Date: 25 February 2021 Â Â |Â Â Author: Sean Keywood New technology for towing EVs forms part of an effort by the AA to address needs brought about by electrification. The AA's freewheeling hub has been developed to solve the problem of broken-down EVs, and also four-wheel drive vehicles, not being able to be towed on two wheels, meaning they had to be recovered using a flatbed truck, rather than just towed behind a van. It features a high-speed bearing which allows the wheel, once fitted to the vehicle being recovered, to turn independently of that vehicle's drivetrain. The freewheeling hub was first introduced to a pilot group of 100 AA patrols in January 2020, before the trial was expanded in June.