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  1. Cranky Canuck

    Brake lights

    I've thought of this exact idea a few times before. I always thought it would be a great thing but I assume the laws and regulations governing brake lights are pretty specific and strict. Otherwise someone would have probably done it already. Anyway, I agree! If Scout could find a way to make it...
  2. Cranky Canuck

    Home charging setup costs

    Around $2k is pretty typical for a level 2 EVSE install (electrical plus the charger combined). It's within the right ballpark. These will be $60k vehicles, if $2k is going to break the bank then you likely can't afford the truck either. My house is from the 1960's and had a 100A service with...
  3. Cranky Canuck

    Water and Batteries don't mix

    EV battery packs are water tight. There's more to a hurricane than just water. To suggest that an EV can't handle 3 ft of water is ridiculous and obviously wrong. Scout can and absolutely should go after the off-road market. Combustion cars' days are numbered and it's a wide open market for EVs...
  4. Cranky Canuck

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    I wouldn't count on that. The current range claims are already pushing the limits of know battery technology given the size of vehicle and battery pack. Battery tech improves every year but it's incremental, not leaps and bounds. It's historically been on the order of 1 or 2% improvement per...
  5. Cranky Canuck

    Brake pedal behavior: Preference?

    Not really sure if there's actually any point to this poll since friction brakes and regen are blended in all EVs. Regen braking is free with every electric motor. Friction brakes are necessary for low-speed braking (under around 10 km/hr) because regen loses effectiveness at low speed. So all...
  6. Cranky Canuck

    Accessories Poll For Scouts

    Can the vinyl exterior graphics be 80's-inspired and run down the side of the vehicle?!? :D
  7. Cranky Canuck

    US Dealer Slaps $20,000 Markup On VW ID. Buzz

    I would have expected it to cost closer to the EV9 which it more or less competes with.
  8. Cranky Canuck

    Tell me about chargers

    Most utilities won't have automated charging times yet. I'm currently a member of a small pilot program here in Ottawa with my local utility as they explore how best to implement such technology but it's early days still and not a solved problem. For now most utilities will offer some form of...
  9. Cranky Canuck

    Lessons Learned on Range Anxiety

    By that logic I shouldn't have to fund the fire department or library because I never use those either. Thankfully "very few" people actually use the fire department. I've personally never had a house burn down or even a neighbour's house! Should those be pay-as-you-go too then? Of course not...
  10. Cranky Canuck

    Tell me about chargers

    @SpaceEVDriver brings up a lot of excellent points but at the end of the day and to answer your question simply that all level 2 EVSE's do basically the same thing. They're all just fancy switches that safely allow AC electricity to flow into your EV. That said; some are basic and some are...
  11. Cranky Canuck

    Lessons Learned on Range Anxiety

    Exactly how expensive do you think it is to charge an EV overnight?! Hotels will probably spend more money per year on toilet paper than they will on powering a bunch of level 2 EV chargers.
  12. Cranky Canuck

    what's this in bed of Terra

    Sounds awesome! I’ll contribute fried-cod fish tacos and maple-brisket tacos to add a Canadian twist.
  13. Cranky Canuck

    Lessons Learned on Range Anxiety

    When you're furnace and AC are due to be replaced get yourself a cold-climate heat pump too. They're magical devices and you'll be able to get rid of your gas line entirely (we did!). You can thank me later.
  14. 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...
  15. 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.
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. Cranky Canuck

    Rear seat movement

    I have this in my Ioniq 5 and it's pretty handy.
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
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