Recent content by ThatOneRoadie

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  1. ThatOneRoadie

    Scout Concepts To Be On Display at Outside Festival May 31- June 1, 2025 in Denver, Colorado

    The Lift Kit and the not-quite-foot-tall stage it's on does help deliver that Imposing stance in person for sure, but seeing the Scout folks get into and out of it, and knowing the dimensions/expecting a proper-full-size SUV: it's not like it's a massive gigantic thing you've practically got to...
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    Scout Concepts To Be On Display at Outside Festival May 31- June 1, 2025 in Denver, Colorado

    Sorry for the delay! I just got home, and it's a heck of a hike for me to get into Downtown Proper from where I live. There's a ton. From my (Technically-oriented engineer but not an automotive engineer eye), the prototypes look solid. Like, surprisingly good, even for a "Please Give Us Money"...
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    Scout Concepts To Be On Display at Outside Festival May 31- June 1, 2025 in Denver, Colorado

    I can’t thank Jamie enough for letting me in, yapping his ear off for half an hour, and stealing him for the interior pictures. Awesome display, and great chat. Looking forward to the coming years of development!
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    Scout Concepts To Be On Display at Outside Festival May 31- June 1, 2025 in Denver, Colorado

    I hope it'll be outside the ticketed area, because single-day tickets are $86.83 and I probably can't swing that just to go look at the Traveler 😅. But given how The Outside Festival is usually set up, I doubt it. Gear, Demos, and Experiences (which I assume is where the Scout Display Area is...
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    Harvester - Request to allow it to charge battery while parked & a 30-40amp/240v outlet

    That's a pretty easy fix in software -- Disregard the CO Sensor if the vehicle is in a driving mode/not parked.
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    Rearview Camera Monitor

    I've got a Rav4 Limited with the Flip-to-camera mirror. It's a traditional mirror until you flip the tab at the bottom (usually used for cutting the rear headlights coming into the car), then it turns on a full-width screen that uses a rear camera. That's honestly a great compromise to me; When...
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    Make it run on low octane (aka cheaper gas)

    I'll second the low-octane-gas requirement. Especially up here in Colorado, a "Minimum 89 octane" Requirement often means buying Premium Gas (as the octane numbers are lower here). If the Harvester engine can run on 85 octane (which I understand means no turbocharger), it'd be greatly preferred...
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    Any chance on flat four?

    Something Fuel Injected and Naturally Aspirated, with lots of parts availability for easy repair, seems right up Scout’s alley (especially for repairability)
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    Any chance on flat four?

    If that's from the same Edmunds interview I remember, Keogh said it was "likely" that it would be sourced from "Somewhere" within VWAG. Not a confirmation; leaving the door open for others, but yeah, likely a VW group engine (which Rotax isn't; they're owned by BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG, under...
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    Any chance on flat four?

    Just a minor correction here; there are a number of Air-Cooled Flat-4's still in production. Some are even seeing new development in that field. Lycoming still makes the O-360 Series of 6 Liter, four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled engine. They come in Carbureted...
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    Free charge

    Just to give you some sense of "scale" for how much juice it takes to drive any BEV/PHEV around: Let's assume you could somehow fit 750 Watts of Solar on a truck tonneau cover. This, by the way, is VERY optimistic; some space will be lost to the trifold mechanism, the edges of the bed and...
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    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    I've driven a number of different regen systems for EV's and PHEV's. Toyota's system of "Brake-by-wire" / Regen on the brake pedal is the best for "new to EV" drivers to use. The car/computer does some regen when lifting the gas pedal (iirc on the 2008 Prius, it's about 2kW of Regen, to...
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    Traveler Ultimate Wish List for Scout Motors

    I want to say at one point, someone (Honda?) held a patent on a blind-spot camera appearing in the instrument cluster or media display when the turn signal was actuated, and that's part of why it's not more widespread (licensing that patent costs money).
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Bear in mind, these statistics from BTS are Single-Trip, i.e. One-Way distance: Importantly: “A movement with multiple stays of longer than 10 minutes before returning home is counted as multiple trips.” The statistics give a good idea for sure, but with so many of the trips being in the...
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    While my average "Single Trip" is probably less than 25 miles (somewhere in the 20 range), My "time between chargers" is closer to 100-150 on some days. I know I'm certainly in the minority, but I have multiple work sites I have to go between -- sometimes all of them in a day, which can add up...