Hello All. Just a suggestion.
I have an e-mtb bike. It's common for e-mtb bike manufacturers to offer an optional 'Battery Range Extender' - a small battery that fits into your water bottle holder. The idea is that for regular/average rides, you have more than enough range with the standard built in battery, however, if you're expecting to have a larger epic ride day, you bring along your range extender. In general, the bike is lighter and more fun with a smaller battery, but on epic ride days, you'll trade in some weight savings for extra range.
I think Scout could differentiate themselves in the market by designing a cool battery range extender and the form of an old school 'Jerry Can' in place of the 'Gas can' included with the Harvester model. The e-can would have a removable NACS cable that you could use to recharge your standard battery just a little bit to get safely back home on longer journeys.
I know there is the 'Harvester' Gas Range Extender option, but this means you're hauling around a mostly unused 4 cylinder engine 100% of the time, even when you don't use it. Additionlly, gas has a shelf life... so even if you don't use the gas for extended range, the system will need to use it up every six months or so or it turns to varnish. Old gas causes lots of problems for engines.
Gas hybrids 'sound' like a good option, but I've had (3) electric cars, two full electric cars, and one hybrid electric car. The only one I had problems with was the gas hybrid, and it was the 4 cyclinder gas engine that needed the head removed and polished to remove deposits with only 30,000 km . Gas engines need to be run. They don't like sitting unused for long periods of time.
No Harverster option for me, but I'd be interested in an e-Jerry Can that I could charge at home and bring along if I needed it.
I have an e-mtb bike. It's common for e-mtb bike manufacturers to offer an optional 'Battery Range Extender' - a small battery that fits into your water bottle holder. The idea is that for regular/average rides, you have more than enough range with the standard built in battery, however, if you're expecting to have a larger epic ride day, you bring along your range extender. In general, the bike is lighter and more fun with a smaller battery, but on epic ride days, you'll trade in some weight savings for extra range.
I think Scout could differentiate themselves in the market by designing a cool battery range extender and the form of an old school 'Jerry Can' in place of the 'Gas can' included with the Harvester model. The e-can would have a removable NACS cable that you could use to recharge your standard battery just a little bit to get safely back home on longer journeys.
I know there is the 'Harvester' Gas Range Extender option, but this means you're hauling around a mostly unused 4 cylinder engine 100% of the time, even when you don't use it. Additionlly, gas has a shelf life... so even if you don't use the gas for extended range, the system will need to use it up every six months or so or it turns to varnish. Old gas causes lots of problems for engines.
Gas hybrids 'sound' like a good option, but I've had (3) electric cars, two full electric cars, and one hybrid electric car. The only one I had problems with was the gas hybrid, and it was the 4 cyclinder gas engine that needed the head removed and polished to remove deposits with only 30,000 km . Gas engines need to be run. They don't like sitting unused for long periods of time.
No Harverster option for me, but I'd be interested in an e-Jerry Can that I could charge at home and bring along if I needed it.
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. The idea was suggested as early as 2 years or so ago and has been touch on multiple times with different variations. As much as many of us love the idea it just realistically doesn’t work. Latest suggestion-ironically mine was swapping the rotopax can for a cooler that is shaped and finished like an energizer battery 
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