Option for Propane Gas generator for Electric + Gas option

[thedropoff]

I would like this option since its a cleaner fuel and gas wouldn't have to be stored in the vehicle. Just from a 20lb bottle in your bed. Disconnect and stow it away no need to hold gas in your electric truck.

Perhaps if they had a dual fuel geneartor. I just picked up a Firman dual fuel gen but I only plan to use gas as a backup. Maybe Scout could do something similar.

 

[Cranky Canuck]

I would like this option since its a cleaner fuel and gas wouldn't have to be stored in the vehicle. Just from a 20lb bottle in your bed. Disconnect and stow it away no need to hold gas in your electric truck.

Perhaps if they had a dual fuel geneartor. I just picked up a Firman dual fuel gen but I only plan to use gas as a backup. Maybe Scout could do something similar.

Nope. I’d rather just have a big battery with an ability to tap into through standard plugs, and maybe a solar generator to harvest some energy at camp. Burning fossil fuels is not necessary anymore and I definitely don’t want to carry that toxic junk around. Plus combustion generators are loud, smelly, finicky to use and require maintenance. No thanks!

 

[SolarDrive]

I would like this option since its a cleaner fuel and gas wouldn't have to be stored in the vehicle. Just from a 20lb bottle in your bed. Disconnect and stow it away no need to hold gas in your electric truck.

Perhaps if they had a dual fuel geneartor. I just picked up a Firman dual fuel gen but I only plan to use gas as a backup. Maybe Scout could do something similar.

I like the idea of a multi-fuel engine. I was considering a propane conversion back in the 1990's, but propane is not as conveniently available as gasoline. I wonder how frequently blended gasoline needs to be run through the tank to keep the ethanol from degrading. Propane cylinders have a near indefinite shelf life. Propane burns cleaner than gasoline, but still produces a lot of particulate. I guess a catalytic converter could solve much of that issue. I moved to compressed natural gas (CNG), not because it was clean, but it allowed me to access carpool lanes for many years. CNG never caught on because it was a non-renewable hydrocarbon fuel. When gasoline hit $6 a gallon, I was still paying $2.50. Propane is $4 or more in my area... not so cheap.

 

[Cranky Canuck]

I like the idea of a multi-fuel engine. I was considering a propane conversion back in the 1990's, but propane is not as conveniently available as gasoline. I wonder how frequently blended gasoline needs to be run through the tank to keep the ethanol from degrading. Propane cylinders have a near indefinite shelf life. Propane burns cleaner than gasoline, but still produces a lot of particulate. I guess a catalytic converter could solve much of that issue. I moved to compressed natural gas (CNG), not because it was clean, but it allowed me to access carpool lanes for many years. CNG never caught on because it was a non-renewable hydrocarbon fuel. When gasoline hit $6 a gallon, I was still paying $2.50. Propane is $4 or more in my area... not so cheap.

All hydrocarbon fuels are non-renewable. As for how long before the gasoline degrades, my old plug-in hybrid used to go into a "fuel and oil refresh mode" where it would burn off all the gas in the tank after about six months of it being in there. I'm sure the Chrysler engineers had reasons for choosing six months as the point when the fuel needed to be burned off so I imagine other automakers like Scout would come to similar conclusions.