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John___Angela
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Apr 18, 2016

Using an Electric Vehicle as a Toad (on a trailer)

Noticed a 2016 leaf on a trailer behind a Monaco Signature the other day. Curious how many others are thinking of going this route. We are towing Angelas Smart Electric down south this year (as oppo...
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lryrob9301
Explorer
Apr 18, 2016
Rbertalotto wrote:
I always though an Hybrid electric vehicle, with it's huge LI battery pack, and having its wheels on the ground, using regenerative braking to charge the battery would be a great toad. Once at the camp site, plug the RV into the toad and have enought battery power to run the AC all night. While sight seeing the next day in the toad, the battery could be recharging for the next night. Brilliant!


The only problem with this theory is there are no 4-down towable Hybrid vehicles made.

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