What one thing would you like to see changed from concept to production?
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This excites me to no end. Let me just put this in perspective, with a 240V outlet and bidirectional charging, your Scout is now a Powerwall. Assuming the Scout has 110kWh useable battery, it's essentially a maxed out Tesla Powerwall 3 system. That's basically enough to power your house for a whole week! Also funny enough, below is how much a somewhat equivalent Tesla Powerwall system would cost and note this is only doing 94.5kWh.
Loosely speaking, that is how much value you're getting by that one feature. I say loose because install prices are different as you'd need to wire your house for bidirectional charging however "installing" the battery system is free since it's you parking your car. Also you don't have the benefit of using the Scout as a Powerwall 24/7 unless you never drive the thing.
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I have a question. I have seen multiple posts like this and I understand the excitement behind it.
Im just curious, how often have you had to run your house from a generator, be it a gas powered or electric generator or your electric vehicle, and if/when you have had that happen how long was your power out that it required you to do that?
Just curious. Thanks!
Seems like this is a trend most manufacturers are finding appealing and it opens up the “floor” space and console spaces
So long as it isn’t column clutch. I always struggled with those yet I can row through a 6-speed manual like an Olympian but turn it sideways and my brain shuts down
YMMV greatly with this one. At my house it's once or twice a year during storm season, at my parents house it's far more often due to Public Safety Power Shutoff events which is where the utility will shut off power on high wind events to prevent downed lines from starting wildfires. Like a spare tire, this isn't something I'd expect to use all the time, but boy is it nice to have when you need it.
The headlights and the wood/grain in the Traveler. They might look better in person but not a fan based on what I've seen in pictures and videos. A beefy, rugged vehicle with tiny headlights doesn't seem right to me.
240V on the Traveler - would be a strange omission between the two models. And hopefully at least 30-40 amps.
+1 on the rear wiper for the Traveler
240V on the Traveler - would be a strange omission between the two models. And hopefully at least 30-40 amps.
+1 on the rear wiper for the Traveler
Had to run the gas geni 3 times total. The longest was for 5 days due to a Derecho Storm. Most folks weren’t so lucky with the aftermath of that storm and didn’t have power for 30 days.
That’s why when I was purchasing my dentside the biggest thing I told my guy was that I needed a automatic.
Move the charge port to the front passenger side.
I have no use for a truck with a rear charge port.
I have no use for a truck with a rear charge port.
I’m curious your thoughts here. That would be more convenient for charging stations wouldn’t it
There are threads on here about it and I don’t want to derail too much.
Basically rear driver and front passenger are equal in terms of access to charging cables while rear charge ports make charging with a trailer nearly impossible with existing charging stations which are nearly all pull or back in rather than pull through or beside.
Yeah that’s always the balance. Front charging ports make way more sense for towing, but if you never tow then it’s nice to have a rear so you can back into the space. Whenever they start doing them like gas pumps everywhere where you can just pull alongside it will no longer be an issue.
Basically it’s better because if you use Tesla chargers, you don’t have to back in, if you’ve got street charging, it’s on the right side, and otherwise it doesn’t really matter. Literally the only reason Tesla puts it there is because the house that EM happened to be renting when they were making this decisions, had an awkward driveway that required him to back into the garage. The only reason others do it is because Tesla does. Other charging networks are growing faster than Tesla, so soon it won’t really matter at all, except for the advantage of having it on the sidewalk side for street charging. I’d love it if they put the charge port where they’ve put the gas cap on harvesters, but of course that won’t change with the initial models. Best we can hope for is that they change it with successor models.
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Needing to back into a space is not an advantage, it’s an annoyance.
I don’t think there’s much advantage to backing in to most charge spots. There are some places where it’s safer to back in, but most of the ones I’ve used have been isolated from most pedestrians.
With >15,000 stations and >65,000 plugs, it’s going to be a while before pull through or pull beside ports are as ubiquitous as pull-in or back-in ports. Even many new stations going today in don’t have spots that are good for towing…even at truck/RV stops. Putting the port at the front passenger position wouldn’t negatively impact any current or future usage.
We run own entire home on solar power and backup Powerwall 3 & Powerwall 3 expansions and have to pay $25/months from our utility for the privilege of using them for backup, they don’t allow you to totally disconnect your home. In the short time we have had our system we have had two hurricanes that both cut off the grid for 4 days each and 6 other events cutting the grid 1-2 days each. The only way I knew about those shorter events is the App. Let me know the grid was down and that by design it had shut down our in-ground pool pump and Heater. We have fewer Powerwalls than in Chucchinchilla example. But it works for us in sunny Florida.
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