Can happen to anyone if you happen to miss a turn off.
As someone mentioned 18 miles between junctions.. That is a long way when you are running on fumes. 🤣

How do they tow it onto a flat back pick up truck ?

slowly, and a few meters. Which isn't the same as towing it at 50mph for miles.

I'm not actually sure why you can't tow them; because it's not as if there's a differential to wind up.

Though I was under the impression that you could potentially recharge an EV by towing it due to the regenerative breaking. You'd presumably need to push it quite a distance along the hard shoulder to give it enough power to get to a charging point though.

Here's a fun vid from a few years ago, charging a Tesla by towing it.

Can You Charge A Tesla By Towing It? (With Ford Raptor)

PS - Fun fact from the end of the vid, towing the Tesla for 1 lap, will give it enough power to 'leisurely' drive another 5.6 laps ...... but the hit on the raptor's fuel economy is horrific.

PPS - For empty batt callouts, the ideal recovery vehicle would be a BEV with V2L (vehicle to load) so it can charge the 'empty' BEV. As shown by Ford using their Lightning pick-up to charge a Tesla, and then in response, a vid from Tesla showing a Cybertruck charging a Ford Lightning.

ididgetwhereiamtoday

I believe the RAC are best equipped for EV breakdowns as all their vans have chargers. 

Nissan give you free RAC cover on their EVs when you service it there. 

Mr.Generous

There were estimated 90 minute delays on the M6 today from an accident. I always wonder if anyone gets caught out on fuel or charge with these delays and possible diversions. I'm a fill up at 1/4 left guy. I never push it.

WellKnownSid

Mr.Generous said:

There were estimated 90 minute delays on the M6 today from an accident. I always wonder if anyone gets caught out on fuel or charge with these delays and possible diversions. I'm a fill up at 1/4 left guy. I never push it.

Fuel quite possibly in an ICE.

EV or HEV unlikely as I was sat in 45 minutes of traffic last week on the M6 and entered with 58mpg average and left with 64mpg in my hybrid 😄

Slow moving traffic is the bread and butter for an EV (and a HEV).

born_again

Mr.Generous said:

There were estimated 90 minute delays on the M6 today from an accident. I always wonder if anyone gets caught out on fuel or charge with these delays and possible diversions. I'm a fill up at 1/4 left guy. I never push it.

A EV not moving uses no battery power. Unlike a ICE sat ticking over.
EV will use a small amount on heating.
But if you are that low, you will turn it off. Same as you would in a ICE.

LightFlare

An ICE will use negligible fuel just idling in a traffic jam.

My old car was in the region of 0.2g/hr (could have been l/hr - I forget)

born_again

LightFlare said:

An ICE will use negligible fuel just idling in a traffic jam.

A EV uses none. 🤣🤣🤣We could go one.. But whats the point?

Ganga

born_again said:

Mr.Generous said:

There were estimated 90 minute delays on the M6 today from an accident. I always wonder if anyone gets caught out on fuel or charge with these delays and possible diversions. I'm a fill up at 1/4 left guy. I never push it.

A EV not moving uses no battery power. Unlike a ICE sat ticking over.
EV will use a small amount on heating.
But if you are that low, you will turn it off. Same as you would in a ICE.

My Dacia turns the engine off if stationary for a while ,you can over ride it but if stuck in traffic why would you.

LightFlare

born_again said:

LightFlare said:

An ICE will use negligible fuel just idling in a traffic jam.

A EV uses none. 🤣🤣🤣We could go one.. But whats the point?

Only if you turn it off entirely, otherwise displays,lights etc will be using some power