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  1. Scout EREV competition is coming!

    Here's a pretty good exploration of the effects of drag and temperature on EV range. https://www.geotab.com/blog/ev-range-impact-of-speed-and-temperature/ As I've noted previously, we travel often (three seasons) to our cabin in NW Colorado. The cabin is off-grid. It has a 25 year old 12 volt...
  2. Scout EREV competition is coming!

    AFAIK, there are no "put it on a window sticker" battery range specs yet. Current (no pun intended) range specs for available EVs are a bit optimistic and vary widely with load and temperature. I hope your crystal ball is correct. I like the idea of a "pure" EV but it simply does not work for me...
  3. Time to give up the frunk (if you want the Harvester engine)...

    As others have noted in this thread, it's all about your use case. My current vehicle is a 2015 Ram with the 3.0L ecodiesel. We travel to our remote cabin (NW Colorado) a dozen times or so from spring to fall (and once or twice during hunting season). It is 310 miles one-way from Colorado...
  4. Harvester Selection -- use the gas engine to keep the batteries close to fully charged?

    This version of the new Scout (and the analogous Ram) are of the most interest to me. I have always wondered why no vehicle manufacturers had built hybrid EV's on the diesel-electric model. Seems a no brainer. The battery can be smaller and lighter (you have a battery charger "on board"). There...
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