Thoughts on Factory 37s

[R1TVT]

I'm guessing there would be some significant internal debate about mounting anything like a snorkel to the exterior of the vehicle. It will impact efficiency, add wind noise, and is also symbolic of ICE and exhaust - the opposite of their messaging on environmental stewardship and delivering cleaner, more efficient trucks. A better route would be to have it flow out of the rear of the truck at the roofline, but plumbing like that will be a challenge.

It would be cool if they could route intake and exhaust through the A-Pillar and out the back of the rack system, but that would be expensive and every truck isn't going to have a rack with the Harvester. It would also be a thermal challenge and likely heat the exterior surfaces of the vehicle where it gets routed.

Anyway you look at it, the air intake and exhaust for the Harvester is an interesting engineering challenge - particularly for an EV with a series Hybrid configuration (that is a truck) and will be compared to the PURE BEV spec, which will be much simpler and won't need to contend with 2 power systems.

 

[Jamie@ScoutMotors]

Air intake will go up into the c-pillar.

 

[cyure]

We need a place where we can put all these answers we get. Any ideas how we can do this efficiently and keep it clean with just answers?

 

[J Alynn]

We need a place where we can put all these answers we get. Any ideas how we can do this efficiently and keep it clean with just answers?

I wonder if there is a way for @Jamie@ScoutMotors to set it up so any response posts he makes he can duplicated to the thread you started. Not sure if the setup of this forum would allow. Then if he supplies an answer, he duplicates-if he posts happy Friday pics then he just does the main thread. Not wanting more work for Jamie but maybe it’s as simple as him activating something as an admin-almost like an archive folder

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Air intake will go up into the c-pillar.

Thanks Jamie!

I’ve been wondering how this would be accomplished.
Essentially the engineers have designed a built-in snorkel. That’s awesome!
Now I start wondering about things like water and dust ingress, etc. Issues all of which I’m sure they’ve also considered and solved.

 

[THil08]

Air intake will go up into the c-pillar.

Interesting. Makes me want my Harvester sooner. To see all the crazy engineering stuff that the team has done.

 

[R1TVT]

Air intake will go up into the c-pillar.

Shoulda been a Scout engineer obv's.

 

[maynard]

We need a place where we can put all these answers we get. Any ideas how we can do this efficiently and keep it clean with just answers?

And a big thanks for doing it!

 

[BeerParty]

Air intake will go up into the c-pillar.

Cool, thanks for the info!