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

    The test was VERY specific. They told the facility exactly what to test, and did not give permission to test ANYTHING else. While it does hold a certain degree of promise - by specifying only one aspect of testing (charging of a single cell), it does not answer a ton of other questions. It...
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    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Overhead chargers - guess they don't have many full sized trucks and offroad vehicles. Most of our parking garages are a tight fit for me vertically already.
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    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    Well, like many days, no physical work was really accomplished. Well not technically true - no physical work was accomplished in the garage, but time has been spent on a different "hobby" (I used to build a decent amount of hand made rosaries - now it is more of a lent thing). Work today that...
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    Scout delayed??

    I purchased an EV yesterday (ok, only a golf cart). Why? AC motor has more speed and torque than gas. AC motor has less maintenance than gas. AC motor is quieter than gas. Simply put - even with current battery tech - electric golf cart is better than gas in most ways (charging is slower...
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    All terrain tires

    Funny - KO3's are all terrain tires.
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    Harvester Battery Stage of Charge Question

    While I can appreciate the Dodge will be able to handle more of my towing than the Scout - pretty sure I would avoid ever getting another vehicle with a Pentastar. We replace our Pentastar Jeep with a diesel one. Diesel performed so much nicer (the Pentastar would not have enough power to do...
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    National tour when?

    Any hints at what part of the state of Texas that might be?
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    Where would you like to see the Traveler and Terra this year?

    I can not believe nobody has said this yet. MY DRIVEWAY. Sure, not realistic - but probably honest for a lot of us.
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    Do You Want Your Scout To Have A Hands-Free Driving System?

    FSD may be an inevitable future - the only question is if it will happen before solid state batteries rule as well. Right now - FSD is not a viable current technology for most. The Robo Taxis is one of the closest, and I think most of those are still being monitored. Driving assist features...
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    BYD Shark PHEV Outsells Toyota HiLux in Australia

    Not a Scout, not really interested - although, will admit it looks better than a Telsa or Rivian, and maybe even a Ford Lightning.
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    What was your first job?

    Not close to my first job - I am "retired" now. If you call playing with cows for hours a day retired. But one of my wife's friends families run a dairy and do agrotainment in the fall. So I have kind of gone full circle. I still deal with hay (ok, but use a truck, tractor, and skid loader...
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    Help me decide BEV or EREV

    I think 1 year or 100hrs is a pretty common service interval on generators. That said, the 100hrs is so that the generator will be useful in an emergency - I think our whole house mentions that the interval can be stretched to 200hrs during an emergency. But that is still the rough equivalent...
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    Onboard air compressor

    Just one side note - I think it is recommended to run the engine while running the ARB dual due to it's amp draw. If Scout ends up wanting to put in a high capacity compressor - they might need to deal with powering it from the main battery rather than the AUX battery. That said, same problem...
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    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Lease cost for drilling is generally is a rounding error - or at least it has been around me for the last 50 years. Royalty percentage on the other hand can be some significant money. Rounding error might be a bit cruel - but honestly, first royalty check can be 10x the lease bonus check...
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    Onboard air compressor

    While an offroad EV would probably be heavier than an ICE in general - I would bet it is more location, rim, and tire choice. And in all fairness, the super long fill times I recall were airing my ranch truck back up, not an offroad vehicle. I only took it down to 10 psi - but it wants to be...
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    Onboard air compressor

    for offroading, the only "issue" is having a compressor that has the duty cycle to air tires up after being aired down - and the volume to do it in a reasonable time. That said, reasonable time is relative I guess. Even the fastest electric vehicle compressors are not all that fast. I have a...
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    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Scout Traveler SUV - 207.9 inch length (with rear mounted spare tire / carrier) - 190.9 inch length (without spare tire / carrier) - 91.6 inch width (with mirrors) - 79.9 inch width (without mirrors) - 120.4 inch wheelbase - 76.3 inch height - 12+ inch max ground clearance Bronco 4-Door - 189.4...
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    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Recall when I was young, parents would want to run the car without the AC on, because it cost a few mpg. It works both ways.
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    Want a Scout. Don't want the Drama!

    For fun, looked up global average gas prices - of course that is irrelevant without looking at corresponding electrical rates. Still, most of Europe looks like it above $6.50/gallon - with some countries hitting in over $9/gallon. The US looks like it is somewhere around the 30th percentile in...
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    Suggestion: Autonomous Driving Mode

    Robo Taxi?
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