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  1. Chaparral

    Scout Supply Merchandise Live

    There’s a lot of new members here that might not know there is a Scout company merch store. Link up above. There was also a Community Store for a short time during the summer, maybe that’s come back again at some point?
  2. Chaparral

    Speculation Alert - possible Harvester Engine Choices

    In the space available under the rear floor this is impossible. Scout showed us concept pictures of the harvester and it is very small. It’s just slowing down the rate at which the battery is depleted. We’re not going to have unlimited range at highway speeds so long as we keep stopping for...
  3. Chaparral

    Speculation Alert - possible Harvester Engine Choices

    The Harvester won’t provide any acceleration. That’s provided by the electric motors, which provide all the acceleration you could possibly need and more. The Harvester is a generator, it turns at a constant speed, so it does not need to keep changing acceleration like a gas engine driving a...
  4. Chaparral

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    I imagine the Harvester will get a snorkel to maintain the 3ft wading capability. I’m not sure if skid plates are going to be optional extras but since the Harvester is tucked in behind the rear skid plate that skid plate may be necessary on Harvester version. Also since the Harvester takes up...
  5. Chaparral

    Spare tire carrier - other locations?

    The Harvester might also force the spare carrier.
  6. Chaparral

    Speculation Alert - possible Harvester Engine Choices

    The generator won’t do anything to add performance. That’s all the electric motors. The generator just adds charge to the battery and it doesn’t matter if the battery is at 100% charge or 10% the electric motors will perform the same. The generator is just going to slow down the rate the...
  7. Chaparral

    How will service be offered for Scout Vehicles?

    Here’s a slide from the reveal event. We can expect brick & mortar service centers with in-driveway flexibility.
  8. Chaparral

    Jerry Cans + Harvester Range Extender

    5 gallons of gasoline weighs about 30 lbs. Gasoline has an energy density about 75 times higher than a lithium ion battery. So if you have a battery with the same amount of energy as 5 gallons of gas it would weigh about 375 lbs! However, burning gas to turn an alternator to charge a battery to...
  9. Chaparral

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    There could be a carbon-monoxide sensor that turns off the Harvester if it’s detected. Or the vehicle can ask the user to confirm the vehicle is in a well ventilated area (and not close to an open window) before turning on the generator. People tend to be well aware of not running an engine in a...
  10. Chaparral

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    They announced “in-driveway flexibility” on a slide during the reveal event.
  11. Chaparral

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    If the Harvester is providing 75% of energy on the 500 mile trip, it’s a big engine, almost full sized and will need its own engine bay. If Scout are showing a small engine the battery must still be quite large. Scout said it’s “a little bit smaller” to make room for the gas tank. With my rough...
  12. Chaparral

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    That would mean the battery’s full charge is good for about 187.5 miles and the Harvester is therefore providing 312.5 miles of energy over the 500 mile drive. That’s 62% of energy used. If so, the Havester would need to put out something like a continuous 22000 watts. I think the Harvester has...
  13. Chaparral

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    But the smaller the battery the bigger the Harvester needed to meet the estimates they gave. Batteries are very expensive. So a reduction of 15-20% might actually pay for a small engine. They showed us what they think the Harvester will look like. It’s a small engine, so the battery can’t be...
  14. Chaparral

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    Based on the little information we have I’m thinking the following: In order to get the full 500 Harvester miles you will need to get the Harvester running almost right away. Otherwise, under normal circumstances the Harvester kicks in after about 150 EV only miles. In order to harmonize all...
  15. Chaparral

    Anyone See The Commercial During Sunday Night Football?

    This is just perfect! Congrats to the team that put this together.
  16. Chaparral

    Direct Sales - Dealership can stay mad!

    Members of this forum pushed for direct sales. Scout listened! It was the right decision. Thank you Scout!
  17. Chaparral

    SUV Reveal questions-pregame

    The mirrors don’t look like they stick out in the dimension drawing because it uses perspective but the mirrors do project out The 91.6 in measurement might be the correct width with the mirrors. For comparison The Rivian R1S is 82 in wide with mirrors folded. 79 in without mirrors and 87.1 in...
  18. Chaparral

    So, how many reservations so far?

    The form just exploded with activity! I don’t want to miss posts from the early members I’ve got to know over the past couple years, so I just followed a bunch of y’all. Based on what was revealed, Scout was certainly listening to us during those early days. It sure feels like we each may have...
  19. Chaparral

    Gas Powered Range Extender

    I see Jamie confirmed in another thread that the Harvester version will have 150 miles of range when using just EV That’s suggests to me that the Harvester generator is going to be quite powerful, or else that the stated 500 miles requires significant breaks to stop and wait for the generator...
  20. Chaparral

    Ideas for Scout Engineers

    I think Rivian are doing the zonal system. This is the system that reduces the number of microchips/computerized control units. That’s the computer system that runs the vehicle. The in-car entertainment system is different. A friend of mine just traded in his R1S after a few months because he...
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