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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Ah, I see. I must have missed some important context. I struggle to understand where the Harvester would appeal to me in any of my use cases (around town, road tripping, offroad camping/boondocking, or towing my tractor, travel trailer, utility trailer, or water trailer as far as from northern...
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Are you talking a 240 mile round trip starting at 100% and not charging anywhere before returning home? I do that all the time in my Lightning.
  3. SpaceEVDriver

    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    I was getting 8-18 mpg in my Tacoma depending on what I was towing/hauling, and I couldn't safely tow my tractor on the freeway. It was an easy calculation to get rid of gas and go all-electric as soon as we found the right deal with the Lightning. Even if we'd bought the Lightning at full...
  4. SpaceEVDriver

    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    We regularly do a similar drive. Ours is from the Flagstaff, AZ area to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon via Cameron. It's a 2+ hour drive one way. We often don't bother to charge and usually make it home with at least 30% remaining. If we do decide we want to charge, it's easy enough--there's...
  5. SpaceEVDriver

    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    We know there will be no direct connection between the Harvester and the wheels. The question is whether the Harvester will be able to power the traction motors when the battery is low or at 0%. My guess is that it will not. My guess is that the Harvester will be designed for high efficiency...
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Apologies. I come from a world where an engine is a gas-driven internal combustion device that converts controlled oxidation of fuel into rotary motion for use in all kinds of ways. A generator is a particular kind of electric motor that generates electrical power when driven by an external...
  7. SpaceEVDriver

    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    The Harvester (which is both an engine and a generator), its fuel tank, and all the control hardware is going to take up way more space than people seem to realize, especially if the frunk is kept. The only realistic space that will be available for the Harvester is one or more battery modules...
  8. SpaceEVDriver

    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Almost anything is possible in this realm, but the question is how much are you willing to spend?
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    Approximate Charge Time

    Note---for your future planning---the 80% (or 125%, depending on which direction you're thinking) code/safety rule applies. A 60A circuit can provide only 48A of continuous current. But most onboard converters are limited to 48A anyway. If Scout goes with a dual onboard converter/charger...
  10. SpaceEVDriver

    Frunk Fridge

    Yeah. In the desert southwest summers, where and when we usually camp, ice doesn't last more than a day or two even in a high-end cooler. We usually have the fridge in the shade and still end up covering it with a wet towel, just to keep it cool enough to preserve our ice for after-dinner...
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    Frunk Fridge

    We bring a ICECO 60L fridge with us camping. It doesn't fit into the Lightning's frunk, which is disappointing, but it does hold enough food for long camping trips. It uses only a small amount of power, so it doesn't impact the truck's range.
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Approximate Charge Time

    I won't speculate, but I've never seen a qualified, licensed, bonded electrician run a double-line circuit as a single branch circuit. Sounds like a recipe for someone to die or a fire to start. It's cheaper, easier, safer to just run the proper circuit. Any appliance over 50A (>40A...
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Approximate Charge Time

    I have the Ford Charge Station Pro, which is the 100 Amp circuit, 80 Amp EVSE. That's the maximum on 240 volts under the J1772 standard. It does involve two onboard chargers and has been discontinued for most Lightnings, except as an option. It doesn't require two circuits (that doesn't make any...
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    I also think people coming fresh from non-EV to EV is helpful for a lot of people. I've forgotten too much about the transition from gas to hybrid to EV and so many things are just kind of habit for me that probably wouldn't be for someone new...
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    Approximate Charge Time

    They haven't started pilot production. QS just (Q3 2024) built a test cell. They can operate the cell at room temperature, but haven't even begun to test it at the kind of environmental conditions required for a vehicle. It's not a production cell, it's a small-batch manufacturing cell, at best...
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    I haven't driven the Ioniq 5, but in my driving with 1PD, this same sort of thing can happen with 1PD to a lesser degree. I will sometimes turn off 1PD when backing up in an unfamiliar place simply because I want super-fine control over the speed of the vehicle and there is a wee bit of a jolt...
  17. SpaceEVDriver

    Approximate Charge Time

    When I estimate the cost to drive, I just use the range I know I can get on a battery at 100% SoC and the cost of the electricity I'll be buying for that drive. At home, I pay $0.034/kWh during super-off-peak in the winter, so my Lightning costs about $4-$5 to fill from 0% to 100%. I have a...
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    Approximate Charge Time

    Interesting. I never bothered to look at that part of my window sticker. Haha! The value of MPGe includes charging losses, assuming Level 2 charging. So both are correct, depending on your goals. MPGe is fine when you want to estimate the total cost to drive the vehicle and EPA estimate of...
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Yeah. When I do my semi-regular road trip to the Los Angeles valley (about 1100 miles round trip), I often charge on Level 1 for the several days I'm there. It's not "perfect" (whatever that means) but it can take me from 50% to 100% in a few days of minimal driving. When we moved, we took the...
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Did you get a 120V "mobile" charger with your lease? If so, there's zero reason not to use it while you're parked at home. Yes, it's "slow," but if the car is sitting doing nothing, you might as well be charging it. If you didn't get one, you can find one for less than $250 and use that. It's...
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