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I’ve been swayed to BEVs but the more I see EREV, I don’t necessarily want it BUT, any given week I go to the office 3-4 times a week at 6 miles round trip. So for argument sake, that’s 25 miles per week. That means at least in warmer months I can go nearly 5 weeks without charging and rarely use the extended range. To the point I suspect the generator will forcibly kick on just to swirl and burn some fuel. So in my case, I’m not loving EREV but theoretically I may only need to get gas in it 2-3 times a year. Now if we start using the scout to roadtrip it may occur a bit more frequently but I could also charge twice a month instead on once and still rarely use the gas.
I’m like the opposite of many drivers who will likely rarely charge and just run fuel. So maybe I can be swung over to the dark side without a lot of hesitation. Sure-a bit more labor annually but if I can charge once a month and only fuel 2-4 times a year-I can live with that. And technically on a long road trip those couple fuel ups would be much faster. Hmmmm-I think I can live with either option having been thinking tonight while fighting a cold
 
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I’ve been swayed to BEVs but the more I see EREV, I don’t necessarily want it BUT, any given week I go to the office 3-4 times a week at 6 miles round trip. So for argument sake, that’s 25 miles per week. That means at least in warmer months I can go nearly 5 weeks without charging and rarely use the extended range. To the point I suspect the generator will forcibly kick on just to swirl and burn some fuel. So in my case, I’m not loving EREV but theoretically I may only need to get gas in it 2-3 times a year. Now if we start using the scout to roadtrip it may occur a bit more frequently but I could also charge twice a month instead on once and still rarely use the gas.
I’m like the opposite of many drivers who will likely rarely charge and just run fuel. So maybe I can be swung over to the dark side without a lot of hesitation. Sure-a bit more labor annually but if I can charge once a month and only fuel 2-4 times a year-I can live with that. And technically on a long road trip those couple fuel ups would be much faster. Hmmmm-I think I can live with either option having been thinking tonight while fighting a cold
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You are just feverish. Delirious even. 😹
 
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You are just feverish. Delirious even. 😹
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I’ve been swayed to BEVs but the more I see EREV, I don’t necessarily want it BUT, any given week I go to the office 3-4 times a week at 6 miles round trip. So for argument sake, that’s 25 miles per week. That means at least in warmer months I can go nearly 5 weeks without charging and rarely use the extended range. To the point I suspect the generator will forcibly kick on just to swirl and burn some fuel. So in my case, I’m not loving EREV but theoretically I may only need to get gas in it 2-3 times a year. Now if we start using the scout to roadtrip it may occur a bit more frequently but I could also charge twice a month instead on once and still rarely use the gas.
I’m like the opposite of many drivers who will likely rarely charge and just run fuel. So maybe I can be swung over to the dark side without a lot of hesitation. Sure-a bit more labor annually but if I can charge once a month and only fuel 2-4 times a year-I can live with that. And technically on a long road trip those couple fuel ups would be much faster. Hmmmm-I think I can live with either option having been thinking tonight while fighting a cold
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You will be charging more than you’re saying here. But, if you have a level 2 EVSE at home you’re fine. Unless you can find ethanol free gas, I would be adding Stabil fuel stabilizer for ethanol if you’re only going to fill up a few times per year.
 
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I’ve been swayed to BEVs but the more I see EREV, I don’t necessarily want it BUT, any given week I go to the office 3-4 times a week at 6 miles round trip. So for argument sake, that’s 25 miles per week. That means at least in warmer months I can go nearly 5 weeks without charging and rarely use the extended range. To the point I suspect the generator will forcibly kick on just to swirl and burn some fuel. So in my case, I’m not loving EREV but theoretically I may only need to get gas in it 2-3 times a year. Now if we start using the scout to roadtrip it may occur a bit more frequently but I could also charge twice a month instead on once and still rarely use the gas.
I’m like the opposite of many drivers who will likely rarely charge and just run fuel. So maybe I can be swung over to the dark side without a lot of hesitation. Sure-a bit more labor annually but if I can charge once a month and only fuel 2-4 times a year-I can live with that. And technically on a long road trip those couple fuel ups would be much faster. Hmmmm-I think I can live with either option having been thinking tonight while fighting a cold
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FWIW, I think you’ll get more time between firing up the generator than you think.

My PHEV can only go about 30 miles on a charge. But most of our ”typical” destinations are more like 5-10 miles away. And during the summer we can go months without firing up the gas engine. We did ~2200 miles on one tank once (11 gal tank, put just over 9 gal iirc). That was about 3 months worth of driving. And in that time, most of that gas usage was on a longer trip or two.

So I’m sure there will be a timer that is used to determine when to fire up the generator. I wouldn’t be surprised if it could be much longer than 3-4 weeks.
 
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Another sad dealership story. This time from @THil08 ’s home state
news.dealershipguy.com

New Jersey dealer group president battles Scout Motors’ direct sales model

“It's totally unacceptable for a legacy manufacturer to try and undermine the dealer system,” Laura Perrotta, president of NJ Car, said. (3 min. read)
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The issue for NJ is our grandfather laws.

The only EV that got approval to sell is Tesla because they got governor's approval from Chris Christie.

But So far Lucid, Rivian, Polestar have managed to get their licenses. Im sure Scout will too. Its just getting it pasted the dealerships. And putting it in a wooden area not a city, like Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid are.
 
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The issue for NJ is our grandfather laws.

The only EV that got approval to sell is Tesla because they got governor's approval from Chris Christie.

But So far Lucid, Rivian, Polestar have managed to get their licenses. Im sure Scout will too. Its just getting it pasted the dealerships. And putting it in a wooden area not a city, like Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid are.
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So Tesla, Lucid, Rivian & Polestar have DTC Sales licenses in NJ. Thats promising news for Scout.
 
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