Just out of interest, I have heard that an electric berlingo cannot be towed if you run out of power!!!
Is that true?
towing a berlingo ev
They can be towed but there are a couple of things that you need to do depending on how your towing.
The first one is you must of course ensure you do not exceed the maxium norma speed of the motor which is about 60-65mph I'd keep it to around 50mph to be on the safe side, if you do exceed it then you could end up with the motor exploding
Also select N with the gearlever, if you are towing with a A frame then you'll need to have the ignition on to unlock the steering of course.
Dont try to recharge the pack mind you by towing it and using the regen, while this may well work you could end up charging them @ 200Amps odd
and they wont really want that also there would be no management on the battery as such so you wouldnt really know whats going on.
So yes you can tow a Blingo if you need to get it home if its run out of juice
ChrisB
The first one is you must of course ensure you do not exceed the maxium norma speed of the motor which is about 60-65mph I'd keep it to around 50mph to be on the safe side, if you do exceed it then you could end up with the motor exploding
Also select N with the gearlever, if you are towing with a A frame then you'll need to have the ignition on to unlock the steering of course.
Dont try to recharge the pack mind you by towing it and using the regen, while this may well work you could end up charging them @ 200Amps odd
and they wont really want that also there would be no management on the battery as such so you wouldnt really know whats going on.
So yes you can tow a Blingo if you need to get it home if its run out of juice
ChrisB
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Bit late with this reply possibley 
had to pop out last night so didnt spot it.
TBH if you've got the brushes out and a pack fuse out then I cant see an issue
make sure its in "N" of course.
The spare I currently have has been towed at 50mph before now with it just in "N" and ignition switched off. It didnt appear to suffer any ill effects, but it did go poof and thats why I have it , but thats possibley to do with a field fault on the motor rather than the contoller, but of course who's too know unless the faults traced and fixed
I've towed mine a few times now @ 30-35mph in "N" with the ignition on for about 5 miles and it hasnt caused any problems.
ChrisB
had to pop out last night so didnt spot it.
TBH if you've got the brushes out and a pack fuse out then I cant see an issue
make sure its in "N" of course.
The spare I currently have has been towed at 50mph before now with it just in "N" and ignition switched off. It didnt appear to suffer any ill effects, but it did go poof and thats why I have it , but thats possibley to do with a field fault on the motor rather than the contoller, but of course who's too know unless the faults traced and fixed
I've towed mine a few times now @ 30-35mph in "N" with the ignition on for about 5 miles and it hasnt caused any problems.
ChrisB
I reject reality and substitute my own !!!!!!
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