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    What are you driving until release?

    2023 Honda Pilot Trailsport. Blue of course.
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    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    Paddle shifters are hugely convenient for towing. We tow a 3400 lb travel trailer with a Honda Pilot and manually downshift on grades to control speed. We can go down 6% without touching the brakes, 8% with not much use of the brakes, just tweaking the paddle shifters.
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    Scout concepts on Jay Leno’s Garage

    @ScoutMotors The discussion following the towing limits mentioned in the Jay Leno video has me thinking more generally about towing with the Traveler Harvester that we have reserved. Especially about regenerative braking and UI to help us manage it. We do over 10,000 towing miles a year with a...
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    Scout concepts on Jay Leno’s Garage

    And depending on what you expect for gas and go. The battery needs some charge to provide max power for acceleration and climbing. But you can drive around town or back and forth across Kansas forever just buying gas as needed. The generator wlll maintain the battery.
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    Scout concepts on Jay Leno’s Garage

    I should have said GPE is linear with both mass and distance. Twice the weight over the same height takes twice the energy, same weight over twice the height takes twice the energy.
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    Scout concepts on Jay Leno’s Garage

    Yes, aerodynamic drag goes up with the square of the speed, it is the bigger factor on flat ground. Gravity potential energy is linear with elevation change so weight matters when climbing hills.
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    Scout should publish info about EREV driving modes

    I thought the whining was gear noise from the diffs.
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    Scout concepts on Jay Leno’s Garage

    Great if folks cancel, moves the rest of us up in line!
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    Scout concepts on Jay Leno’s Garage

    Yes, what I’ve been expecting and Scott seemed to imply is that the generator will run as needed to keep the battery with a reasonable amount of charge.
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    Scout concepts on Jay Leno’s Garage

    I’m sure the engineers have good reason but it is a bit disappointing to learn the Traveler Harvester tow limit is 5000 instead of 6000. Hopefully it will still be built as a serious work vehicle, capable of regularly towing close to 5000 for long distances. And that the tow mode software will...
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    Driver assistance features while towing

    We plan to buy a Traveler Harvester, 80% of the miles we put on it will be towing a travel trailer. I hope at that least adaptive cruise control and lane centering will be supported in tow mode. They relieve a lot of stress. The separation distances with adaptive cruise control should increase...
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    What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

    We will use our Traveler primarily for towing a travel trailer. I trust there will be an integrated brake controller. I really like the way Rivian put the manual brake button on the steering wheel, multi-tasking the thumb wheel when in tow mode. This is a huge improvement in safety and...
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