It seems like the tire wear wouldn't be worth it. You're pulling the tires at almost 100 horsepower of energy transfer. Sure, neat for a video gag though.
I guess a tow truck with a bed that has a rolling road would be an idea, prop up the car so the weight of the car isn't actually exerting force that makes the wheels harder to turn/cause extra wear. Or the "rolling road" can be replaced be a contraption that attaches to the wheels by e.g. its rims, and spins it.
But like speeding as long as you show decent discretion when doing it you'll be fine.
You just need to press the brakes harder. Like 3 times harder, not 30.
If you park in a slope and turn the engine off you can try braking after pumping the vacuum out - it works just fine.
Though towing a Tesla with regerative braking is the best case. You definitely wouldn't want to tow anything that can't brake or steer with a rope.
The regenerative breaking system is likely designed for long mountain roads, so it might overheat but probably not.
A great omission.
Resistors don't wear out like frictional brakes do.
That's obviously true when that joule is "reused" and not so obvious when it's dissipated. Mechanical brake pads have to be replaced but I assume there is wear on the (more expensive?) parts in a regen system too.
A resistor bank with liquid cooling will be few kilogrammes at most.
Few kilogrammes at most.
To get 65 kW into the battery, you have mechanical and electrical conversion losses on top of that. The tires are seeing pretty close to 100HP.
> putting back electricity into the batter[y] at a rate of 65 kW
The article could be wrong, of course.