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Well, at least they're thingking about it. If they do it, it'll almost certainly be a hit in the motorhome crowd!

There are a bunch of pictures of the conversion on my Flickr site. Most of the pics were done by Nick Bradley, the proprietor of the company that did that part of the work: pictures of conversion I did part of the job (removal of ICE and all related equipment), and Nick did the rest.

Mine is an EV conversion, not a production vehicle. The BMS controls a lot of functions, including regen, which is also switched. A toggle on the dashboard disables regen. It also has a manual low-voltage switch and a manual high-voltage switch. When all systems are switched off, the Hyper9...

I wouldn't count on regen charging at all. Regen braking is handled via the EV's onboard computer, which needs to be turned off during towing. (In my EV, the computer is powered by the low-voltage system, which is turned off during any tow.)

You're right that this is a problem. The Patriot (and others) draw energy from the towed vehicle's battery in order to operate the mechanical foot. But you want the low-voltage (and the high-voltage) system turned off in order to tow the EV four-down. This will be an issue for the Slate or any...

Oh, no, I guess my eMGB will also not be allowed in 3+ HOV lanes! :blush:

The motor on my EV does spin freely. I keep the BMS computer and the main battery switches in the OFF position when towing.

Exactly. I couldn't agree more. Just for starters, when trying to get into a campground with what amounts to THREE space-taking machines (RV plus truck plus trailer), well, good luck. Plenty of places just won't put three space-taking machines in a single site. And that's not to mention that...

I ordered one for the very purpose of four-down flat-towing behind a moho.. FWIW, I flat-tow my electric car, a custom British sports car with a modern Mazda MX5 manual transmission that does not permit flat towing. (For the techies, the transmission isn’t well lubricated if the input shaft...