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Originally Posted by Chance
What is odd to me is why they can't "engineer" the car to be flat towable. It has an electric motor and simple gear reduction. Other than controls/software, what would keep it from being flat towable?
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Originally Posted by SuperD
Chance I agree about the flat towing but the companies don't build cars with the goal of making a towable for the RV crowd. Since the electric motor is always engaged to the transmission, no neutral, I guess the wear on the motor is a factor. Or maybe the motor would always be trying to charge when being towed and damage the batteries?
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I'd guess that its likely a couple of factors: Wear and a new design. I don't think the charging issue comes into play at all simply because that is a danger in normal driving too (live on top of a hill and leave your house with a fully charged car..its going to try to regen--charge the battery--on the way down. In the Focus Electric forums there was more than one person who lived on the top of a hill and had this very issue.).
My guess is that this market is still new enough that they are working hard enough to get the car out the door to begin with; beeing a completely new design. I'd expect the flat towable to come in like the 3rd of 4th generation once they got them down pat.
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