[cle]

They can be towed, but it is correct that certain electrical failures can prevent the brakes from being released.

I know because this happened to me. The tow company sent a flat bed truck and used a winch to pull the car onto the platform.

It’s pretty annoying from a design perspective but it also seems like something that any competent tow company should be able to handle easily.

[eastbound]

Aren’t breaks disabled once the winch pulls on the hook point?

[HPsquared]

Not disabled, just overpowered. The winch can easily drag a car with locked up wheels. Very common in fact, e.g. automatic transmission that won't shift out of park, or handbrake malfunction, etc etc etc

[seanmcdirmid]

EVs can’t be towed with a winch style tow truck, at least without frying them. A flat bed tow truck is required (also recommended for many newer ICEs).