Mechanism for preventing power generation during towing of electric vehicle and electric vehicle towing method using the mechanism

A mechanism for preventing power generation during towing of an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle comprising an electric motor as a traveling power source, a power transmission shaft configured to transmit a rotation force of the electric motor to an axle via a decelerator, and one or more wheels configured to rotate together with the axle, the mechanism comprising:

• a rod-shaped coupling member receiver into which a rod-shaped coupling member to be used during the towing is configured to be inserted on a front portion or a rear portion of the electric vehicle, and to which the inserted rod-shaped coupling member is configured to be locked;
• and
• a switcher that is provided between the axle and the decelerator, and that is configured to bring the axle and the decelerator into a decoupled state in an inserting operation of inserting the rod-shaped coupling member into the rod-shaped coupling member receiver, and to bring the axle and the decelerator into a coupled state in a removing operation of removing the rod-shaped coupling member from the rod-shaped coupling member receiver.