Can You Recharge Your Tesla Simply By Towing It?

Collabs can produce really high-quality content for YouTube, as Engineering Explained and Straight Pipes channels prove with the video above. Thinking about regenerative braking and towing, they wondered if a Ford Raptor could charge a Tesla Model 3 solely by pulling it. Would it be an efficient process? They have come to fascinating conclusions, as you will see above.


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skytop - 11/14/2019 10:34:09 AM

+6 Boost

Better yet, why not just purchase a tow vehicle to tow your Tesla around.

Truthy - 11/14/2019 11:06:22 AM

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Is this why they were towing that Tesla at Nurburgring, to recharge it?

TomM - 11/14/2019 2:19:27 PM

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I am sure that one could come up with a GAS POWERED charger that one could put on a Trailer and pull along behind an EV to charge Batteries while the car is running. I thought the idea of an EV was to eliminate the need for Petrol though?