Tesla owner hits 0% battery on the road then comes up with a brilliant way to recharge without using a charger

This Tesla owner hit zero percent battery on the road, and came up with a brilliant way to recharge without using a charger.

YouTuber Warped was far from home when his Tesla died and he was facing a long wait at a public charger.

With a three hour wait ahead of him, he had to get creative.

Fortunately, he came up with a genius plan to recharge without a charger.

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No charger for your Tesla? No worries – this YouTuber has it figured out

When EVs run out of charge, we always want tips and tricks.

Whether it’s homemade remedies like solar-panel chargers on a Tesla roof, or manufacturers trying to create solid-state batteries with thousands of miles of range, everyone wants to drive for longer.

This YouTuber decided there was only one thing for it – he would get the vehicle towed at 70mph, hoping that regenerative braking would recharge his Tesla.

He figured that letting go of the accelerator whilst being towed at this speed would produce around 65,000 watts of charging, nearly as much as a Supercharger.

He rigged up his car and had it towed by a Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG.

At the journey’s start, his Tesla was hovering around 14 percent battery.

After 17 miles on the road, it had gone up to 24 percent.

He calculated the tow car used approximately four gallons to tow roughly 20 miles.

This meant it was charging his Tesla about 40 kWh while burning approximately 120 kWh of equivalent fuel in the tow car.

How much had it been recharged?

The car eventually peaked at 55 percent, after 25 miles of towing.

He concludes this could be a viable method if stranded.

“If you’re a Tesla owner and you get stranded … you might not actually be stranded after all,” he concluded.

It doesn’t quite measure up to a Supercharger admittedly.

Whilst it sustained a 65kW regenerative rate, that’s still lower than a Supercharger which can range between 72 and 150kW.

There’s a lot to take into account when it comes to charging a EV.

For a start, you have to take cost into account – which one driver illustrated when he shared his electric bill from the first year of ownership.

However, the world of electric charging is always developing.

One professor has created the world’s first self-charging car which powers up whilst being driven.

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