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  1. Cranky Canuck

    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    It depends on what you're doing. In city driving with lots of stop and go it can help quite a bit because you're not constantly throwing away energy as waste heat like you do with a combustion car. That's basically what hybrids do. You won't add much actual range but you will notice your...
  2. Cranky Canuck

    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    There's a lot car makers can do. Regen isn't a new technology (and neither is blending it with friction brakes), it's been around since the first Prius so over a quarter century now. In my car "Snow Mode" limits the regen so there's certainly a lot they can do with something like a "tow mode"...
  3. Cranky Canuck

    Dynamic Power Management

    That is completely unnecessary as very few people need a 60A breaker to charge their EV. Most people will be fine with a 40A circuit (providing 32A). This really is a non-issue. Even if you want a high power home charger for some reason there are plenty on the market already that can do power...
  4. Cranky Canuck

    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    I agree. I can't stand one-pedal driving and I think the way Tesla has implemented their braking is wrong. Honestly if Scout does regen on accelerator release only that would be a deal-breaker for me. I much prefer the way Hyrundai-Kia have implemented it which gives owners a choice from...
  5. Cranky Canuck

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

    Yeah this isn't really "groundbreaking", it's just more chemistry tweaking at the margins of the technology. The fact that they're only planning on putting them in their largest (ie most expensive) vehicles leads me to wonder if they're really as cheap as LFP. Is this a real breakthrough? No...
  6. Cranky Canuck

    Volkswagen EVs to Get Tesla Supercharger Access

    It's really not as big a deal as you might think. There are usually alternatives nearby or worst case you just hit up a fast charger and pay a little more. There aren't all that many original Tesla destination chargers, most of them now comply with the J1772 protocols, it's really just the...
  7. Cranky Canuck

    Volkswagen EVs to Get Tesla Supercharger Access

    This is excellent info, just one thing I'd like to point out from personal experience is that older "Brand-T" destination chargers are not compatible with CCS1 cars, even if you have the right adapter. It seems that the older Level 2 EVSE's only 'speak' Tesla and are not J1772 compliant...
  8. Cranky Canuck

    Combustion Engine

    No we don't have an EV mandate. If you ask right-wing pundits they'll tell you we do but what we actually have is a requirement for car companies to sell more EVs by 2035. There's no requirement for them to stop selling combustion cars by that date and there's no prohibition on anyone buying a...
  9. Cranky Canuck

    Combustion Engine

    What you say about charging is true but again, the overwhelming majority of EV owners charge at home the vast majority of the time. EV drivers don't use fast chargers like combustion owners use gas stations. It's not a comparable metric. We only use fast chargers on road trips which isn't a...
  10. Cranky Canuck

    Combustion Engine

    A couple of points on what you said here, the US is exceptional but not in a good way. You're right, the US is an anomaly that is lagging the rest of the world on many fronts including EV adoption, that's true. Gasoline might be a little cheaper right now than it was a few months ago but it's...
  11. Cranky Canuck

    Combustion Engine

    Once you go to an EV you don't go back to combustion, it would be like and going back to a steam locomotive. The data is very clear on this. The vast majority of EV owners will not consider a combustion vehicle when shopping for a new vehicle...
  12. Cranky Canuck

    Combustion Engine

    Just to clarify for others who may read this, the EV market is not in fact "struggling". The EV market reached yet another record-high quarter of sales as it has been for the past several years now. The EV market is healthier and larger than it has ever been and continues to grow. There is no...
  13. Cranky Canuck

    Top Five Accessories For The New Scout

    Hard no, haptics don't work with winter gloves on. I'd rather they stick with physical buttons or a knob.
  14. Cranky Canuck

    Long Way...

    He'll come around, just emphasize that gas engines are unreliable compared to EV and they're more expensive to own and operate. Combustion engines are so needy! Full EV is the way to go if you want to save money and have a more reliable vehicle. Once you go full EV you never go back. It would...
  15. Cranky Canuck

    Solo Scout camping fantasy lineup

    For I'm picturing having the vehicle itself as my sleeping place and setting a tent up for the kids. I fully plan on sleeping in the airconditioned bliss that is the inside of an EV lol For cooking I do have an electric BBQ I bring with me when I'm tailgating with my current ride but when...
  16. Cranky Canuck

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

    Yeah I mean that's cool but they aren't really doing anything all that special, they're basically just throwing more power at it. I build and fly FPV drones and we've had those types of C-ratings in lipo packs for drones for years. Put enough of those cells together and push a MegaWatt at them...
  17. Cranky Canuck

    solid state battery option

    The Canadian factory is part of VW Group so they'll effectively be sourcing them from inside the 'family' as it were. The main factor is cost, sourcing cells from outside the VW family would likely cost more per cell than having them made in-house. AFAIK though Scout hasn't actually committed to...
  18. Cranky Canuck

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Hi, Canadian here. Pure EV is totally fine in the winter. I've owned and have been driving EVs for almost a decade now and have first-hand experience with them in Canadian winters. They are fine. In fact I prefer EVs in the winter over any other type of vehicle.
  19. Cranky Canuck

    solid state battery option

    Sorry but solid state batteries have been coming "next year" for 20 years now. Don't hold your breath. They still haven't solved the issue where the solid electrolyte cracks and they haven't solved the issue of SSB's not working below 5 Celsius.
  20. Cranky Canuck

    Switching Harvester to All EV Model?

    No, the new Superchargers do 800V, I think they may even be higher than that. They just haven't really started deploying them yet.
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