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  1. ritterf

    Higher Range

    Fair questions — let me take them in order. The 10/90 assumption: My daily driving is 18-24 miles. The 23kWh NTO pack covers that entirely on electric every single day. Generator never starts. That's 90%+ electric for most Harvester owners whose commute is under 40 miles — which is 90% of...
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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    interesting. always love a flat 4.. I hear you on the off-axis rotation issues, but that's exactly why the EA211-EVR from the ID.9/ERA 9X is the 'ultra-compact' solution. It’s beltless and has an integrated manifold, making it much shorter and narrower than a standard off-the-shelf EA211. Plus...
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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    again.. I've cross checked it across a few of these things.. I've gone as far as my B- in Pre-Cal can take me. but it seems tax incentives and tariffs..
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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    I'd pay 3k for the much better truck with the battery that last 30 years.. but... dang..
  5. ritterf

    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    I was focused on the new VW engine and NTO tech that I didn't think about the tax incentives. It looks like those 'well-intentioned' credits are having some negative consequences on what tech gets picked
  6. ritterf

    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    please check the math... but every time I check... this is what I get..
  7. ritterf

    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    I'm proposing for the Harvester is a series hybrid where the battery covers the 90% usage case of most people.... 40 mile a day using a much better higher quality smaller battery.. one where you can use 100% of charge.. take it to 0v and let it sit for 5 years and charge it back up and works...
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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    Seems like... welp. tax subsidies .. and we prefer disposable e waste.. guess no actual engineers in here.. accountants win...
  9. ritterf

    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    well they didn't publish the ioniq 9 but they did release the specs on the smaller battery in the Kia EV9 which is 99.8 KWh and 1248 lbs.. the Ioniq 9 is 110.3... so... scaled it up... totally could be wrong.. but they were supposed to be similar construction. Charge and discharge are two...
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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    Holy crap.. the battery in the Hyundai Ioniq 9 is 1400lbs.. the max Regen they report is 150kw Ok.. lets compare 150kw braking from 60mph.. to 400kw you could do from 23Kwh of NTO..
  11. ritterf

    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    Did you stress test anything I said? Did you get any different conclusions? at one point it Did use some old numbers I didn't catch... but we corrected that.. They will always make mistakes, the human job is to catch them and challenge them on it. Prove their logic. I don't get why you...
  12. ritterf

    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    it has a lot to do with pack temps.. if you are at 40% with a cold battery it will suck up a lot.. but if you are low or high SOC and the battery is warm, it will Gate the regen down to like 20% of available. That's when the mechanical brakes are used. the system is being conservative with...
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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    That is mostly what I do, I argue with it, most of it seems really dumb, that's why you need to bounce them off each other. I bounce between 3 of them. check their sources. see if it makes sense. Push back constantly. these things aren't coming up with this itself. I read reports ask it...
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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    Not coming off that way at all — this is exactly the kind of pushback that sharpens the argument. Really appreciate it. Your mountain pass math is right — a 23kWh pack at 166kW regen input fills in about 8 minutes. On a long descent that's a real scenario worth thinking through. but like any...
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    What If the Harvester Shed 1,000 lbs and Got Better? The Case for LTO + EA211-ERV

    Good question — not all the components stay with the pack, but the voltage architecture shapes everything connected to it. Think of it like a towing package on a truck. Bigger radiator, bigger brakes, heavier duty transmission cooler — you're adjusting components based on the build...