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  1. Cranky Canuck

    what's this in bed of Terra

    I'm ex-military and I don't want things to look tactical in my daily life. Civilians with tactical things look like dorks. You can always tell when someone hasn't served a day and honestly it doesn't need to be actual MOLLE. This is a civilian vehicle, it doesn't need to look like some...
  2. Cranky Canuck

    Locking Differentials Question

    Based on what they showed at the reveal event it looks like the overhead panel has toggles to select the lockers individually as needed.
  3. Cranky Canuck

    Battery Life in Winter

    AFAIK they haven't settled on the precise battery chemistry yet. Most EVs are either NCM or LFP though, not NiMH. NCM tend to do better in the cold and are more energy dense but LFP are more robust in other ways, they all have tradeoffs. Either way there are methods to mitigate some of the...
  4. Cranky Canuck

    Battery Life in Winter

    Cold weather range hit varies depending on the vehicle and how cold it is plus whether or not steps were taken to mitigate the cold. I'm in Ottawa, Canada and it gets down to -40 here on the thermometer sometimes (windchill doesn't count as it doesn't affect inanimate objects). My Ioniq 5...
  5. Cranky Canuck

    Rear seat movement

    I have this in my Ioniq 5 and it's pretty handy.
  6. Cranky Canuck

    Modular battery pack design

    Not really. I've owned old, used EVs with packs out of warranty. It's not the battery that is a concern, it's all the other little gizmos. The battery is designed to last longer than the vehicle, if it doesn't have an issue after a couple of years then it's good to go for decades. There aren't...
  7. Cranky Canuck

    Create a reservation/down payment account

    So a savings account? You can already do that on your own. I'd recommend going with a high-yield savings account, that's what I've already set up. Label it how you want (I called mine "Scout Fund!") put money into it for the next three or so years and when it comes time to convert the...
  8. Cranky Canuck

    Speculation Alert - possible Harvester Engine Choices

    The math seems to math but with EV batteries the units we typically use are kWh for storage capacity and kW for power. They aren't interchangeable but they are related. A 75 kWh pack for a truck this big seems about right to give 240 km of range, that's about half as efficient as my current EV...
  9. Cranky Canuck

    Blind Spot Turn Signal Camera Displayed in Instrument Cluster

    My Ioniq 5 has this and it is a nice feature.
  10. Cranky Canuck

    Modular battery pack design

    While I think this is an interesting idea on the face of it I don't think it's actually needed or desirable. Breaking the traction battery up into removable modules would me a decrease in energy density which is already pushing the limits. The housing and connections would take up valuable pack...
  11. Cranky Canuck

    Adventure Key - NFC wristband

    I love this idea!
  12. Cranky Canuck

    Highway Mode - RWD only

    This is a good idea and how Hyundai does it. There's a clutch on the front motor so the motor is physically disengaged to reduce drag on the powertrain. It works very well in my Ioniq 5 and makes it so that I get almost the exact same highway range as the single-motor version. The one downside...
  13. Cranky Canuck

    Testing

    I absolutely would! No way I'd use elephants or swimming pools or whatever random measurement system you Americans insist on using. I'll be sticking with real units of measure, like an adult. ? :ROFLMAO:
  14. Cranky Canuck

    Ditch Dealerships

    49% of VW dealerships reported in a survey that they are "not excited at all" to sell EVs so it's a little rich that they're now threatening to sue for the privilege. I guess it never occurred to them that if they want to sell the hot new EV they might want to put a little more effort into...
  15. Cranky Canuck

    Remote Features

    I expect at least those features. They're basic table steaks for pretty much every EV so I fully expect an app that lets owners set climate timers and charging schedules and checking the vehicle status and such. Those are basic capabilities for pretty much every EV including the crappy old Leaf.
  16. Cranky Canuck

    Scout Color Poll #1

    I'd like to see yellow body and white top but that copper colour was really nice so if yellow isn't offered I'll be getting that!
  17. Cranky Canuck

    Testing

    I mean...I'm happy to do winter testing here in Canada. Just sayin'... I'll be able to cold soak the vehicle at -30C and bury it in five feet of snow here if you want.
  18. Cranky Canuck

    EREV -> BEV switchover path

    Having owned a PHEV in the past, I can say from experience that you won't be using the gasoline range extender nearly as much as you probably think you will. Personally I've ordered a pure-EV Traveler for a few reasons. For one, a gas engine introduces several points of failure and requires...
  19. Cranky Canuck

    Re-think Headlight Design

    Personally I really like the look of the lights but as a Canadian who sees a lot of snow every year I do share concerns about snow buildup over certain parts of the vehicle. Specifically the headlights and radar/cruise control sensors. My Ioniq 5's cruise control is basically useless when it's...
  20. Cranky Canuck

    Should Scout adopt the NACS (Tesla) charging system

    Agreed! I love the implementation apart from it being on the wrong side of the vehicle and that the door is motorized. Apart from those two gripes it's great! It opens upward which provides a bit of weather protection, it's next to a light which provide illumination, it integrates the outlets...
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