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    Bench Seat vs Standard

    I have owned both. My dogs preferred the bench seating (although driving for 3+ hours with a dog head in your lap was a bit annoying). I don't think any of my current vehicles have benches. The last vehicle I got with a bench I got the bench for a different reason - and never used it for...
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    South Carolina Bill Introduced - Email to Reservation Holders

    Funny, but sad. We don't allow direct sales in Texas either. IIRC Tesla has to ship vehicles made in Austin out of state, so they can be sold and delivered to Texas customers (including those in Austin)... While I understand kind of why the law was created - it no longer serves its purpose...
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    Payload and towing with harvester range extender on a Traveler

    Unless they use something like a standard receiver hitch - using a load balancing hitch will be difficult. Without a load balancing hitch, tongue weight will limit most trailers rather than overall trailer weight. Read up on a few other vehicles - they brag about how much they can tow, but...
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    Did Your City Receive 2025 Grant Funds To Build Charging and Refueling Infrastructure?

    No. Not a public charger in my county. But to be honest - my county does not have any major transit corridors (well apparently we do, but only for illegal activity - seems the interstates are patrolled more, so illegal activity gets rerouted through us). If I go a few miles north - there is a...
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    How flat towing should work in a perfect world....if Scout makes it a feature.

    Given its weight, it would be nice if a braking system was included (at least as an option) by Scout. If that braking system could be regenerative, all the better. If a braking system is included, it will have some electrical draw whenever the Scout is in tow mode. Given the size of the EV...
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    More Info on Scout Terra and Traveler (Scout Blog)

    V2L was mentioned specifically for the truck, but the SUV mentioned this I am more interested in the Harvester mentioning a range in excess of 500 miles, while the EV saying up to 350 miles (so it could be significantly less).
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    Terra Rear Bumper Step

    A lot of truck manufacturers have put ladders in their tail gates. I really don't like these. My truck does not have a step in the bumper corner, but I did add an AMP Research drop down corner step - probably the best modification I have ever done to a vehicle. Now in all fairness, perhaps it...
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    Interesting article about the engineering underneath the new Scouts

    I thought my 2000 Ford F150 still had a solid front axle, but I sold it 8 years ago - so could be wrong. My Dodge did have a solid front axle - but sold it closer to 25 years ago - and I only remember it was a solid axle because I managed to rip it off. My truck is a solid front axle F250...
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    Suggestion: Autonomous Driving Mode

    Quick google showed aging articles - but it seemed like Merc's level 3 is limited to a very specific (but useful) situation - traffic on a highway at below 40mph (and then probably only specific highways). Other commenters mentioned the real difference between level 2 and level 3 is where the...
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    Ideas for Scout Engineers

    solar has it's place, but it is limited in a vehicle. I did have solar on my truck for overlanding. I did not have huge batteries, and I wanted to keep a fridge running. Without looking it up, I guess the fridge used 50 watts of power (google of a similar fridge said 350 watts per day - so...
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    Interesting article about the engineering underneath the new Scouts

    A lot depends on what you are looking for. 4 wheel independent suspension will have less unsprung weight and will generally have a nicer ride. More modern... Accept when you look at most serious off road vehicles, they have gone to solid axles for durability. Kind of like why a Chevy 1/2 ton...
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    3 Years

    I guess it has been hinted at - but how long is the approval process to sell a new design in the US? I am assuming that at at least some of the crash testing and emissions (harvester) needs to be on a production line vehicle. But yes, any sell by date nearly 3 years in advance is something...
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    Suggestion: Autonomous Driving Mode

    Googled a bit. Rivian has Driver+ in addition to it's standard driver assist. That said, with just a quick search, did not see it loved as one of the best. I believe VW is IQ Drive 4. The video I watched might not have been overly critical, but it seemed to compare better. I am pretty sure...
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    Approximate Charge Time

    At this point in time, I am not overly worried. I will simply need to factor in the cost (time and $) of supercharger boosts and see if I should just take one of my gas vehicles. I will simply wire the new house to future proof it if possible. The closest superchargers are 10 miles from my...
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    Approximate Charge Time

    I don't know what the current electrical standard is - I do recall seeing pairs of bonded breakers in my current house - but it is older. Perhaps I read somewhere that someone ran a second set of wires (for 60 amp 240) to handle the 100 amp load, but then again while it might work, it might not...
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    Approximate Charge Time

    I don't think many EV's are allowing 100 amp 240v charging. I think Ford offered something like that as an option for the Lightning, but between the cost and the demand, it has already been discontinued. IIRC it required 2 onboard chargers - and for residential installs, it required 2 circuits...
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    Approximate Charge Time

    Right now I think it is a lot of - It depends. It will depend on the charging station (not many level 4 stations exist, I suspect there are still a LOT of level 2 stations out there). Even when you get to level 3 stations, the odds are they are sharing their capacity over multiple towers, so...
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    Harvester Directly Powering Motors?

    I do not own an automotive EV, but have used various other electric vehicles. The "drive trains" start with a DC motor, then essentially creates a variable frequency ac signal to drive the motor. Resistance based speed controls in pure DC setups is less efficient - and I assume there are also...
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    Bourgeoisie leather seating please! ;-)

    My King Ranch leather is holding up well - but I have seen other (older) that did not. I wish my dash was holding up as well (it is cracking all over). My Toyota leather is not looking so great. VW leather is probably holding up the best. I don't really care about vegan. I knew plenty of...
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    Camping

    I built a camper not entirely unlike that one a few years ago. Just looking at the picture, it looks like a box sitting on a platform to raise it above the wheel wells (that is what I did with mine). Mine was heavily insulated and camped well, but I knew even after the first trip I wanted to...
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