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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    Fair — I buried the lede. Short version: The EA211-ERV just went into production in the VW ID. Era 9X, launched March 2026. Brand new but it's a production engine, not a concept — VW's words are "Golden Range Extender." That's the freshest proven data point. LTO chemistry is older and well...
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    What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

    Please make it as simple as possible with real buttons and switches.. most of these suggestions sounds like maintenance nightmares by year 5. make this something that lasts 30 years.
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    Higher Range

    Range by batteries alone is just weight. And weight is the enemy of everything this truck is supposed to do — tow, climb, wheel, last 30 years. The Rivian R1S gets its 410 miles by hauling a 6,000+ lb curb weight. The Lucid Gravity is heavier still. You're not buying range — you're buying an...
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    Battery only or harvester.. starting to rethink it.

    Great real-world data SpaceEVDriver — and honestly it makes the case for the architecture I'm proposing better than I could. You've optimized everything — tire pressure, speed, routing — and you're still working around the pack's limitations in wind and elevation. At 72mph into a 40mph...
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    Battery only or harvester.. starting to rethink it.

    Started a new post with more details about my ideas.. https://community.scoutmotors.com/threads/what-if-the-harvester-shed-1-000-lbs-and-got-better-the-case-for-lto-ea211-erv.7573/#post-76726
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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    e90 M3 / Jeep LJ Rubi owner · Preorder #3933623624 · replacing an X5 with this I've been sitting on this for a while. Already sent it to Scout directly — got a very polished "thanks, noted" from support. So I'm bringing it here, where the people who actually care about this stuff are. The...
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    Battery only or harvester.. starting to rethink it.

    Harvester skeptic here too — but I think the fix is the architecture, not the powertrain choice itself. The issue I keep coming back to isn't gas vs. electric — it's that a conventional EREV design makes you haul 1,200–1,500 lbs of low-C-rate lithium just to get range. That weight spiral is...