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  1. Cranky Canuck

    Scout-specific and general EV thoughts from my weekend with a Hummer, as an ICE enthusiast

    Totally agree. I have no ankle injury but I still hate 1pd just because I prefer a bit of coasting as I ease off the throttle. It's a personal preference and while I would never deny anyone the option to have 1pd in a vehicle, I only ask that I not be denied the ability to turn it off and drive...
  2. Cranky Canuck

    Scout-specific and general EV thoughts from my weekend with a Hummer, as an ICE enthusiast

    This is an excellent post and welcome to the EV family!! Do your second point, most EV owners have a Level 2 charger at home. That's what makes owning an EV so convenient and simple. Owning an EV isn't like owning a gas car, the majority of EV drivers don't typically use fast chargers like gas...
  3. Cranky Canuck

    Poll- What have you Reserved... Let's get a small idea of the take rates.

    So only 2 Scout locations in Canada in 2028 Okay, so based on these slides there will be only two Scout locations in Canada in 2028 and a total of 5 the next year. I'm assuming that means probably Vancouver and either Toronto or Montreal for the first two (please be Montreal!) but that also...
  4. Cranky Canuck

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

    As long as they aren't American (or Russian) light water reactors nuclear is fine. Something like the CANDU reactors are good, they actually fail safe (unlike the US light water reactors that end up being a 3 Mile Island or Fukishima). The other cool thing about CANDU is they can use the spent...
  5. Cranky Canuck

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

    This is why we use Robertson screws here. Philips head sucks and you can always tell when something was made in the US vs Canada because the Canadian thing will have the superior Robertson screws while the American thing will always have dumb Philips head screws. They're the worst after flat...
  6. Cranky Canuck

    Top Must Features: Auto brake hold, rain sensing windshield wipers, Regen shifter and one petal Regen, roof bars agility, and wireless carplay

    It's interesting that you mention range anxiety in BC because BC actually has pretty decent fast charger coverage. I'm in Ontario and I hear similar things from people who aren't familiar with EVs. Out of curiosity I took a peek at what the charging infrastructure in BC looks like and it looks...
  7. Cranky Canuck

    Paddle Shifters For Adjusting Regen

    This! Exactly this!
  8. Cranky Canuck

    Intuitive D/B Mode Switching - A Must-Have for Scout!

    Hahaha I wouldn't go that far.
  9. Cranky Canuck

    Intuitive D/B Mode Switching - A Must-Have for Scout!

    Disagree. Please make OPD optional and use the brake pedal to do the bulk of the regen work. If you haven't seen anyone seemlessly blend the transition then it sounds like you've never driven a Hyundai or Kia EV.
  10. Cranky Canuck

    Intuitive D/B Mode Switching - A Must-Have for Scout!

    Agreed.
  11. Cranky Canuck

    Expert Car Designer Analysis of Scout Traveler and Terra

    Worlds apart indeed. Wow I can't even imagine what that must feel like. It's certainly not something I've ever experienced here. I'm sorry that's your reality. Like I mentioned earlier, I've lived through three major crises, two were weather-related and one was because of a tree branch in Ohio...
  12. Cranky Canuck

    Expert Car Designer Analysis of Scout Traveler and Terra

    Also, about the solar array, when I priced one out for my house it came out to about $20k CAD all-in. That would be enough solar to run my house (with a battery which itself would cost $12k) and it would be plenty to also charge my EV. So nowhere near "6 figures". All in I was looking at about...
  13. Cranky Canuck

    Expert Car Designer Analysis of Scout Traveler and Terra

    Oh I definitely believe in climate change and know that severe storms will only be getting worse. I was speaking about my own experiences with natural disasters and long-term outages. I think the difference here is that I don't live in the US and don't fear being shot because that's not really...
  14. Cranky Canuck

    Expert Car Designer Analysis of Scout Traveler and Terra

    The problem with all these doomsday scenarios that people come up with is that gas goes bad after a while. If you really want to be resilient you'd be best to have your own solar generation that can be islanded (ie made to work without the grid connection), and an EV. Then you'd be free to drive...
  15. Cranky Canuck

    Intuitive D/B Mode Switching - A Must-Have for Scout!

    Regen is still available on the brake pedal, B mode just increases the amount of "engine braking" you feel when you release the accelerator pedal. Not all EVs for drivers to use one-pedal driving. Some let users customize the feel of the car so you can coast, or make it feel like an automatic...
  16. Cranky Canuck

    The One-Ton Problem with Scout’s Harvester Range Extender

    Yeah, it's a Hyundai thing for my particular car. @BeerParty is correct that I would have been limited to 20%, at which point the V2L would have cut me off but yeah, my point still stands.
  17. Cranky Canuck

    The One-Ton Problem with Scout’s Harvester Range Extender

    Yep, that's fair and I honestly couldn't remember if the bottom threshold was 20% or 10% but 20% makes sense. Either way it would still have given me weeks of running stuff before I'd have to go recharge and I never even got close to those levels in real life.
  18. Cranky Canuck

    Poll- What have you Reserved... Let's get a small idea of the take rates.

    Sorry to hear that! Look for a used EV. If you just need a commuter car then I'd suggest a Kona or Bolt or something, stay away from the Nissan Leaf. Anything from 2017 or newer should be fine. You can get used EVs pretty cheaply and a small commuter makes a great second-car once the Scout...
  19. Cranky Canuck

    The One-Ton Problem with Scout’s Harvester Range Extender

    Actually AC doesn't consume all that much either. Again, something I was surprised to learn initially. AC uses a few hundred Watts (similar to what the fridge was drawing) and like a fridge the compressor doesn't tend to run constantly so they tend to be quite economical and don't really hit...
  20. Cranky Canuck

    The One-Ton Problem with Scout’s Harvester Range Extender

    Yeah I was about as shocked as you are when I did the math. I even checked it a few times to be sure. It turns out fridges and freezers don't consume all the much energy, a couple hundred Watts when running and then nothing for most of the day, and the LED lights we setup didn't even register as...
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