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  1. strider

    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    I completely understand what the paddles do. I am trying to figure out why they are useful. In the OPD mode, you can always have as much or as little regen as you want just based on where your left foot is. You want more? Lift off more. You want less? Lift off less. There is NO need for...
  2. strider

    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    Can you explain how they're useful? I have never used them and I am seriously curious. To me it seems like it would add a ton of time lag and require way more thinking on the part of the driver. With paddles: You are driving down the road and realize that you are closing on a car in front of...
  3. strider

    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    Agree wholeheartedly. I love the way that Tesla (and Volvo) has implemented this. Regen is solely controlled by the right pedal, friction brakes are solely controlled by the left pedal. Elegant in its simplicity. Tesla does have an optional setting to blend friction brakes when the battery...
  4. strider

    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Please do not implement this. Paddles are a gimmick. 15-year EV driver here (Tesla and Volvo) and I have NEVER wanted or needed a mechanical way to adjust regen on the fly. The ONLY thing you need to modulate regen is your left foot. Want max regen? Lift your foot all...
  5. strider

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Don't know how they are today but I bought a TJ brand new in '97 and it was perfect. The only thing I had to do was change fluids and put in a clutch (I abused it by driving around San Francisco, towing my motorcycle trailer, and driving on the Rubicon and other trails with poor technique so I...
  6. strider

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    It's been a wild ride for sure (15 years and counting now). The thing I keep in mind is that it's not malicious. Elon truly believes that Teslas will drive themselves any day now so why spend money on things like steering column stalks and other driver controls? He also has no filter so he...
  7. strider

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Thanks for sharing! My daughter is 11 so a used one of these could be perfect for her.
  8. strider

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Yep, Tesla's lying continues. I still have not received some of the features in the Model S that Elon literally promised to my face back in 2012. While I am addicted to the power of my MXP, it is definitely time to move on.
  9. strider

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Agreed. People get all fired up about super fast charging but the grid is not built to handle megawatt swings in demand hundreds of times per day. The only way to achieve this would be to have large battery packs at the charging site that could dump power quickly and then slowly recharge from...
  10. strider

    solid state battery option

    Yeah, this would be a huge distraction for SM. Best to use standard battery tech so they can focus on everything else. Once they are established they can start experimenting with new battery tech. As an aside, has SM talked about the battery at all? Format, Chemistry, etc?
  11. strider

    One feature that made you pull the the trigger on a reservation….

    This is it for me too. I think they hit the right balance of digital and analog, virtual and physical. I've been driving Teslas since 2010 and do not like the direction they are headed. I started with the Roadster which was fully analog (based on Lotus Elise), then Model S, another Model S...
  12. strider

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    You are welcome. It looks like Idaho National Labratory has taken the torch from Oak Ridge. https://inl.gov/feature-story/how-molten-salt-could-be-the-lifeblood-of-tomorrows-nuclear-energy/ Also, private industry is working on it. There are several molten salt startups (MicroNuclear, Kairos...
  13. strider

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    It was Carter that killed reprocessing by Executive Order. Reagan reversed it on day 1 but no one will invest in the facilities if it can be rendered worthless at the stroke of a pen. I like a lot of what Carter did but as a nuke engineer in the Navy, he did not believe that civilians could...
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    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Oak Ridge had a molten salt reactor running back in the late 60s. Nixon killed it by giving the funding to his SoCal buddies (he was from there). The beauty of molten salt is that it cannot melt down. The temps never exceed the melting point of concrete nor the boiling point of the salt. The...
  15. strider

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    So just to follow up on this - you shouldn't compare L3 (DC fast charging) with L2 (AC slow charging) at home. It will be much cheaper to charge at home and nearly all of your charging will be done there (unless you live in an apartment or someplace that does not have power where you park...
  16. strider

    Interesting article about the engineering underneath the new Scouts

    The problem with this is the battery pack takes up the entire belly between the wheels so that spot where a center diff would go is full of batteries. You could potentially split the pack but that complicates wiring and serviceability. This is likely why everyone so far has gone with...
  17. strider

    Slate Truck Methodology

    While the legacy Scout fan base is loyal as you said, it is tiny - much too tiny to support an entirely new company. We can debate whether the manufacturers or the customers created the current market but the fact is that Scout is building trucks for the largest piece of the market. They must...
  18. strider

    Keep it Simple - Please

    Unfortunately, a lot of tech stuff is mandated these days. Backup cameras, advanced airbags, etc. Also, most of this stuff adds almost no cost, like a radio, cruise control, etc. Not to mention, more options is more cost. For example, having to design multiple interiors with speakers and...
  19. strider

    Flat Tow?

    So I am talking without any authoritative knowledge about Scout, but I have been around EVs for the past 15 years. My understanding is that Permanent Magnet Motors (which Google says Scout will use) cannot be towed when powered down except at very slow speeds (ie to pull onto a flatbed for...
  20. strider

    All EV/BEV needs its own name!

    THIS. The default is BEV. Terra and Traveler alone mean BEV. Harvester is a trim package that adds an ICE and would be called Terra Harvester and Traveler Harvester.
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