Range anxiety

[Dgarcia]

Can Scout make an additional range display that shows range in a traditional fuel gauge format? When I used a gas vehicle I couldn’t tell you how many miles a tank would get me. I just knew it was enough. Ev’s are about as reliable as gas vehicles now so I feel like I don’t have to monitor the battery so closely. I think a gauge that shows battery levels in broad increments (0, 30, 55, 80 and 100 percent markers?) could help with any over monitoring. I want the option to tune out specific mileage, specific battery percentage and any range maps without having to block out battery levels completely. Watching the battery drain this closely can cause frequent overthinking about conserving energy instead of just using my vehicle comfortably. Right now my best option is to change my dash display to something else and check battery percentage every few days. It’s not a big deal but I would like the same feeling as when I drove a gas vehicle. I’m curious how else Scout approaches range anxiety from a psychological perspective. I think this display would also fit in nicely with the classic car design elements.

It also looks like Scout will have a 240v outlet and hopefully this works for vehicle to vehicle charging with an L2 charging cable in case you do run out of battery. This would also be useful if you took a two car camping trip and could charge the towing vehicle with the non-towing vehicle. I’d be more interested in making remote tows work with V2V charging than the gas harvester personally. I know you probably can’t get near the 500 mile range this way but I would probably never need that much either.

 

[maynard]

Can Scout make an additional range display that shows range in a traditional fuel gauge format? When I used a gas vehicle I couldn’t tell you how many miles a tank would get me. I just knew it was enough. Ev’s are about as reliable as gas vehicles now so I feel like I don’t have to monitor the battery so closely. I think a gauge that shows battery levels in broad increments (0, 30, 55, 80 and 100 percent markers?) could help with any over monitoring. I want the option to tune out specific mileage, specific battery percentage and any range maps without having to block out battery levels completely. Watching the battery drain this closely can cause frequent overthinking about conserving energy instead of just using my vehicle comfortably. Right now my best option is to change my dash display to something else and check battery percentage every few days. It’s not a big deal but I would like the same feeling as when I drove a gas vehicle. I’m curious how else Scout approaches range anxiety from a psychological perspective. I think this display would also fit in nicely with the classic car design elements.

It also looks like Scout will have a 240v outlet and hopefully this works for vehicle to vehicle charging with an L2 charging cable in case you do run out of battery. This would also be useful if you took a two car camping trip and could charge the towing vehicle with the non-towing vehicle. I’d be more interested in making remote tows work with V2V charging than the gas harvester personally. I know you probably can’t get near the 500 mile range this way but I would probably never need that much either.

Welcome to the community!
Thanks for your post.

 

[J Alynn]

Can Scout make an additional range display that shows range in a traditional fuel gauge format? When I used a gas vehicle I couldn’t tell you how many miles a tank would get me. I just knew it was enough. Ev’s are about as reliable as gas vehicles now so I feel like I don’t have to monitor the battery so closely. I think a gauge that shows battery levels in broad increments (0, 30, 55, 80 and 100 percent markers?) could help with any over monitoring. I want the option to tune out specific mileage, specific battery percentage and any range maps without having to block out battery levels completely. Watching the battery drain this closely can cause frequent overthinking about conserving energy instead of just using my vehicle comfortably. Right now my best option is to change my dash display to something else and check battery percentage every few days. It’s not a big deal but I would like the same feeling as when I drove a gas vehicle. I’m curious how else Scout approaches range anxiety from a psychological perspective. I think this display would also fit in nicely with the classic car design elements.

It also looks like Scout will have a 240v outlet and hopefully this works for vehicle to vehicle charging with an L2 charging cable in case you do run out of battery. This would also be useful if you took a two car camping trip and could charge the towing vehicle with the non-towing vehicle. I’d be more interested in making remote tows work with V2V charging than the gas harvester personally. I know you probably can’t get near the 500 mile range this way but I would probably never need that much either.

Thanks for posting. It’s worth the ask. They’ve shown a speedo in an original style format so why not a “fuel” gauge of sorts

 

[cyure]

Can Scout make an additional range display that shows range in a traditional fuel gauge format? When I used a gas vehicle I couldn’t tell you how many miles a tank would get me. I just knew it was enough. Ev’s are about as reliable as gas vehicles now so I feel like I don’t have to monitor the battery so closely. I think a gauge that shows battery levels in broad increments (0, 30, 55, 80 and 100 percent markers?) could help with any over monitoring. I want the option to tune out specific mileage, specific battery percentage and any range maps without having to block out battery levels completely. Watching the battery drain this closely can cause frequent overthinking about conserving energy instead of just using my vehicle comfortably. Right now my best option is to change my dash display to something else and check battery percentage every few days. It’s not a big deal but I would like the same feeling as when I drove a gas vehicle. I’m curious how else Scout approaches range anxiety from a psychological perspective. I think this display would also fit in nicely with the classic car design elements.

It also looks like Scout will have a 240v outlet and hopefully this works for vehicle to vehicle charging with an L2 charging cable in case you do run out of battery. This would also be useful if you took a two car camping trip and could charge the towing vehicle with the non-towing vehicle. I’d be more interested in making remote tows work with V2V charging than the gas harvester personally. I know you probably can’t get near the 500 mile range this way but I would probably never need that much either.

Welcome to the community.

 

[R1TVT]

Can Scout make an additional range display that shows range in a traditional fuel gauge format? When I used a gas vehicle I couldn’t tell you how many miles a tank would get me. I just knew it was enough. Ev’s are about as reliable as gas vehicles now so I feel like I don’t have to monitor the battery so closely. I think a gauge that shows battery levels in broad increments (0, 30, 55, 80 and 100 percent markers?) could help with any over monitoring. I want the option to tune out specific mileage, specific battery percentage and any range maps without having to block out battery levels completely. Watching the battery drain this closely can cause frequent overthinking about conserving energy instead of just using my vehicle comfortably. Right now my best option is to change my dash display to something else and check battery percentage every few days. It’s not a big deal but I would like the same feeling as when I drove a gas vehicle. I’m curious how else Scout approaches range anxiety from a psychological perspective. I think this display would also fit in nicely with the classic car design elements.

It also looks like Scout will have a 240v outlet and hopefully this works for vehicle to vehicle charging with an L2 charging cable in case you do run out of battery. This would also be useful if you took a two car camping trip and could charge the towing vehicle with the non-towing vehicle. I’d be more interested in making remote tows work with V2V charging than the gas harvester personally. I know you probably can’t get near the 500 mile range this way but I would probably never need that much either.

I'm not sure I follow. If a half a tank of gas gives you anxiety, showing a battery SOC icon at half will give you same anxiety, correct? If you elect to display range in miles and your truck shows you that you have 175 miles of range left (with either gas or electric), it's showing you the same thing: you have 175 miles to "empty".

 

[oldgeeksguide]

I'm not sure I follow. If a half a tank of gas gives you anxiety, showing a battery SOC icon at half will give you same anxiety, correct? If you elect to display range in miles and your truck shows you that you have 175 miles of range left (with either gas or electric), it's showing you the same thing: you have 175 miles to "empty".

I don’t presume to speak for the OP, but I’m guessing he’s referring to the fact that when you’re looking at the number, it’s changing very quickly, ie at highway speed it’s changing every minute. Watching the number change quickly can be more stressful than watching a gradual change of a less precise, but familiar, image like a gas gauge.