How will the scouts handle the extreme cold?

[J Alynn]

I get the idea behind this, but I’ve got a few concerns about safety. For instance, what if your Harvester is parked in an attached, unheated garage? Would you want your gasoline-powered generator to keep the battery warm? I doubt it. Most cars these days have a keyfob that you can use from your couch to start the vehicle, but that doesn’t make it any safer. Food for thought.

I’ve had the same concerns

 

[Derek]

I’ve had the same concerns

I wonder how all the ICE OEMs handle this? My 2007 Tahoe had a factory remote start and there was nothing to prevent you from starting it in the garage other than good sense. If i recall though, it's run time was limited to some number of minutes though.

 

[RyanR]

I know I’ve added this in just about every thread pertaining to feature requests, but a heated windshield and night vision are essential features for northern living and would make an incredible difference to everyone that owns one. Even if each are a $2000 option, I cannot think of purchasing this vehicle without BOTH optioned

Agree 100%. One of my cars has a heated windshield and I love it. The windshield is never fogged up. I don’t have to wait for the interior to warm up just to have it fog right back up when you open the door and let humidity it. The wires are so small I did not even know they were there for the first 6months I owned the car and now can only see them if the light is exactly the right angle AND I try to find them. That annoying moment when the windows fog in the summer doesn’t exist. In the winter I don’t have to keep the car interior hot if I am wearing a coat.

 

[Dana]

I am concerned with the issue of keeping the battery warm enough to be functional. If what I've read will be correct for the Scout EV it seems that the battery will have to remain warm or be warmed prior to use at Arctic temperatures. We know that resistive heating really eats up the amperes, so yes, I'm interested in what the engineers of the battery pack have to say.

I've posted elsewhere about windshield wiper heaters. They were an option a few decades ago, but didn't last long in the marketplace. My experience is that with wipers that reside in a trough between the hood and windshield, those devices mostly turned the snow into an ice block which required careful ice pick work or a kettle of hot water. This is one nod to Scout II design that SM seems to have missed, no trench, and wipers mounted above the windshield frame.

Mine has a warming circuit. Don’t know what temp is kicks on at but never had an issue with cold.