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  1. Cranky Canuck

    Ability to Fit a Snowplow

    I know there have been hints that the new Scouts might be able to fit snowplows to the front but I thought I'd make a thread to emphasize the importance and need for such a capability, specifically for the Traveler which is the vehicle I intend to buy. Currently none of the EV pickups or SUVs...
  2. Cranky Canuck

    The future of electric vehicles

    EVs already stand well on their own merits. The incentives and such - the "gilded pedestal" as you call it - only exists temporarily because the fossil and legacy auto industry is being propped up by even larger subsidies and incentives. The EV rebates are there to help level the playing field...
  3. Cranky Canuck

    Car seats

    My wife is a car seat technician, I'll ask her opinion on this. I like the idea of "Junior Scouts" but I assume there's a good reason automakers don't typically delve into child seats. If you're looking for a great (if expensive) car seat then I know the Foonf by Clek is amazing. We had two of...
  4. Cranky Canuck

    All gas

    Oh really? How many coal chutes do you use or even see every day?
  5. Cranky Canuck

    All gas

    I'm plenty optimistic, but not about a pretend solution. Electric vehicle though, yeah, they're definitely the future. EVs will pretty much completely replace combustion cars in new vehicle sales in about ten years - the mid-2030's.
  6. Cranky Canuck

    All gas

    lol hydrogen cars have been "just three years away" for over thirty years now. It's a non-starter. Hydrogen isn't a "fuel", it's at most a crappy battery. It's an inefficient way to store energy since you have to make the hydrogen to begin with. It leaks like crazy and embrittles metals. It's...
  7. Cranky Canuck

    All gas

    Their investments into so-called "clean fuels" are meant to divert attention and funding away from actual solutions. They're deliberately designed to maintain the status quo for as long as possible while we all wait for their research to bear fruit. Look at hydrogen for example. The oil and gas...
  8. Cranky Canuck

    Free charge

    If you're interested in a vehicle that does that you should look up Aptera. That's what they're building but in order for it to actually work the vehicle has to be super-optimized for it as you'll see when you click the link. https://aptera.us/
  9. Cranky Canuck

    All gas

    lol I mean horses still exist too but I'm not the one in denial. For personal vehicles - which is what a Scout is - combustion's days are numbered. I wasn't aware that Scout was making anything for the shipping industry so not sure why that's relevant to the conversation.
  10. Cranky Canuck

    All gas

    None of those options are practical and won't be the future. The future is not with combustion engines.
  11. Cranky Canuck

    Modular battery pack design

    Well you can happily inform them that the "battery replacement" thing is a myth. EV batteries are designed to last the lifetime of the vehicle. You should never need to replace the battery pack at your own expense so this is largely a fear about a non-issue. The standard warranty for all EVs is...
  12. Cranky Canuck

    Questions about the Harvester

    As a long-time EV driver you're are exactly correct about people adapting. Road trips in an EV aren't difficult but because they are different than what people are used to there's a lot of fear around them. Personally I've ordered the EV-only version because I don't want the nuisance of having a...
  13. Cranky Canuck

    Driving Sounds

    I’d prefer no artificial sound at all. The new GM EVs have a terrible and ridiculously loud fake noise they make. If there is a sound I’d like the option of turning it off or at least put it on its own circuit so I can pull the fuse. Fake EV noises are the worst and are not at all necessary...
  14. Cranky Canuck

    Option for Propane Gas generator for Electric + Gas option

    Nope. I’d rather just have a big battery with an ability to tap into through standard plugs, and maybe a solar generator to harvest some energy at camp. Burning fossil fuels is not necessary anymore and I definitely don’t want to carry that toxic junk around. Plus combustion generators are loud...
  15. Cranky Canuck

    Drivetrain

    To that point ICE sales peaked in 2017 and have been declining ever since. ALL the growth in the industry since 2017 has been from plug-in vehicles.
  16. Cranky Canuck

    Drivetrain

    You misspelled “misinformation”. There is a whole lot of nonsense and anti-EV propaganda out there to try and convince people to stick to the status quo (because a few people make a LOT of money off you continually buying oil and gas). If you do any serious research though you quickly discover...
  17. Cranky Canuck

    12v battery access/cabin access

    I agree. I think having manual overrides for key things like 12V access and door locks/latches is very prudent. I’m amazed that companies like Tesla get away with not having an accessible manual override to get out of the car (for example). My Hyundai Ioniq 5 has a physical key hidden in the...
  18. Cranky Canuck

    Intelligence

    Actually there might be something to the OP's request in this thread. It would be nice if the fancy semi-autonomous cruise control had the ability to fail back to a more basic version. What I mean is this; My current ride is a Hyundai Ioniq 5. It has what they call HDA2 which means it does...
  19. Cranky Canuck

    Battery Life in Winter

    I don't live in Norway but I live in Canada and have pretty much the same sort of weather as a Norwegian winter. EVs do great in the winter. Actually they're better than gas or diesel vehicles if I think about it. EVs take no time to heat up, they always start in the cold, the lower centre of...
  20. Cranky Canuck

    Battery Life in Winter

    Heat pump makes all the difference. With my Ioniq 5 the advertised range is 480 km. In the summer I get about 500km of range and in the winter I get 480 km. My car has a heat pump though, and weather, road conditions and speed all play a factor in range.
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