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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    They didn't have one. :(
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    Today I test drove the Subaru Uncharted. TL;DR: It’s fine. First impressions: The very first thing I noticed was that there’s no rear windshield wiper. That’s a major strike against it. If it had a halfway-decently-engineered coefficient of drag, that might have given them a half-point...
  3. SpaceEVDriver

    Harvester Towing

    There’s a cost, weight, and complexity trade-off. If you want the Harvester to be able to directly energize the motors, then you have to give up its ability to charge the battery. If you want the Harvester to charge the battery, then you have to give up the ability to directly energize the...
  4. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    I don’t trust self-drive (I’ve worked in the software/hardware realm where this was originally developed for low-speed planetary robots and I’ve seen it go wrong at high speeds). I’ll use it to rest my hands/arms/shoulder or open a drink, but not to take my eyes off the road for the amount of...
  5. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    It can be controlled via bluetooth audio controls for start/stop/next/etc, but if I’m driving alone and want to start a different book, switch to podcasts, etc., then without the apps on the vehicle screen I’d either have to pull over and make the selection or (dangerously) fumble with the...
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    Help me decide BEV or EREV

    Oh, I know. I’m just impatient.
  7. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    That's my understanding too.
  8. SpaceEVDriver

    Help me decide BEV or EREV

    Yeah, it would be nice if Rivian would put some R2s into their show rooms and let people test drive them.
  9. SpaceEVDriver

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

    I didn't say get rid of the Wrangler... :)
  10. SpaceEVDriver

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

    A used BEV bought today seems likely to be worth more in two years.
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    No. It's too big. This would be my partner's daily driver and she's not even convinced the R1S isn't too big.
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    Yes. It also enables Android Auto. It’s about $500 last time I checked. And I’ve found some people have issues with it. It’s annoying that it’s not built in. But if we end up with an R2 or a used R1S, we’ll almost certainly be getting that too.
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    We also test drove a Lucid Gravity on the same day we drove the Rivian R1S. Yes, we’re cross-shopping $120k vehicles with $40k vehicles. That’s how we roll. We cannot even come close to affording a used Gravity, much less a new one. And it’s not an off-roader. But it’s another fantastic feat of...
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    Thanks! I write for a living and try to do a decent job even when it’s not my job-job. I’m not so good with videos, especially the editing aspects. If I had someone who liked to do the video editing, it might be a different story. Yeah, I have to regularly adjust the vents for various reasons...
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    I have no interest in any fossil-fueled vehicles, so a hybrid anything wouldn’t even make the list to test-drive.
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    I will. Here’s a review of the R1S we test drove multiple times in the past month: We test drove a 2026 Rivian R1S with the Max Pack, Dual Motor and whatever else it had “Adventure," maybe? I still don’t understand the option/package naming schemes nor what comes with them. The roof was...
  17. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    We haven’t had the chance yet. We’ll be going to look at one in the next couple of weeks.
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    Even the long-term rentals in big cities (Flex Car, for example) don’t have a Rivian. This seems like a great business model that’s missing from the world: 1 to 11 month lease of an EV so people can get a feel for the vehicle before they commit. Anyone have a few tens of millions of dollars...
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    Oh, the Turo thing… We live in a small town and there are barely any Rivians in town…We’ve found none on the various long-term rental offerings.
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    We have a friend with the Solterra, and they mostly love it. There are a couple of issues they have with it, only one of which is a big deal. I don’t know if we could handle the slower charge rate. We do a lot of road tripping and we’d like to be able to take either vehicle. We have several...
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