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    So, welcome to the Scout Community! We encourage you to check back regularly as we plan to engage our members, share teasers, and participate in discussions. The world needs Scouts™. Let's get going.


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  1. SpaceEVDriver

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    Yes.
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    Onboard air compressor

    With the proper setup, the industry-leading ARB twin cylinder air compressor can refill four 35" tires from about 16 PSI to 36 PSI in about 5 minutes. The higher pressures take quite a bit longer. Single piston compressors from the past would take 20-30 minutes. If there’s an onboard air...
  3. SpaceEVDriver

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    If we can afford one, there’s a chance. We have to see them in person. On paper, the Traveler is too wide. Clearly nobody is making an approx 70-75-inch wide BEV SUV with off-road capabilities and a useable UX/UI any time soon. We have some time to wait, so we’ll see. Maybe Toyota will recover...
  4. SpaceEVDriver

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    I had high hopes for the R2, but don't think it'll be what we are interested in. Their engineers are too stuck in the "software-defined" everything paradigm. That's not an approach that works for us. We'll test drive one, but I fully expect we'll cancel our reservation.
  5. SpaceEVDriver

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    The Lightning’s frunk isn’t uncomfortable. I expect the Terra’s to be about the same, and would guess the Traveler’s isn’t much smaller. https://community.scoutmotors.com/threads/bigger-frunk.2776/post-45992
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    Moab / Canyonlands NP / Arches NP trip in a Terra-like Electric Pickup (F-150 Lightning)

    Some brief statistics: Total miles Driven: 1277 miles Total energy used: 450 kWh Average efficiency: 2.8 miles/kWh Approximate average mpg equivalent: 96 miles/gallon Average range on a full battery: 367 miles (2.8 * 131) Maximum speed limit: 65 mph Total cost for energy: $83.04, including...
  7. SpaceEVDriver

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    As much as I despise dealers, If a BEV 4Runner or Tacoma with 330+ miles EPA were available, I couldn't care less what color it came in. That's what wraps are for.
  8. SpaceEVDriver

    Moab / Canyonlands NP / Arches NP trip in a Terra-like Electric Pickup (F-150 Lightning)

    It’ll take me some time to write up. For now, I’ll just say: I really, really want a true off-road capable BEV SUV. I’m afraid the Traveler will be too big. The R1S is too big. The R2 doesn’t appear to be the right solution.
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    Accelleration

    They're more than 20% more expensive than my first house. And federal minimum wage has only been increased once since we bought that first house...
  10. SpaceEVDriver

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    It'll most likely get around 2.4 in the EPA test. I can get up to 2.5 on the freeway in the Lightning at 7000 ft elevation (~20% better than at sea level).
  11. SpaceEVDriver

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    These numbers make sense. The Scout is likely to get 2.4 miles/kWh in EPA estimates, so 150 miles is reasonable. The RAM is likely to pretend to be more powerful than necessary, so it's likely to get 1.6 miles/kWh. To me, 93 kWh to go 145 miles is believable. Dumb, but believable. The Scout...
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Moab / Canyonlands NP / Arches NP trip in a Terra-like Electric Pickup (F-150 Lightning)

    Google Earth. But it's a multi-step process if I have more than two end points in the route. I build the route on Google's "my maps" website, export a KML file, open that in Earth, then combine the route into a single multigeometry. I wrote a tutorial, but would have to dig around for it...
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Moab / Canyonlands NP / Arches NP trip in a Terra-like Electric Pickup (F-150 Lightning)

    I made a better image to show the charger accessibility and the population density together.
  14. SpaceEVDriver

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    Edit. What I posted was about the Travelall, not the Electrall. The Travelall trademark is available. The Electrall name doesn’t appear to ever have been trademarked.
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    Moab / Canyonlands NP / Arches NP trip in a Terra-like Electric Pickup (F-150 Lightning)

    I’m leading a small group back (small enough to fit in the Lightning) to NAZ, Southern UT, Moab, Canyonlands, Arches, etc. for a geology and photography field trip and shaking out a new venture. This will be about 1000 to 1500 miles round trip. We’ll stay at hotels where there are L2 chargers or...
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    Consumer Freedom and Scout Motors in South Carolina

    Any extended warranty that requires extra payment is, on the whole, better for the house than for the player. The house always wins is a cliche for a reason. Do players sometimes win? Sure. Otherwise the house wouldn’t be able to keep players coming back nor would it be able to attract new...
  17. SpaceEVDriver

    Consumer Freedom and Scout Motors in South Carolina

    We reject all of the extended warranties, gap insurance, the $20 extended warranty on a TV, etc., etc., etc. We’ve been putting all of the money we don’t spend on those nonsense products into investments. I added it up recently and rejecting all of those scams and investing the money instead is...
  18. SpaceEVDriver

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    100%
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    Define your lifestyle….

    I don’t really know what to say about my lifestyle. Started life off-grid...rancher, farmer, scientist, explorer, overlander, hunter, photographer… Vehicles are tools for me, so I don’t really “get” the lifestyle aspect of them. If the seat can’t hold up to my muddy jeans butt with a...
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    EREV initial release only?

    A brief and incomplete history of EREVs: Patton Motor Car: Patented in 1889, produced in 1891-1897+ Porsche Mixte: Production 1900+ (first production hub motor vehicle) Pieper railcars: 1911+ ČKD locomotives: 1986-1996 Chevrolet Volt: Production in 2011 BMW i3 REx: Announced 2012, production in...
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