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  1. Logan

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Its pretty easy to calculate the ballpark basic costs of an EV, once you know what you're looking for, just like it is for a gas car. For a gas car its: (Miles per year / mpg of the car) x cost of gas per gallon. For an electric car its: (Miles per year / miles per kwh efficiency of the...
  2. Logan

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    The vehicles with the charging port on the passenger rear, have them there because that lets you street park and charge easier. Given, thats not a hugely common thing at the moment, but it is becoming increasingly so. We're seeing things like street lamps becoming charging stations, even in the...
  3. Logan

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    I've still got my 97 Grand Cherokee :). Could use a bit of love in the steering/suspension bushings. But otherwise ticking along great :). It recently needed a transmission (the overdrive thrust bearing was bad + a leak), and has had 2 radiators and water pumps over the years. It even...
  4. Logan

    Brake pedal behavior: Preference?

    Its true. Although it depends on which gear we're talking about :). I actually do this as well. Just with using the regen paddles for adjusting regen (similar to how you'd do it with paddle shifters in a DCT or other "manually shifted automatic" transmission). And 100% agreed on offroading...
  5. Logan

    Spare Tire, Backpack, or Bald?

    Agreed, 100%. I'm 6'1", and trying to put mountain bikes on a roof rack of anything more than a sedan/wagon, is "not fun". So for a 6ft tall vehicle... you're having to lift an unweildy/dirty/40lb object (I have a heavy mountain bike :P), up a few extra inches for the roof racks/bike rack on...
  6. Logan

    Offering diesel

    I meant to reply to this earlier. But this is exactly how I feel. Besides the general shift away from diesel for light duty applications (as mentioned diesel used to be super popular in the EU/etc, sales have been sliding, while hybrids and EV's have been picking up in volume), you have to...
  7. Logan

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Welcome! 1) Range is impacted by speed, for sure (and more than most people think). The short version is that there will always be a point where driving faster, actually makes your road trip go slower, because you would spend more time/stops charging. This speed is probably somewhere in the...
  8. Logan

    Offering diesel

    Also, fuel lasts longer than people think in a sealed tank. But my plan, if I end up with the harvester model, was to use fuel stabilizer. Because like others have said, if you're doing 99% local driving with that 150 mile range, you're unlikely to burn through the fuel very often. But on a...
  9. Logan

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Agreed. And believe it or not, I'm in the same boat there. I don't think we'll see it on the Scouts at this point. But more thinking longer term for EV's in general, and I think its interesting that there is enough continued interest in it that there here that it shows there are some potential...
  10. Logan

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    I've been thinking about this lately, and by and large, I agree. Assuming you're not hitting some thermal limits and inefficiencies somewhere, its sort of a wash. One other area that it may differ, is actually the inverters. I know my Ioniq 9 has more efficient inverters (Silicon Carbide) that...
  11. Logan

    Brake pedal behavior: Preference?

    Things have changed since I started this poll. I've owned a Hyundai Ioniq 9 since September 2025 (right before the tax credit expired :P), and have about 6000 miles on the vehicle so far, so I've got a lot more experience on it than I had at first. The Ioniq 9 offers 5 total regen levels...
  12. Logan

    Off-topic stuff…

    I lived 6 years in Ohio, and even did a summer camp in Bloomington one year. I know what you mean. Being woken up, and carried/herded downstairs into the basement. It’s not fun, but you do sort of get used to it. We did have a tornado take the roof off the house next to us when I was about 5yrs...
  13. Logan

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    I don't know. I actually think that we're likely to get something relatively similar to the concept. Based entirely on feels, and not on data, I'd say that Hyundai has been one of the companies that has both a lot of out there concepts... but then, also a lot of the concepts actually stay...
  14. Logan

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    I've heard of Carscanner, haven't ever used it though. And while I've used ODB2 scanners in the past, they weren't these phone connected ones. It was just a code lookup. Any difference between this OBD2 scanner and something like this one...
  15. Logan

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    I need to check my battery health. What OBD2 scanner/app are you using to calculate this? My Ioniq9 has a battery health page, and last I checked (1000-1500 miles ago I think), our battery health was still at 100%. We're only at 5500 miles, and ~6months of ownership, but I should go check...
  16. Logan

    Scout Production Number Badge

    I lived in Phoenix during high school, but moved in only 2 days before school started, from the Midwest. Adjusting to the heat was interesting. And one of the first things we learned… was that the metal part of seat belts were the devil. You’d legitimately get burned if you accidentally...
  17. Logan

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

    Did you lookup the pack weight of the Ioniq 9, or did you estimate it using ai math? And where did you find the max possible regen? I haven’t looked it up, but I would have guess it would have been closer to 100% of the rated motor output. So that’s interesting to learn about. Mostly curious...
  18. Logan

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

    I had to go run to the store today to grab some fertilizer (pre-emergent ftw). And on the trip, I decided to check the regen some more, for kicks and giggles. The short version is that I tried some relatively aggressive deceleration moments (not stopping, as I was on a 2 lane road, I just...
  19. Logan

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

    To be clear, I'm really not trying to shout down the proposal/idea, and hope its not coming off that way. I'm just trying to be realistic about what the actual pros-cons are of the other things that you're proposing (where I'm at a handicap, as a non-expert on any of these chemistries). So in...
  20. Logan

    R2 Launch Watch

    That is disappointing. Things like this are primary reason that Rivian is not a brand I am considering. Well, that and their "war on buttons". But that's sort of the same issue, just presenting itself in another way. Which is a bummer, because I really do like most of the rest of what they do.
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