Towing rules
Make sure you’re up to date with towing rules.
Make sure you’re up to date with towing rules.
As we move across to Electric vehicles, I have noticed that many of them are unrated for towing. For example both the Nissan Leaf, and the new Hyundai Nivo SUV EV are both unrated.
There is one obvious reason for this, and that being range and the impact that towing has.
Another reason is the drive train, which has components in it that can be damaged by towing.
There are also the breaks which are already under stress from carrying extra weight from the battery, almost 300kg of extra weight in a Nissan Leaf compared to a similar size petrol vehicle.
This brings me to the question of insurance. If a car has not been rated for towing, does this void the insurance in the case of an accident and claim?
Although my question is more specific to electric vehicles, there is also the question of unrated petrol/deisel vehicles.
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