Switching Harvester to All EV Model?

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Pretty much yeah. It's more like going from an iPhone 13 to an iPhone 16 in that you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.

To give a real world example, my car - a 2022 Ioniq 5 has a 77.4 kWh battery. This year Hyundai did a "mid-cycle refresh" to add all the accumulated improvements they've made which resulted in a slightly more energy dense battery so the newest version of my car now has an 84.0 kWh battery. It's an improvement to be sure, but I don't think most people will notice the added 20 miles of range that more dense pack gives.

So in three years of development they've added 6.6kWh more capacity to the same-size battery which gives about 20 miles more range. It's not nothing but it's not ground breaking either. It does add up over time though.

Incremental improvement.
That's perfect as this math may add up to 420 miles for the Terra EV by 2028
 
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This is my thinking and why i switched to total EV. For me personally all I need is a way to charge overnight while camping at a level 2 amounts. If they could design a system like an Ecoflow solar generator that could lock in to Terra bed so you would only take it when camping. I know you would need a huge amount of solar panels to re charge but in three years maybe there will be panels that could charge while truck and trailer are in transit.
Yes, this is my sincere hope that infrastructure is better. I absolutely love my EV and get about 290-292 miles give or take this winter from 100%.

This past weekend I drove 2.5 hours away to a state park, arrived at 39%. The closest supercharger was 1 hour away where I would have burned 64 miles each way.

If infrastructure is improved I may switch, but if at home with power outage the harvester might be a better option also. Will have to see final specs and how many more chargers are around then.
 
Welcome to the forum.

You've got it right. The Harvester will have 150 mile battery range and 350 mile generator range. Full EV will have 350 mile battery range.

I think you made the right move switching to full EV. Since you have the diesel truck and plan to keep it, might as well use that for long camping trips and skip the maintenance on the gas engine on the Harvester, like you said.

Use the Scout for all your other driving and not have to worry about gas sitting in the tank too long and going bad, etc.
I think this estimate is backwards.
The range extender adds to the original configuration, so you get the 350 with either model but the onboard generator (range extender) on a single fuel tank will add an extra 150.
I drive an EV with a range extender currently and the EV side gets the same range as non REX of the same model.
I didn’t see any indication in the literature that the battery would be smaller on the harvester model.
 
I think this estimate is backwards.
The range extender adds to the original configuration, so you get the 350 with either model but the onboard generator (range extender) on a single fuel tank will add an extra 150.
I drive an EV with a range extender currently and the EV side gets the same range as non REX of the same model.
I didn’t see any indication in the literature that the battery would be smaller on the harvester model.
In the jay lenos video with CEO Scott says that the harvesters battery will be a 60-70kWh battery as the full ev will be a 120-140kWh i believe.

Harvester- 150 Battery 350 from the Generator. It will be equipped with a 15 Gallon gas tank. Which will replace the front half of the Battery.

Full EV is 350 Battery
 
I think this estimate is backwards.
The range extender adds to the original configuration, so you get the 350 with either model but the onboard generator (range extender) on a single fuel tank will add an extra 150.
I drive an EV with a range extender currently and the EV side gets the same range as non REX of the same model.
I didn’t see any indication in the literature that the battery would be smaller on the harvester model.
This has been discussed at painful length. 150 ( from small battery) 350 from gas generator
 
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In the jay lenos video with CEO Scott says that the harvesters battery will be a 60-70kWh battery as the full ev will be a 120-140kWh i believe.

Harvester- 150 Battery 350 from the Generator. It will be equipped with a 15 Gallon gas tank. Which will replace the front half of the Battery.

Full EV is 350 Battery
I’ll have to look for that, I didn’t see that information anywhere in the literature. That’s kind of disappointing.
 
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Sorry, I just joined today and haven’t ready all thousand threads.
Oh do not apologize! There’s a lot of info and tons of information on here. I have been here for a bit and I find myself asking redundant questions. And I’m sure there are a few people who are sick of me asking are we sure I could actually learn how to drive a BEV and what about that range anxiety for the umpteenth time.

A good follow is @Jamie@ScoutMotors

He provides a lot of information from SM and keeps us updated on goings on.

Glad you are here and enjoy the journey.
 
Sorry, I just joined today and haven’t ready all thousand threads.
All good bro, no need to apologize. Im a dick around here anyways if you ask around…

If you search harvester at least every one of us here have asked a-lot about it. It’s still very new to us and to ScoutMotors since it was out of the bloom type thing for everyone. At the reveal it was still a pretty new objective for the engineers.
 
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I think this estimate is backwards.
The range extender adds to the original configuration, so you get the 350 with either model but the onboard generator (range extender) on a single fuel tank will add an extra 150.
I drive an EV with a range extender currently and the EV side gets the same range as non REX of the same model.
I didn’t see any indication in the literature that the battery would be smaller on the harvester model.
The harvester will be 150 miles pure BEV with 350 miles of range created by the generator/engine
 
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I've been thinking about making that switch at some point too. Both models seem to be very capable but the simplicity of a full BEV seems a little more attractive, I think it'll just be best to wait and see the updates scout provides as we get closer to launch date and the improvements to EV infrastructure throughout the country.

I think what I'd need to see to fully commit to the Full BEV is lucid levels of efficiency, which might be a myth lol it does not seem like any manufacturer can get close just yet. hopefully scout can figure out what lucid has going on because north of 3.5 miles/kWh would be a dream.