Pat Maston wrote:

> Question: Is it OK to tow a front-drive EV with the front wheels on the gound?  
>Anything special to watch out for?  I need to tow it about 15 miles.  I don't want to 
>overspeed the motor or anything.  Someone once told me you have to disconnect one of 
>the front axles before towing - don't know if that's true or not.

I towed my front-wheel-drive EV over 600 miles with no problem. It was
direct drive (no clutch or transmission), so there was no way to
decouple the motor from the wheels. I just disconnected the motor wiring
and towed it.

I initially had a problem with the front end alignment being set for
essentially zero caster. This made the EV's front wheels not want to
follow the tow vehicle. I re-aligned it before the trip.
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