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What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

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Sctlovr said:
Regarding the idea of powering your home in a power outage (which happens here frequently), how long could a vehicle actually power a few appliances before running out of juice, which would also strand you at home with no way to charge your vehicle? I'm new to the EV world and have a lot to learn!
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As others have said, how long the EV can provide power depends on the load and state of charge when the power goes out. But if you are curious, you can search YouTube - I have seen a few videos of people using their EVs to provide power during an outage. They usually say what they powered and how many days the EV battery lasted. I own a Ioniq 5, so of course I'm going to recommend the emergency backup power video by The Ioniq Guy.
Spoiler alert - he calculated 5 days of backup power using the Ioniq 5.
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But to answer your other concern: "strand you at home with no way to charge your vehicle" - this will not happen. All BEVs that I know about with V2L (Vehicle 2 Load) have a minimum power setting. My car's minimum setting is 20%. That means the car will stop providing power when the battery reaches 20% charge. I can change that to a higher value if needed. I have not changed it because if I am using the V2L for power during an outage, 20% is more than enough range to drive to one of the DC fast chargers in my area so I can recharge the battery in the car.
 
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BeerParty said:
As others have said, how long the EV can provide power depends on the load and state of charge when the power goes out. But if you are curious, you can search YouTube - I have seen a few videos of people using their EVs to provide power during an outage. They usually say what they powered and how many days the EV battery lasted. I own a Ioniq 5, so of course I'm going to recommend the emergency backup power video by The Ioniq Guy.
Spoiler alert - he calculated 5 days of backup power using the Ioniq 5.
:)

But to answer your other concern: "strand you at home with no way to charge your vehicle" - this will not happen. All BEVs that I know about with V2L (Vehicle 2 Load) have a minimum power setting. My car's minimum setting is 20%. That means the car will stop providing power when the battery reaches 20% charge. I can change that to a higher value if needed. I have not changed it because if I am using the V2L for power during an outage, 20% is more than enough range to drive to one of the DC fast chargers in my area so I can recharge the battery in the car.
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I have real world experience using my EV to power household things during an outage. A few years back we had a derecho knock out power to most of the city for about a week. The grid took heavy damage to the point where they were working around the clock just to get power back to hospitals and the sewage treatment plant. It was a big deal. For those who don't know a derecho is kind of like a tornado, but instead of being a vertical column that cuts a swath through an area it's a horizontal column that flattens a wide area. It's not a typical storm for our latitude but thanks to climate change we all got to learn about a whole new type of natural disaster!

Anyway I used my car to run all the stuff we needed in the house (lights, fridges, freezers, phones) for the whole week without needing to recharge or anything. The local fast charger was one of the few locations that actually managed to come out unscathed (just by luck) so I knew if my battery got too low I'd be able to recharge in about 15 mins. It turned out not to be necessary. At the rate of consumption I was doing I could have gone several weeks before needing to recharge. Apparently fridges and lights don't draw all that much power.

For those interested here are some pics I took during that week.

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J Alynn said:
Welcome. Respectfully SM has clearly stated the design is evolutionary not retro so there will be no round lights. Many of us early on asked as well but it’s been clearly stated multiple times. It’s just something we’ve had to accept
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I came to accept the new headlight design about 15 or so minutes into the reveal when The Benj was talking. About design and how each element of the design links back to the original Scouts and the meaning behind the brand.


Don’t they consider these to be the “4th or 5th generation” of Scout if international didn’t shut down?
 
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Skoda (a part of VW) has some neat simple features that could be useful and incorporated into the Terra and Traveler. See the linked article.


www.theautopian.com

Skodas Come With A Useful Accessory Hidden On The Inside Of The Fuel Door - The Autopian

As Scandinavian automakers, Saab and Volvo had their fair share of innovations to deal with wintery conditions. However, these days, the former is defunct and the latter is making relatively mainstream automobiles. In fairness, so is Skoda, but the greatest automaker from Czechia still has one...
www.theautopian.com www.theautopian.com
 
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