Combustion Engine

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I suggest you consider a version with combustion engine option. You are definitely missing the mark going without a version using 100% combustion engine power. The EV market may have its place but consider the roots of this vehicle and the reason it would be used. There may be the buyer who wants a street queen but the heart and blood of this vehicle is the road less travelled; off road cross country adventure where there will be no EV charger. Take a que from the loss GM is taking with the Hummer.

This will go down as one of the greatest marketing blunders next to the Delorean.
 
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This is how I see it as well. If you arrive at a gas station on empty and the battery is down to 1%, you may have to wait a little while for the generator to charge it up a bit or you won't be going very far. I imagine if you fill up before the gas runs out, and therefore have the battery at a reasonable percentage, then it will generally be gas and go for normal driving.
I don't think they will let it get down to 1%. But, I get what your saying.
 
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Right, that was stated. *** Except that if you only "gas and go" (no charging) after 500 miles, you will being "going" a shorter distance starting off with low SOC (before you have to get gas again) - esp if towing.
Yes, and why I’m not fond of the Scout repeating the 500 mile combined range point. Personally I find stopping every 150+ miles for x gallons of gas no worse than every 300+ miles for 2x gallons. I get that some do mind.
 
Yes, and why I’m not fond of the Scout repeating the 500 mile combined range point. Personally I find stopping every 150+ miles for x gallons of gas no worse than every 300+ miles for 2x gallons. I get that some do mind.
Have they said we have to get gas every 150 miles? I don’t remember reading that anywhere.
 
Have they said we have to get gas every 150 miles? I don’t remember reading that anywhere.
No I was just making the point that for us getting an equal total amount of gas in more frequent stops is not an issue. Getting gas at least every 350 miles instead of 500 does not matter for us, we stop more frequently than 350 anyway.

Although yes for towing that +350 of the Harvester becomes something like +175.
 
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I don't think they will let it get down to 1%. But, I get what your saying.
Not in general, but I assume if the gas keeps the state of charge at say 50%, if you kept going after the gas ran out and didn't fill up, then it would go back to using electric only until that runs out as well. Hopefully people wouldn't be doing that, but if there was a scenario where you cut it that close to filling back up with gas, that's when I envisage a bit of a wait to get charged up a little before going back on the road at full speed. Normal use cases then that would be unlikely.