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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    CYURE GOES TO NATIONALS!!! Yay!!!

    Did you sit in the frunk? The seat looks surprisingly low (or the person in the photo is super tall).
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    Longer Range battery option

    We owned several Prii (first, second, third, and fourth generation). I was convinced they would lead the way with BEVs. Then they just kept making hybrids and never innovated on battery technology… They dominated the electric vehicle field with hybrids and totally dropped the ball when it came...
  3. SpaceEVDriver

    Harvester + V2H Support?

    I agree--they don't want to. That said, almost all manufacturers have seen luxury options removed from vehicles admid the chip shortages and other supply chain issues. I would expect to see many other removals before they dropped this from one of the two main vehicles. If anything is cut, I...
  4. SpaceEVDriver

    Harvester + V2H Support?

    I see. We won't know until later. It wouldn't make sense to cut that hardware out of the Harvester unless costs balloon so badly that they have to cut a lot of things. Even then I don't think they would cut this because they would have to source a different charge controller.
  5. SpaceEVDriver

    Offroad Feature Request: Front Dig

    One of the reasons I hope they choose to stick to some standard specifications for things like CV axles and joints and hubs. If they just manufacture their hubs to be interchangeable with F250s, for example, that entire aftermarket becomes available immediately. There's so little to be gained by...
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    Harvester + V2H Support?

    I'm not sure what you want Scout to offer? The truck will be a mobile generator, with or without the Harvester. They can provide V2X capabilities. Then what? How do you connect that to your home?
  7. SpaceEVDriver

    Harvester + V2H Support?

    There are no, nor will there ever likely be, any cheap options to provide whole-home backup from a consumer EV without several pieces of additional hardware at the home. You will need, at a minimum, a generator transfer switch, installed by a licensed contractor. The cost of a manual switch...
  8. SpaceEVDriver

    Longer Range battery option

    There is a reason to require municipal residents to support the grid (same as for roads, etc), but it is annoying that we don’t get to charge for feeding back into the grid at the same rates that we pay.
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    Longer Range battery option

    And if people want to pay extra for that, that seems a reasonable option to me. Most EVs have at least two battery options, and I would honestly be surprised if Scout isn’t planning such an option to be available at release or shortly after release. But they should keep the 350 miles range...
  10. SpaceEVDriver

    Offroad Feature Request: Front Dig

    This seems like it’s begging for an aftermarket solution that Scout could support by contacting companies like Spyntec with specifications that are as close to final as possible. Spyntec (and others) could offer shortened CV axles and the lockout hubs as bolt-in replacements for the factory CV...
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    Harvester + V2H Support?

    The Scout is supposedly going to have a 240 V, likely 30 A outlet in the bed. IMO, that’s your best bet. The rest of my $0.02: All the EV manufacturers claim V2H from the charge port to the EVSE to the home...until it comes time to support it. Very few have been successful in manufacturing...
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Longer Range battery option

    If I was paying $0.35/kWh to $0.50/kWh, even after accounting for taxes and fees, I’d absolutely go solar. I’d probably go so far that I’d shut off the service entrance breaker and just deal with the utility coming out to complain. I run my business out of my home and use about 2000-3000 kWh a...
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Longer Range battery option

    I have to pay the connection fees, distribution fees, etc., just for having the house connected to the grid. I’ll shortly have enough solar such that I do not need to be on grid, but I’m required by the state to be connected and to pay all these fees (for all its talk, this state sure is big on...
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    Longer Range battery option

    At home, it costs me $0.035/kWh in winter and $0.05/kWh in summer. At $0.05/kWh * 131 kWh = $6.55/full battery. Let's say I drive really poorly and get 2 miles/kWh for 260 miles range. $6.55/260 miles = $0.025/mile. $95 would get me 3800 miles.
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    Offroad Feature Request: Front Dig

    The first part would require the ability to put the axle into a free-wheeling configuration. Available free axles would also help the people who want to flat tow. However, free-wheeling with an electric motor requires adding a clutch or some other disengagement mechanism. That reduces...
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    Longer Range battery option

    It’ll depend on the structure surrounding the battery, but the average specific gravity of an NMC battery, including structure, is about 200 Wh/kg. I don’t remember what has been said about the energy capacity of the battery, but for simplicity, assume it’ll be 175 kWh for the 350 mile battery...
  17. SpaceEVDriver

    Longer Range battery option

    The following is based on the NMC batteries; LFP hasn’t been in trucks in enough different configurations to do this kind of analysis. And Scout isn’t likely to use LFP for their BEV. Before the 2025 package/options changes, the Ford Lightning Extended Range battery was $10k more than the...
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Both? I like road trips, but it’s a long trip and I really didn’t have the time to do it.
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Well, shoot. My long trip (~4000 miles round trip driving) has been canceled because of work.
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    What government and private sectors could you see Scout being successful in commercially? (Police, military, S&R, Delivery, etc)

    I don’t carry an extinguisher anymore (EVs are about 150x less likely to catch fire than fossil fuel-based vehicles). I’ve been meaning to put one back in the vehicles though because I live near a forest that’s always in danger of wildfires.
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