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  1. AlanL

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    The base (not towing) case is a 30.3 kW draw at 70 mph, 41.2 hp, which seems like a pretty modest load. The towing case is 60.6 kW (82.4 hp) at 70 mph, 56.3 (76.5) at 65, and 52 (70.7) at 60. Adding in losses I have no idea how that translates into a real ICE and what kind of peak performance...
  2. AlanL

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    But the majority of those 350 miles will be at the much lower loads, not at peak.
  3. AlanL

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    I think you're too skeptical for the base case and overly pessimistic in the towing case. I agree that steep grades will probably draw from the battery too. (Personally I would say "almost certainly" for grades.) 150 miles at 70 mph is 2.14 hours. Using 65 kWh in 2.14 hours is a steady draw of...
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    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    Yes, here are quotes from the Jay Leno interview saying that. Keep in mind this is probably steady state on reasonably flat ground, you should expect to also draw some from the battery going uphill and hopefully the Harvester will be big enough to restore some charge on the level or slow down...
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    Tow range

    It might not take as large an engine and generator as you think. This is all speculation based on limited information of course. Yep, it will be great when we get real numbers from testing. In the Motor Trend interview Scott Keogh said the Harvester battery will be about 60 to 70-ish kWh, let’s...
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    Tow range

    Welcome! Our take would be to stop a little more often to avoid the complication. Try to start with a full battery, driving in a mode where the battery stays above say 30%. It is not clear how much granularity Scout will provide on that. Once the Harvester starts being used to maintain the...
  7. AlanL

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    Not knowing any facts about how the drive units feed regen power I have been assuming the Harvester would use the same path. Does that not actually work because of inherent electrical differences?
  8. AlanL

    What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

    An infotainment screen display when charging that shows the charging curve adjusted for the current charger performance with the time to add miles of travel adjusted for recent use, i.e adapting for my specific less efficiency when towing, etc.
  9. AlanL

    Scout Traveler SUV Green Off-Road Concept

    Mine too. I have heard that some tow and roadside assistance operators now carry a small battery just like they carry a gas can.
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    Harvester towing

    I think the drama in this case is mostly warranted. It seems like most of the commenters are saying they would have been interested in the Terra Harvester but not if it can only tow 5000 lbs. Maybe SM has a good reason for that and are willing to forego those sales. I agree that saying the...
  11. AlanL

    Harvester towing

    WOW, thanks! I’ll have to save and study this some more. And I’ll forgive you for not pointing out the 1066 meters is at STP. (;)) Folks in Colorado will get a bit more distance in summer. Now I’ll have to look up air density with temperature and with elevation to see where winter in Colorado falls.
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    Harvester towing

    My favorite undergrad course was differential equations. A lot of interesting real world questions can be easily solved with them.
  13. AlanL

    Harvester towing

    I was trying to consider total energy consumption over a significant drive, say at least 50 miles. The expenditure for drag is constant over the whole distance, linear with distance and squared with speed. The expenditure for K.E. is just to get up to speed, amortized over the whole distance...
  14. AlanL

    Harvester towing

    I need a brief physics lesson please. I know drag increases as the square of velocity. At a steady speed on level ground there is no increase in kinetic or potential energy, so where does the extra velocity multiple come in?
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    Harvester towing

    I was going to make the same comment then thought about you doing 80. The U-Haul and cargo look pretty low profile, but the drag is 78% worse at 80 than at 60. I have no idea how the U-Haul at 80 compares to a travel trailer at 60.
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