Reisender wrote:
JRscooby wrote:
And with electric, I think it would be fairly easy to turn the power on, help push up hills, and this could/would discharge the batteries so the drive motors could be used to slow the combination.
There would be some funky engineering for the tow bar to be able to push though. Neat idea though.
I have never used a RV towbar. Just half watching somebody hook up it looked like they parked the car behind MH, telescoped bars out to reach, hooked, then moved until fully extended to lock. Make bars longer, (And yes heavier) extend to hook, the lock the bars as short as will go. Not rocket surgery...
The self-driving feature would simplify, just need to override the front collision avoidance feature.
Ever wonder why the coal trains may have a engine in the back third?