[sbalea]

Why can't you plug the car in, and switch on tow mode? Even a laptop with a dead battery works fine when plugged in. I'd venture to say that a tow truck's alternator should be enough to disengage the wheels. Sorry, but this is just crappy engineering.

[Arelius]

Unlike a laptop, the Tesla was never designed to be run while plugged in. Combined with the fact that they arent designed to hit zero battery. This is an easy oversight of design, where the laptop can run directly off of wall power not due to fix the problem of a dead battery, but to provide less stress on the battery while being used and plugged in. A usage case that does not exist under normal usage of a tesla.

Additionally. Do we know that it is actually impossible to engage tow mode while plugged in? That still doesn't solve all cases of having to manually move it.

[moe]

Unlike a laptop, the Tesla was never designed to be run while plugged in.

Which is actually an amusing thought. Perhaps they could ship them with really long extension chords, just enough for a city-commute...

[jambalaya]

How about a driving around a generator :p It would be cool though to have wireless power from beneath the road or something.

[Arelius]

Isn't that basically what a hybrid does?

Also, it'd be neat if you could attach to the wires for buses that are in many major cities.