Cars can be drug on to flatbeds with a winch. Even with all four tires locked up. No reason for it to tie up traffic for nine hours.
Also running out of power is not the same as “bricked”.
this story does not add up.
If not juice, how did the car say it had several miles left?
Why not drag it onto a flatbed tow truck?
I remember back in the day all the articles written about another “SUV that rolled over and killed it’s occupants”.
Exactly. This sounds like a law and towing contract issue, not a disabled vehicle issue.
The tow companies likely wouldn't touch it after losing lawsuits in the past for damaging such a vehicle.
Mercedes-Benz in particular had an issue where after a collision, even a bumper tap, the car wouldn't start and would be locked in park. Tow companies quickly refused to tow them due to claims against them, which caused multiple instances of disabled Mercedes-Benz left blocking traffic.
I believe it was action on the part of states' attorneys general that forced Mercedes-Benz to change the programming in the car where a disabled vehicle could be taken out of park.
There are interviews with Elon Musk where it's shocking how much the engineers at Tesla had to learn after putting cars out on real roads in real situations. Watching the interviews is like being in a time machine listening to someone from the 1920s figuring it out for the first time. It shows they're amateur at best, deficient as a norm, commonly negligent, and criminal on occasion.
Flagged. Your post is too sensible for this day and age.
A bulldozer can also be used to shove the EV off the road. A forklift might even be able to flip the car to get it to roll off the road.
“Cars can be drug on to flatbeds with a winch. Even with all four tires locked up.”
Not according to Tesla. They say if you can’t unlock the tires you have to use self loading dollies or tire skates to move it. If you ignore that, I guess it would probably put the liability for any damages on you.
I think you are incorrect, the cars are low slung, much heavier than a regular car, and the battery may be destroyed by dragging the underside of the auto onto a truck. My first thought was a forklift. Grab it from the side, and pick it up and set it down.