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    Harvester generator gas and not diesel

    I imagine that engine cooling will be isolated from battery cooling. An ICE engine will run at like 185f - 200f and a battery should be more like 40f - 110f. I am happy to hear that it will be encased and presumably have an elevated intake and exhaust. This is all good stuff.
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    Harvester generator gas and not diesel

    I do wonder which engine does better after getting dunked underwater (while not running). I've submerged a running diesel truck engine briefly and it was more or less fine. I've had a gas engine get very wet (not from fording), and it took a lot of compressed air, and wd-40 to get that thing...
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    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    Hopefully it will be an easy thing to change. My wife does one petal driving every time, and I have it set to use the brake pedal for regen and the lightest regen setting when you let off the accelerator (the closes to normal ICE engine drag). I also personally like it to creep forward when I...
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    Door lock keypad

    My only problem with keypads in general I that the numbers wear out or get shiny and it doesn't take many uses before anyone can tell which numbers are part of the most used code. A scramble pad, or even a glass touch pad can fix that issue. The keypad along with very solution mentioned in this...
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    Limp Modes or Selective Disabling

    I'm not a wordsmith, so I'm not surprised whatever I said was unclear. I do however work on/with military vehicles that can't be non-operational just because of a few big problems. I would imagine that something that automatically disables systems would be much more difficult to engineer and get...
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    Harvester towing

    It is pretty likely that while Jay had that limitation in the prototype, the production vehicle will be better. Those prototypes cost a lot of money, are metaphorically brittle, and aren't easily fixed or replaced compared to a production vehicle. I'm holding out hope for the production...
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    Limp Modes or Selective Disabling

    Oh yeah. I hoped that highlighting the word *some* would make that clear. That specific bullet point would require some engineering. Depending on the type of failure of the battery pack, it is sometimes safe to keep it trickle charged to 50% and only use the power to start the harvester...
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    Limp Modes or Selective Disabling

    I didn’t see this when I was searching, but here goes… I’d really like to see options for “limp modes” or selective disabling of systems. Here are a few examples: In the event of a motor or cabling failure, it would be nice to be able to disable the front or rear motors. In the event of a...
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    Hidden locking compartments under seats

    I've had that before and it was so great. I suppose the frunk would be good for this too, depending on the shape of what you're stashing.
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    Harvester towing

    I'm also just adding my name to the general statement that 7500lbs should probably be the minimum. At only 5k, this thing wouldn't be able to tow a friend's cybertruck to a service center, lol.
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    12v Battery: Not an afterthought

    I'm pretty sure we'll want the 12v system to have a battery independent from the HV battery. You wouldn't want that contactor flapping just to listen for the key fob or running sensors... But also, who knows.
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    Make Harvester easily serviceable for the diy (oil changes, air filter, and spark plug replacements)

    This is good news for hillbillies like myself.
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    Make Harvester easily serviceable for the diy (oil changes, air filter, and spark plug replacements)

    I think you're probably right on all these points.
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    Make Harvester easily serviceable for the diy (oil changes, air filter, and spark plug replacements)

    These are all good points. I personally would almost never need the harvester except for road trips, or if the kids are hogging our charger, lol.
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    Make Harvester easily serviceable for the diy (oil changes, air filter, and spark plug replacements)

    I personally would prefer naturally aspirated on a gasser, but to be fair I don't build thousands of these kinds of trucks in my spare time. What I was picturing/guessing was: diesel: 2.0 TDI from the 2015+ golf I think they get just under 150HP and people regularly get 300k miles out of them...
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