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[Mousehunter]

Interesting... Right now I am planning a road trip for that weekend (need to be in Jacksonville on the 27th, driving for South Central Texas) to pick up a powered canoe/micro panga (think Gheenoe, but with more bow). Had already thought about adding a day of driving to the trip to visit Blithwood. Now they are throwing a party on that day to boot (which only adds 2hrs more driving to the 6hr detour). Definite maybe.

Wife said go enthusiastically, so reservation made. She even offered to let me borrow her Jeep. She almost never loans me her Jeep, she might be wanting a Scout in her future... Her vehicle can tow the canoe without a problem, while getting significantly better mileage than my F250. FWIW, part of the canoe's purpose is linked to the Scout. It should tow better behind the Traveler than my 26' bay boat. Funny how timing works out - I ordered the canoe 6 months ago, and only tied down the pickup date last week.

 

[cyure]

Interesting... Right now I am planning a road trip for that weekend (need to be in Jacksonville on the 27th, driving for South Central Texas). Had already thought about adding a day of driving to the trip to visit Blithwood. Now they are throwing a party on that day to boot (which only adds 2hrs more driving to the 6hr detour). Definite maybe.

The sign up link is in posts on here and also on the Events page. I’m so excited for everyone who gets to go!

 

[6-ScoutFamily]

Quick! Go buy one. New Range Rover EV starting at $138,000. Or better yet, buy two Scouts!

 

[Chuckles]

EV driver gets $418 bill for using dealership’s ‘public’ charger​

(From Automotive News)
A Michigan man says he was billed more than $400 for stopping at a Hyundai dealership to juice up an electric vehicle.

Stanley Kpenkaan was driving home from dropping off a friend at the Detroit airport when the battery in the Chevrolet Bolt he was renting ran low. He used the EVgo app on his phone to find a charger listed as publicly accessible and plugged in for 44 minutes.
When the charging session ended, Kpenkaan assumed the total displayed was some kind of glitch.

“I was flabbergasted,” he told TV station WXYZ. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be saddled with a bill of $418 for a charging session.” EVgo later confirmed that the bill was correct.

The dealership told WXYZ that the charger was meant to be reserved only for its own customers and inventory. To deter outside use, it set the rate to $5 per kilowatt-hour and $5 per minute.
But because the charger had been listed as public, Kpenkaan eventually persuaded EVgo to issue a goodwill refund of $405. He ended up paying $13.27, the amount he was expecting the charging session to cost under his subscription plan.
“It makes no sense for you to have it on the app, but say we don’t want anyone to use it because of private use,” Kpenkaan told WXYZ. “Then make it private; don’t make it public.”

EVgo told WXYZ that pricing is set by the charger’s owner. Plugging in at a nearby charger cost 50 cents per kilowatt-hour with no per-minute fee, the TV station found.

“It shouldn’t take the intervention of a TV station for me to be refunded; it just seems to me like they were planning on getting away with it the whole time,” Kpenkaan said.

 

[J Alynn]

Quick! Go buy one. New Range Rover EV starting at $138,000. Or better yet, buy two Scouts!

I wonder if SM would give a discount if you walked in and purchased 2?

 

[J Alynn]

EV driver gets $418 bill for using dealership’s ‘public’ charger​

(From Automotive News)
A Michigan man says he was billed more than $400 for stopping at a Hyundai dealership to juice up an electric vehicle.

Stanley Kpenkaan was driving home from dropping off a friend at the Detroit airport when the battery in the Chevrolet Bolt he was renting ran low. He used the EVgo app on his phone to find a charger listed as publicly accessible and plugged in for 44 minutes.
When the charging session ended, Kpenkaan assumed the total displayed was some kind of glitch.

“I was flabbergasted,” he told TV station WXYZ. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be saddled with a bill of $418 for a charging session.” EVgo later confirmed that the bill was correct.

The dealership told WXYZ that the charger was meant to be reserved only for its own customers and inventory. To deter outside use, it set the rate to $5 per kilowatt-hour and $5 per minute.
But because the charger had been listed as public, Kpenkaan eventually persuaded EVgo to issue a goodwill refund of $405. He ended up paying $13.27, the amount he was expecting the charging session to cost under his subscription plan.
“It makes no sense for you to have it on the app, but say we don’t want anyone to use it because of private use,” Kpenkaan told WXYZ. “Then make it private; don’t make it public.”

