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    A good discussion about gas motor/generator size vs. highway driving efficiency

    This article has some discussion about relationship between engine output and highway driving efficiency, which has also been discussed on and on in the FB group and on scout forum. Something worth reading. https://www.topspeed.com/ram-1500-ramchargers-specs-impressive-yet-raises-eyebrows/
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Gasoline has much more energy density for the same volume compared to battery. A less efficient system are less prone to get affected by the same variable such as towing, temperature, etc. this is why you observe much less efficient drop in these situations on an ICE vehicle vs. BEV. Also, the...
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Oh, I misunderstood.lol
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Include your BEVs?
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Wait, where did you see the 8k price difference? Was it for the harvester??
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Go to track, or at least autocross
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    It's hard to calculate MPG on a "generator". Usually generator use Hours as a measurement. It depends on how fast it revs, and of often it kicks on.
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    BEV use electicity to heat up battery and motor, that's a very inefficient way even with heatpump. Having an ICE engine can heat up the battery quickly without wasting energy. Heat is just a byproduct.
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Yep, they are just dead weight you carry around, if you don't need all the juices.
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    If you've read the post I was replying to, you'll know he said he "drives 100 miles per day on Los Angeles", which is in CA. So you tell me, what does CA have to do with pure BEV? :ROFLMAO:
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    No. You forgot what damaged the range of BEVs most: the Cold. Having an ICE generator can create Heat as a byproduct. All they need to do is add a coolant circulation to heat up the electric motor and batteries, just like what they do on hybrids. So, actually having an ICE engine can solve the...
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Why you guys don't install L2 outside? I'm thinking to put a NEMA 14-50 outside the garage for the fear of it catching on fire while charging. At least I won't get whole house burned down. A friend's house burned down while her Mercedes was charging over night. And she had been charging fine...
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Correct 100%. I charged solely on EA network for the past 3 years with our ID4, but it's only because we got 3 years of free charging. And it's one of the main reason I got it. And yes, based on what it showed me about how much I "saved" with the free charging, each charge would cost $25-35...
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    I really hope the scout team focusing on your targets and try to make it out as soon as you can. 2 years of waiting would be too long for many, and technology could change, and design gets old. I appreciate you guys listening to the future owners, but don't let the noise to steer you off the...
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Who wouldn't? The issue is not they don't "want" to give more range. The issue is the battery technology. For the same amount of room it takes, the energy density lithium battery can provide is still much lower than gasoline. Samsung just said their first solid state battery is ready for mass...
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    Not necessary if you want to charge your vehicle every night like charging your phone 🤣 To charge the 82kwh battery of our ID4 on 110v, it will take a whole weekend plugged in 24 hours a day.
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    You got it. I've constantly saying this in all the EV groups that HEV is a better solution for most people and I constantly got bullied. But that's the truth.
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    Range extender - please adjust spec to 250 miles of EV Range

    How efficient do you think those 35 ATs would be? I can tell you that the KO2s costed me 2mpg on my f150, and that's from 16 to 14 mpg, not from 42 to 40 mpg. If you know that mpg is actually a more illusional figure than gal/100 mile or liter/100km. Of course you can put smaller road going...
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    Speculation Alert - possible Harvester Engine Choices

    This sounds more like turbo charged EA888 then.😜
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    Speculation Alert - possible Harvester Engine Choices

    That will require a gas engine powerful enough to both maintain the energy loss on keep the vehicle going, and still have extra energy to charge the battery. If that's the case, then all discussions in this post would be solved.
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