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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    DC Input for Portable Solar Panels

    I started another discussion about something similar. https://community.scoutmotors.com/threads/solar-ready-package-especially-for-the-traveler.2377/ Solar that’s portable cannot generate enough voltage to charge the high-voltage battery of a BEV directly. But carrying an auxiliary battery can...
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    Switching Harvester to All EV Model?

    You’d be filled up three times before she was done.
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    What's the timeline (w/ charging and fill-ups) for a 720 mile road trip (no towing) with and without the harvester?

    If we knew how the Harvester works (i.e., is this a plug-in hybrid or truly a range extender), we could answer a bit better. But we don't, despite all the very strong assertions in the forum by people who pretend to know. When people have played with its limits is when we'll know. @R1TVT is...
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    What do you all do? Curious about Scout buyers occupations, or former occupations.

    The Mars Climate Orbiter probably skipped out of the Martian atmosphere due to the unit conversion error (one of the contractors used imperial units while everyone else uses metric). The Mars Polar Lander probably crashed because there was too much bounce in the landing legs when they opened and...
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    What do you all do? Curious about Scout buyers occupations, or former occupations.

    I've been making use of your optics. ~30 years of planetary remote sensing using RADAR, LiDAR, and UV, Visible, and IR imaging from the Voyagers, Hubble, Viking, Galileo, Cassini, and many other spacecraft up to those continuing to operate today. Now I mostly do data preservation and...
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    240V Outlet on Traveller

    The promise of the bidirectional charger really isn't always met by an EV anyway. If you've gone out for a drive when the power is out, the main benefit of the bidirectional charger---an automated switchover---has no value.
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    How about a cheap version that i can actually take offroad

    It’s the Slate. https://www.slate.auto/en I put in a reservation. I don’t think it’ll ever make it to market, but... I would add a second motor to the front, and I would increase the battery size, but otherwise it’s almost perfect as a ranch and exploring truck.
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    Solar-Ready package (especially for the Traveler)

    There are a couple of brands looking for early investors to basically kickstart their solutions. I like putting the battery inside the SUV or in the bed of the truck rather than on a roof rack because it doesn’t raise the center of gravity as much. And because I like to be able to use the...
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    Solar-Ready package (especially for the Traveler)

    I’ve retrofitted non-permanent solar onto travel trailers by setting up a roof rack-style panel mount so the panels can easily be removed by loosening a couple of fasteners. Then I run 8AWG wire from the roof-mounted solar to a plug panel. There’s minimal strain on the wires when done correctly...
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    Solar-Ready package (especially for the Traveler)

    As I think about this, the issue I have with the cable hatch is that if you want to have the solar plugged in while driving down the road it would expose the interior to whatever exterior environmental conditions you might encounter while on the way to your camping site. I most often camp off...
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    Solar-Ready package (especially for the Traveler)

    Something as simple as a cable hatch, if it were large enough to pass a NACS head through, would work, but it would be inherently less weather resistant.
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    Solar-Ready package (especially for the Traveler)

    I think you missed the point of my post.
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    Switching Harvester to All EV Model?

    I don't think that's what you sound like. I think you sound like someone who hasn't experienced an EV and has good reasons to worry about whether a BEV would be right for you. The midwest has an infrastructure that's not welcoming to EVs and that causes a catch-22 for potential EV buyers (who...
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    Trailer Options?

    Based on other similar electric vehicles (Lightning, R1T, R1S) with similar ranges, you can expect the BEV to have a GVWR between about 7500 to 8500 pounds with a payload of between about 1500 and 2000 pounds.
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    Solar-Ready package (especially for the Traveler)

    Yeah, I would imagine if designed well, it could be something that’s not required to be optioned at purchase of the vehicle but could be installed after delivery if desired.
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