Harvester

[mastertroll]

You're definitely making me reconsider the Harvester and just sticking with BEV. Initially I wanted to try something new, but the first thing I could think of when hearing about the Harvester was what and when the complications will start to show with two powertrains working together, and the thought of pulling into a gas station or having to schedule an oil change makes me want to run in the other direction.

I don't tow, I don't haul, I commute, and play in the woods on the weekends, and with charging infrastructure as good as it is not only east coast but across the country a high range BEV is easily the best option.

I think a close comparison would be the Ford Lightning to the Ford powerboost

 

[Scout_Lookout]

Then you'll love a BEV.

Unless you're the kind of driver who prefers to bring pee bottles, a 25-minute stop is normal. My median stop time on charger is 25-minutes.

My median stop time road tripping before BEVs was 30 minutes. We had to stop twice: once to fuel up and again to go to a restaurant.

The fear about not being able to get to a charger when adventuring goes away pretty quickly once you've driven a bit and when you realize that low speed can double your BEV efficiency and range. Or that access to a Level 2 charge opportunity is far, far more common than DCFC. And that even a Level 1 can get you quite a charge if you're staying somewhere overnight, and Level 1 is often free if you ask nicely.

For example, we go on a regular camping trip to Kodachrome State Park in Utah. With our Tacoma, we had to take the long way around because there are no gas stations anywhere near the park and we HAD to refuel before going into the park. But the park has RV sites with 50 Amp service. That means we can take the shorter route, get 3-4 miles per kWh for a good 50 miles of dirt road, and then fully charge overnight. Then we get to adventure all over the Escalante-Grand Staircase park, charging every night. With the gassy vehicles, we had to make a diversion to Bryce on our way in and at least once while camping so we could refuel.

For our use cases, adventures are generally better enabled by having a BEV than when we had a gassy vehicle.

We have a lot less dense DCFC charging infrastructure in the southwest.

Well turns out my intuition was one step ahead because I just checked my reservation and I currently have the Traveler EV selected.