EVgo told WXYZ that pricing is set by the charger’s owner. Plugging in at a nearby charger cost 50 cents per kilowatt-hour with no per-minute fee, the TV station found.

“It shouldn’t take the intervention of a TV station for me to be refunded; it just seems to me like they were planning on getting away with it the whole time,” Kpenkaan said.

We that seems very predatory if you ask me. Sounds like more of that “we add value and we are here to serve the public” dealership and NADA keep preaching

 

[6-ScoutFamily]

Quick! Go buy one. New Range Rover EV starting at $138,000. Or better yet, buy two Scouts!

Or better yet, buy one Scout and spend the rest on solar charging and battery storage infrastructure in your home to charge your Scout.

 

[jeremydunworth]

Oh we absolutely need this at the Scout retail spaces when they open. Off road course for RC Scouts. NEED!

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Recently learned there is a 1/18th scale Scout II from Redcat available for not too much

Redcat Ascent-18 International Scout II Brushless - 1/18 Scale Brushless Electric Rock Crawler

Ascent-18 International Scout II Brushless - 1/18 Scale Brushless Electric Rock Crawler - Includes: 2.4Ghz Radio, Battery, Charger, Ready to Run

www.redcatracing.com

Saw a guy running a 1/32nd "Waltons Wagon" down the street earlier this weekend and making pretty nice RC car videos on his phone. Didn't ask him where he got it, it looked like some customization had been done, but he did mention it was full time 4WD and he was part of a local club. Hence I got curious if a 1/32nd Scout was available... for sure SM could do something like that building on the existing 1/32nd RC crawler market, and the smaller RCs look like more fun in a small space anyway.

 

[cyure]

Recently learned there is a 1/18th scale Scout II from Redcat available for not too much

Redcat Ascent-18 International Scout II Brushless - 1/18 Scale Brushless Electric Rock Crawler

Ascent-18 International Scout II Brushless - 1/18 Scale Brushless Electric Rock Crawler - Includes: 2.4Ghz Radio, Battery, Charger, Ready to Run

www.redcatracing.com

Saw a guy running a 1/32nd "Waltons Wagon" down the street earlier this weekend and making pretty nice RC car videos on his phone. Didn't ask him where he got it, it looked like some customization had been done, but he did mention it was full time 4WD and he was part of a local club. Hence I got curious if a 1/32nd Scout was available... for sure SM could do something like that building on the existing 1/32nd RC crawler market, and the smaller RCs look like more fun in a small space anyway.

Those look like the Scout RC cars they were running at the SC event.

 

[J Alynn]

Recently learned there is a 1/18th scale Scout II from Redcat available for not too much

Redcat Ascent-18 International Scout II Brushless - 1/18 Scale Brushless Electric Rock Crawler

Ascent-18 International Scout II Brushless - 1/18 Scale Brushless Electric Rock Crawler - Includes: 2.4Ghz Radio, Battery, Charger, Ready to Run

www.redcatracing.com

Saw a guy running a 1/32nd "Waltons Wagon" down the street earlier this weekend and making pretty nice RC car videos on his phone. Didn't ask him where he got it, it looked like some customization had been done, but he did mention it was full time 4WD and he was part of a local club. Hence I got curious if a 1/32nd Scout was available... for sure SM could do something like that building on the existing 1/32nd RC crawler market, and the smaller RCs look like more fun in a small space anyway.

Cool look for the vintage scout II

 

[J Alynn]

Those look like the Scout RC cars they were running at the SC event.

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Have a hunch we might get lucky and see them make new scouts based on these

 

[cyure]

Have a hunch we might get lucky and see them make new scouts based on these

A little birdie at the SC event indicated the same thing.

 

[J Alynn]

ROMR update. Thanks for doing these @Hedges1

 

[cyure]

ROMR update. Thanks for doing these @Hedges1

Exactly! People just need to listen to what SM is saying!!

 

[J Alynn]

Exactly! People just need to listen to what SM is saying!!

Except click bait and views are more important

 

[jeremydunworth]

A little birdie at the SC event indicated the same thing.

Oh good, that will mean there is an EV version of the Scout that I can purchase without getting pre-approval from my better half!

Edit: I hope they make a Terra version also!

 

[maynard]

Have a hunch we might get lucky and see them make new scouts based on these

That would be cool!

 

[maynard]

ROMR update. Thanks for doing these @Hedges1

Awesome video!