Oils4AsphaultOnly
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pirpy said:just happend
illeagal in eu ...
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Why was this illegal in the EU?
pirpy said:just happend
illeagal in eu ...
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LeftieBiker said:That load is poorly secured for its mass, and it looks like the utility trailer lacks its own brakes. The load could push the car into an intersection, or off the road, under hard braking.
Oils4AsphaultOnly said:pirpy said:just happend
illeagal in eu ...
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Why was this illegal in the EU?
kaiat said:Oils4AsphaultOnly said:Why was this illegal in the EU?
Leaf is not rated for towing by Nissan and thus it is not legal to tow. In the EU, unless the car manufacturer provides a certified towing capacity, you simply can not tow anything. You can however mount a tow bar on a Leaf to use with a bike rack for instance.
EVs with some sort of towing capacity has been sought after for years by prospective EV buyers in Europe. We have started to get a decent selection now though with perhaps TM3 and VW ID.4 leading the way.
Actually the mesh may make it worse because of the turbulence of the air going though the small openings. You might try using a tarp over the trailer to reduce turbulence and drag.dmacarthur said:I have had some interesting mileage reults from towing the trailer in different situations:
Leaf SPlus, Big Tex 30 trailer (weighs about 850# and can haul up to a ton but never will, behind the Leaf).
Towing the trailer WITHOUT the mesh tailgate, which is designed to lower to drive ride-on mowers into the trailer, we have been getting between 2.8 and 3.2 m/kWh. But, towing the trailer with the tailgate up, straight in the air and about 4 feet tall, the mileage went down to the low 2s. On the return trip we took the tailgate off and laid in down in the trailer and the mileage went back up to the high 2s. Makes sense, I guess, air resistance is the greatest enemy of efficiency and that sucker must be pulling and pushing some air even though it is mesh and not solid.
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