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    DC Input for Portable Solar Panels

    Yeah that’s the crux of things really, personally would not be interested in it if it entails purchasing, lugging around, and laboriously daisy chaining external devices in order to enable solar add-ons. However would be interested in a feature that allows one to purchase a solar tonneau cover...
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    DC Input for Portable Solar Panels

    Ultimately we’re here to forum engineer, speculate, and monday-morning quarterback… Scout on the other hand has already made many decisions that make much of what we post here impossible to implement now and hopefully we all understand that. Best one can hope for is its taken into consideration...
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    DC Input for Portable Solar Panels

    Well at least we agree on this. All one can do is speculate about the cost at this point but if Scout plans to maintain backward compatibility with 400V tesla superchargers similar to how Hyundai and Lucid did, piggybacking off of this system to accommodate solar may not be as costly as one...
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    DC Input for Portable Solar Panels

    As mentioned in previous threads on this topic, would like to see larger solar accessories in the future as well. Similar to these: The poster discussed charging/discharging an external battery, this process incurs losses which depends on the round trip efficiency of said battery; this is in...
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    DC Input for Portable Solar Panels

    This is navigated via panels in series and/or a DC-to-DC converter. The setup described is less than ideal as conversion losses would be higher than otherwise necessary... portable/initial battery loss > DC to AC loss > AC to DC loss > vehicle battery VS DC to DC loss > vehicle battery. Imo...
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    Battery Capacity Options

    While true to a degree, I think much of the increased tire wear people talk about is due to the acceleration available in many EVs that in the past was only possible in sports cars which are also known for going through tires… so much of this can be remedied by simply driving more...
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    Battery Capacity Options

    No doubt though was referring to Edmunds range test: Agreed.
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    Battery Capacity Options

    Honestly think it will be tough to achieve a real world range of 350 miles with only a 130kWh battery, the Lightning can only do 345 miles with a 131kWh battery and it doesn’t have MT or AT tires nor a solid rear axle. Personally think they’ll have to go with a higher capacity battery or lower...
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    The Price Gap Between EVs And ICE Cars Is Shrinking Fast

    Have them plug your cost per kWh into fueleconomy.gov and compare the annual fuel cost of a Prius vs an EV in a entirely different class… usually gets the point across pretty quickly. @$0.04/kWh:
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    What If?

    It doesn’t necessarily need to reduce drag (it won't imo) but it must introduce as little "new" drag as possible versus the same vehicle without the turbine… that is to say it needs to recover energy mostly from drag the vehicle would’ve faced anyway.
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    What If?

    Yes this is correct, much like regenerative braking can never recover all the energy that was used initially to bring the vehicle to speed in the first place (due to parasitic losses)... though it can increase overall efficiency when used appropriately.
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    What If?

    Efficiency: I agree with the studies from the mechanical/automotive engineering universities linked in my last post as well as the video by the engineer earlier, that turbines in these cases have the potential to increase overall efficiency and will defer to them on this topic. Practicality: On...
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    What If?

    Given the video was seen as insufficient due to its title, the following discuss aerodynamic energy harvesting at length. -Feasibility studies of micro wind turbines installed on electric vehicles as range extenders using real-time analytical simulation with multi driving cycles scenarios...
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    What If?

    Clearly. Though I understand the skepticism, there is a question mark at the end of that title for a reason...
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    What If?

    No problem. I always try to steel man the things that people say/post, so assumed @Harris005 was referring to a configuration that would actually work… as opposed to a configuration that would definitely not work.
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