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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    Good to hear you’re healing and so is your bike!
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    Scout Concepts At LA Auto Show, November 21-30, 2025

    I have a concern about the flat floor with no barrier between the driver space and the passenger space. No matter how hard one might try, keeping the passenger floor clear of items will not always be successful. It’s good to have the driver’s floor space physically separated from the passenger...
  3. SpaceEVDriver

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

    It's the same supplier. They are clearly not adhering to health and safety standards.
  4. SpaceEVDriver

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

    For whatever a ranking is worth... US News and World Report: Best Electric Pickup Trucks for 2025 and 2026 https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/rankings/electric-pickup-trucks
  5. SpaceEVDriver

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

    I disagree with the beginning premise of the article. Stellantis isn’t even doing gas vehicles well right now. I’ll repeat myself: the company is acting as if it were bought by a private equity firm and is being dismantled.
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    Yeah. I usually slow way down to avoid them because they’re also often the ones speeding along at 80-90 mph. The solution is actually very easy: For on-highway/on-road, use a WDH. Once you get off-road, swap to an articulating hitch. At low speeds, the dangers are so much lower, especially to...
  7. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    Moving the battery forward some makes good sense. Can you share whether the Harvester will have an additional, separate heat pump and cooling loop from the BEV? It would make sense to me that it does, but if it doesn’t, that will further impact the towing capacity. How fun that the engineers...
  8. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    They are the same. Rivian is responsible and has a TW of 500 pounds and towing of 5000 pounds without a WDH. Chevrolet apparently doesn’t care about other people on the road and uses 12% instead of 10% so their advertised tongue limit is 600 pounds and 5000 pounds towing without a WDH. That’s...
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    THIS!!!
  10. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    Oh, no, it wouldn’t be cheap to do. And at some point the brakes would need to be beefed up, which is the point I stop being interested in increasing towing capacity. When you start messing with direct safety equipment, it’s time to just buy a vehicle that’s designed by the experienced engineers...
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    Exactly.
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    Since you put in a question mark, I'll answer the question. ;) It's "moment arm." A “moment" is the product of a distance and force. In our case, the force is weight of the Harvester and the distance is how far aft of the rear axle is the center is mass of the Harvester genset mounted.
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    In general a WDH is needed if the weight of the trailer is more than about 50% of the GVWR of the tow vehicle. In practice, for a light duty truck like the Lightning or Terra, they'll say you must use a WDH when the trailer weighs more than 5k pounds. Example: ALL F-150s have a maximum...
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    :) To be sure, this is a simplification and there are a bunch of additional factors that weigh in. It’s just a starting place to understand why the Harvester might have lower rated towing capacity than the BEV. The reality is that what a vehicle is physically capable of towing is often very...
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    Payload doesn’t care about weight distribution (much). If you put 300 extra pounds of genset, cooling, etc. anywhere into the Harvester model, your available payload decreases by 300 pounds. You could put it all under the frunk or between the axles or hanging off the rear end (this is when...
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    Scout Traveler and Terra Photo Collections and Wallpapers

    For me, they’re pretty but not useable. The first thing I do is put rubberized trays in the driver and front passenger foot wells (and usually the rear as well) so I’m not stepping on carpet. I don’t want something pretty under my muddy, greasy, wet boots. If they offered something in...
  17. SpaceEVDriver

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

    As I understand it, on the BEV, 33” and smaller tires would fit under the rear of the Traveler. I don’t see any need for a 35” tire for my uses. While I do enjoy off-roading, I have never needed more than a 32” tire to do the kind of off-roading I do. The backpack appears to be smaller than...
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    Ev Delay

    I fully expect Scout to get 350 miles on the BEV. That’s such a well-known number by now that they have to have a trim that gets at least 350 miles or they will disappoint everybody. I think this is likely more important than base price. Can they get 400 miles? Absolutely. How much money do...
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    Scout Concepts At LA Auto Show, November 21-30, 2025

    Here’s their main page: https://www.tylernordgren.com/merchandise Their special edition Grand Canyon Pendleton seems to be sold out. Maybe if there’s enough interest, the Grand Canyon Trust will get more made. https://www.tylernordgren.com/pendleton/grand-canyon-centennial-pendleton-blanket...
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    Scout Concepts At LA Auto Show, November 21-30, 2025

    That would be fun. @Jamie@ScoutMotors I know someone who has designed several Pendleton blankets and also does a lot of similar outdoors/environmental art, if you’re looking to commission some Scout-branded art pieces...
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