HVAC for rooftop tent

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Ive always thought it would be extremely useful for an EV to have an external HVAC quick connection that could run into a rooftop tent or really any tent nearby with a small flexible duct. It could then have a mode that diverts the hvac to that duct and inside your tent instead of the vehicle and you could control temperature and fan settings from your Scout App while you're in your tent. One step up front that would be to have a wired temperature sensor on the tent side of the flexible duct which would allow you to set a temperature and forget it and a bidirectional duct that would allow for recirculation and better efficiency.
 
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Ive always thought it would be extremely useful for an EV to have an external HVAC quick connection that could run into a rooftop tent or really any tent nearby with a small flexible duct. It could then have a mode that diverts the hvac to that duct and inside your tent instead of the vehicle and you could control temperature and fan settings from your Scout App while you're in your tent. One step up front that would be to have a wired temperature sensor on the tent side of the flexible duct which would allow you to set a temperature and forget it and a bidirectional duct that would allow for recirculation and better efficiency.
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Ive always thought it would be extremely useful for an EV to have an external HVAC quick connection that could run into a rooftop tent or really any tent nearby with a small flexible duct. It could then have a mode that diverts the hvac to that duct and inside your tent instead of the vehicle and you could control temperature and fan settings from your Scout App while you're in your tent. One step up front that would be to have a wired temperature sensor on the tent side of the flexible duct which would allow you to set a temperature and forget it and a bidirectional duct that would allow for recirculation and better efficiency.
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