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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    Package options - what would you like bundled?

    I have heated seats and steering wheels in both of our vehicles. I don’t know if I’d find it useful to have it in the armrests, instrument panel, or door panels. But I would find it useful in the footwells—that would help keep feet warm when just using the heating elements rather than the full HVAC.
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    Package options - what would you like bundled?

    Radiant heat would also help with cabin noise, both from lowering the need/use of fans and from the insulation I’d expect to have wherever the system is installed. I’ve never had a vehicle with it, nor even seen the internals of such a system. Lots to ponder there.
  3. SpaceEVDriver

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    I’m not doing the work because I’m not the expert. We’re getting gutters on the workshop today! We couldn’t afford them when the building was first done, so we had to wait. I’ve done gutters before, but really didn’t do a great job and didn’t enjoy it, so I’m happy to pay the people who do this...
  4. SpaceEVDriver

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

    I'm not sure how accurate the article is for all the other EVs, but with our Fords, creep doesn't really happen how they say it does. I'm trying to recall a time when I experienced creep at all in either of the Fords. Ford does have an option to toggle a feature called "Auto Hold," which I...
  5. SpaceEVDriver

    Lexus LX/Tesla3 ==> Terra BEV

    Yes, if someone figures out how to build a translation module, then that could be super valuable.
  6. SpaceEVDriver

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

    I am also a scientist—20 years of research and development. I grew up in poverty and learned to do everything myself. I mean everything. I’ve built stick-built houses. I’ve built brick houses. I’ve built adobe houses. I’ve built concrete houses. I’ve plumbed all of those houses. I’ve done the...
  7. SpaceEVDriver

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

    Regarding service... I hope Scout has a very large budget for training technicians, especially independent techs and shops who can both do basic repairs of Scout vehicles, and can also do warranty work. And I hope that they’ll fund that warranty work well enough to attract skilled technicians...
  8. SpaceEVDriver

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

    If the fossil fuel subsidies ended, the savings on EVs would be painfully obvious while also saving trillions in tax dollars.
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    Package options - what would you like bundled?

    I live at ~7000 ft elevation in one of the snowiest cities in North America. I’m only ~2 hours from Phoenix. I want the cold weather package, including heated seats and steering wheel. And I want the package that includes cooled, preferably AC-vented, seats. And would love a chilled steering...
  10. SpaceEVDriver

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    This summer I acquired a 16-foot trailer for a song and dance, and I’m not at all musical, so I got the better end of the deal. It’s a tandem axle trailer with about 7k pounds capacity. But it didn’t have brakes. In AZ, you can’t tow a trailer with more than 3k pounds capacity on public roadways...
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    First Time EV Owner: Live experience report

    A note here: You don’t have to match speed before you turn off the cruise control. You can use the throttle to bump up the speed a touch then turn off cruise; or you can use the cruise down-speed control to slowly lower speed until you feel it’s right. Finally, I believe on the Kias you can use...
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Off-topic stuff…

    We're within city limits, so even if I did, the city does not. I'm fairly certain some of my neighbors are poachers, though. When my kid grew out of it, I disposed of our hunting gear. Now we just shoot photographs.
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Lexus LX/Tesla3 ==> Terra BEV

    As far as battery swap is concerned: We’ll need a Battery Management Subsystem that speaks to the new battery and to the old vehicle. That’s going to require something like: Standardization of BMS across the industry; Open hardware/firmware of the BMS from Scout; Some clever hackers; A lack of...
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    Pictures From Rodeo Event: Ft Worth, TX

    It looks like those 37s are going to rub at full turn and definitely at full stuff, if the suspension as-shown is the same as in production.
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    Lexus LX/Tesla3 ==> Terra BEV

    I honestly have no idea what the mileage we had on our vehicles when I was a kid. We’d drive it until the JB Weld, duck tape, and baling wire stopped holding it together. At that point, we'd go buy another one from the junkyard, and build some Frankenstein’s monster out of the junkers we had...
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    Nice. My biggest regrets on the powerstation I purchased are 1) it doesn’t do 240 volts; 2) it doesn’t easily accept add-on batteries. I have a plan to correct for 2), but can’t do anything about 1).
  17. SpaceEVDriver

    59 Months (and counting) of EV driving...

    We went on a little adventure this weekend. We hiked the Havasupai trail to camp in a feeder canyon to the Grand Canyon. This canyon has some of the most spectacular water falls in all of North America. The water has a gorgeous blue-green hue due to the dissolved calcium carbonate and magnesium...
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    Lexus LX/Tesla3 ==> Terra BEV

    Assuming no manufacturing defects, no hard racing every day behaviors, and no damage, the batteries with the chemistry that Scout will use will get 500,000-750,000 miles before they reach 70% of the original capacity. Math: NMC batteries get around 2000 full recharge cycles (100%-0%-100%; a...
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Maybe. But I'm a pessimist. Fortunately, tires are something that don't necessarily need as much testing and verification by the manufacturer as, say, batteries...
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    It probably is. :) In my research, I've found that tread type isn't as important as sidewall construction. So, while I would like an AS, they're generally not as rigid in the sidewall as we need. So you end up trading out a minor impact on range (tread) for a greater impact (sidewall flexure)...
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