Harvester owners (future) here! Who's going EREV Electric + Gas Range Extender 🔋⛽️

[Stumpy]

I'm hoping Scout does this right and uses a clean sheet design for the engine and generator. I hope the plans are not to repurpose a corporate VW car engine. Powering just a generator can allow for a more efficient combustion cycle and lighter weight engine to maximize heat loss.

That's my hope too, but I think little chance the Harvester engine won't be a VW engine. First, the decision to add an EREV model was made late in development, which means they likely just picked a VW engine off the shelf. Second, it'd cost so much more money to develop a ground-up in-house motor rather than picking an already existing VW engine.

 

[KarlT]

I'm hoping Scout does this right and uses a clean sheet design for the engine and generator. I hope the plans are not to repurpose a corporate VW car engine. Powering just a generator can allow for a more efficient combustion cycle and lighter weight engine to maximize heat loss.

‘maybe a Porsche engine?