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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    Travelall 3 Row

    I was one of 8 kids in my home growing up. We used the following vehicles for carting all of us around: Flatbed 2-ton Chevy C-60. The kids rode on the flatbed. Yes, fully flat, no sidewalls. Chevy Suburban Two Scout IIs. Converted the rear cargo areas to seats. Two Chevy Chevettes. Yeah, we...
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    I’m curious about what your need would be if you went with BEV + solar. How many days would you be out? How much additional range would you need? What part of the world would this be happening? Would a trailer with some PV+battery be an option?
  3. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    Taking the other side of my WAG: One thing that protects Scout that hasn’t protected Rivian and others is that they’re not publicly traded, so they don’t have to answer to demanding stockholders who don’t really know anything except what’s happening to their dividends. That, alone, allows them...
  4. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    But Toyota has been developing Hybrids for more than a quarter century. They don’t have to fund much when it comes to integration development. So their R&D cost for hybrid vs non-hybrid is, essentially, $0 and the premium price on the hybrid is for parts, labor, and profit. A new design, like...
  5. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    I have to admit it’s a WAG. To me, $10k seems to be the mark in distinguishing vehicle trims, etc these days. The hybrid vs non-hybrid for non-lifestyle gas vehicles seems to be around $2500 (I have not done an analysis of the actual price differences). For the higher-end, hybrids can sell for...
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    I am the OP! ;) :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
  7. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    These estimates assume 100% peak power 100% of the time. That’s not a good way to run an ICE. At 70 mph, trucks the size of the Terra that are not towing draw approximately 2 miles/kWh. Some people can get better, many get worse. While towing or elevation climbs, the efficiency is about 1...
  8. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    If the engine is designed well for its use as a genset engine, it will run at essentially one small RPM range for peak efficiency. The 23 mpg isn’t really the appropriate measure (because the engine isn’t directly fighting drag). But it’s the only real measure of efficiency we have for ICEs...
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    Not if they’re running 70 mph the entire time, which was the presumption in the interview.
  10. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    Yeah, I hope Scout doesn’t do any development on a trailer like this—I’m a huge proponent of letting the experts do the thing they’re expert at, and I want Scout’s expertise to be developing and building a fantastic EV. The key to being able to use this setup in-flight, as it were, is that Scout...
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    If they’re planning to run the Harvester at peak power and 100% duty cycle for 350 miles (5 hours), they’re going to end up with a lot of blown engines.
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    The 70 mph range test of similar vehicles (the Lightning), for example, net about 2 miles/kWh in good conditions. That's an average 35 kW draw from the battery. You don't run a genset engine at peak power for 5 hours. You want a ~20% duty cycle for peak power or you "oversize" the engine by a...
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    A 32 kWh battery would not take up much space or trailer load and would add ~25% range to a 131 kWh main battery (for ~400 miles total range in the Lightning). Trailering would cut range by about 30-60%, depending on the height, width, and length of the trailer. I wouldn't do this with a large...
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    I'm skeptical the Harvester will reach steady state at 70 mph. Maybe 60 mph on the flats. There's no chance it'll do it while towing a travel trailer or going uphill.
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    Mothball Mode

    I watch copart, and they are showing up relatively undamaged because any damage is basically non-reparable so the cost to repair is more than the vehicle is worth… I just need to find one within a reasonable distance and for a reasonable cost (some are lower than $10k, but copart has a lot of...
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    A park-and-charge option is actually pretty easy for DIYers today. One can get a new 32kWh LiFePO4 (LFP) battery pack for about $5500. An high-voltage DC / solar inverter (240V AC) for about $1500. An L2 charger for $600. The trailer can be charged via the grid input on the inverter: A 30A...
  17. SpaceEVDriver

    Charging while driving…Wild, irresponsible speculation...

    That’s precisely my feeling too. I know of several people who run a 30A cable from the back of the Lightning to their trailer so they can keep their travel trailer powered while on the road. I no longer have a travel trailer, in part because I don’t enjoy towing them (even with gas tow...
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    Harvester towing

    You joke… When I was a kid going on trips across the Mojave Desert, we would carry several 5-gallon gas cans in the trunk of the car (with direct air circulation with the passenger cabin) because 24-hr gas stations didn’t exist and we had to travel at night to avoid overheating… Fun times.
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    Mothball Mode

    A counterpoint to Rivian’s OTA success is the bankruptcy of Fisker. Owners have been scrambling to figure out how to fix their software issues since Fisker went under. I’m still waiting for a Fisker Ocean to be available at under $10k so I can steal its battery for my own purposes.
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    Harvester towing

    For an extra $5k, you can get the Scouit Snark Package.
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