Harvester Battery Stage of Charge Question

[SpaceEVDriver]

Ooooo! Is that a hint at the end @Jamie@ScoutMotors ?

Anyone who drives deliberately can get better than the EPA rating on any vehicle.
I regularly get 2.5 miles/kWh in the Lightning on the freeway.
The battery is 131 kWh usable.
That’s 328 miles freeway.
I regularly get >3 miles/kWh around town.
That’s > 390 miles range.

The EPA rating is 320 miles for my truck.

 

[J Alynn]

Ram is bringing back the TRX. That’s what Ram is good at (and making a mockery of a Diesel Power Wagon that really isn’t a Power Wagon).

But to be fair, Scout hasn’t brought their product to market yet either. Right now Ram & Scout are in a tie when it comes to their EV lineup.

Fair point

 

[RodorW]

RAM could be good at EVs (though the Jeep and Dodge point otherwise) they won’t know for a while because they’re too afraid to try, but they built a base around V8s and for a lot of those people it’s hard to try something new or in many cases give up the sound

 

[6-ScoutFamily]

Anyone who drives deliberately can get better than the EPA rating on any vehicle.
I regularly get 2.5 miles/kWh in the Lightning on the freeway.
The battery is 131 kWh usable.
That’s 328 miles freeway.
I regularly get >3 miles/kWh around town.
That’s > 390 miles range.

The EPA rating is 320 miles for my truck.

You make me swoon with hope.

 

[R1TVT]

I once drove for an entire day without charging my R1T...
Of course, I was going much slower than normal due to a solar eclipse that was creating chaos in the north woods.
I was hitting 4 mi/kWh easy!
LOL

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

RAM could be good at EVs (though the Jeep and Dodge point otherwise) they won’t know for a while because they’re too afraid to try, but they built a base around V8s and for a lot of those people it’s hard to try something new or in many cases give up the sound

The Ram REV with the Pentastar has potential. But I agree, most truck owners want to hear a V8. The 5.7L Hemi is damn near bullet proof (I had two of them), and in the REV it could be a great combo.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

You make me swoon with hope.

I live at 7000 ft elevation so even discounting the downhill (because I have to come back up, and it's more expensive to climb than you gain going down), that's a 20% decrease to air density and wind resistance compared with sea level, which makes a huge difference. I run with my tires at near max pressure, which reduces rolling resistance but increases harshness. I consider our 75 mph speed limit to be a maximum, not a minimum. I have a wide temperature tolerance (I've lived in the hot desert and the cold desert), so rarely see the need for HVAC use. I grew out of the need for hard acceleration about 20 years ago. And I rarely rush.