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Oh YEAH baby!! BEV FTW! 😆

Go into "Your Account -> Account Details" and scroll down. Under gender, there is the selection dropdown for ordered model.

For this Jeep driver/owner (for the last 40 years), the issue is Stellantis' hubris. At a time when the entire planet was processing the financial aftershocks of COVID and supply chain constrictions, this company decided it was going to rake its customers over the coals by increasing the price...

Perfectly stated! Couldn't agree more. My wife and I are renting an EV6 as our "first" electric while our Subaru is in the shop (a deer hit the side of it, caused $10K of damage). It was actually the only rental that came in at USAA's stupid $30/day coverage. It was a little adjustment for my...

They seriously shouldn't have debuted this video with that drivetrain note. It sounds terrible. I know this is a prototype, but yikes.

Such a small thing that's SO nice on cold mornings! We had one on a Grand Cherokee we leased for a bit and really missed it when we went back to Subuaru. And of course, my 2012 Wrangler Sport doesn't have it. It's the little things!

That video seems to have been taken under the least ideal circumstances, if it's the same one I saw. A review by ArsTechica showed a real-world result of 231 miles on a full charge, which is much closer to the production 240. But I get it - production ended up being way lower than targeted...

Yes, but I was referring more to the charging infrastructure. I like Scout's design philosophy and ideology (body-on-frame, bolt-on-panels, buttons and tactile human-based UI's), so I don't expect much to change in the next few years as far as the vehicle I want. I was just saying that by 2028 I...

Hey man, I didn't @ you before you started coming at me, not sure why you're so offended that BEV is the future. People want all kinds of crazy things that they don't need, right? I want the company to be successful, end of story, and I hope people love their Scouts and that the company commits...

My second property is in a remote corner of New England. I spent the first 18 years of my life living two miles from my nearest neighbor down a one-lane dirt road that was frequently washed out, 15 miles outside a very small town. We had a hand-crank diesel generator for when the power went out...

Why would they ever run out? You mean people plan ahead and stuff? Gee - maybe by 2028 we will have all terrain mobile charging units for such instances? Hell, not far in the future I can see even more compact and dense battery tech that allows us to carry extra new-tech lightweight battery if...

So you're saying these areas are unreachable because of a lack of gas stations as well? ;) I'm just saying I think chargers will be much more prevalent and much closer to areas where people want to be. Not to mention I seem to recall seeing solar+battery installations from Jeep near offroad...

I'm hoping that the environment will be a little different by the time our orders are ready to be filled.

I agree with the second part of this wholeheartedly, but off-roading does actually use quite a bit of EV power, no? I remember TFL doing their pure-electric test with the 4xe and it used quite a bit of power, but obviously wasn't optimized for pure-electric. I'd imagine Scout can optimize the...

Good to see some fact checking here by @JesseS @joewilk45 @TwoJacks and others. The days of sub-$2 gasoline are over, it doesn't matter how many dinosaurs we dig up. The entire system is "optimized" by the global Big Oil & Gas companies for a balance between what people will tolerate and the...

I'm not letting them off the hook, but new coal power plant permits in China declined by 83% in 2024, with only 9MW approved. They reduced coal power generation from June 2023 to June 2024 (the last numbers available) by 7%, although I just read it was slightly higher in the latter half of the...

Yup. It's the direction that the planet is heading though - even in third world countries, solar and battery is still cheapest and first-world countries have to ensure that they're not burning things for energy and heat. We're all in the same pool, after all and we can't just throw up our hands...

In the spirit of teaching someone to fish, I would urge you to look at the profit margins of Shell, ExxonMobil, and the other major fossil fuel companies in 2022, when prices were at their highest. Hint: They all had record profits. Profits are down a bit for 2023 and 2024, which is why gas and...

The benefit in the short-term is that the pollution from that coal plant is centralized and can be scrubbed. Over time, as more clean energy gets put on the grid and fossil fuel sources (hopefully) get phased out, your vehicle gets cleaner. Also, the breakdown for utility-scale generation in...

Getting off the point. Utility scale battery storage is growing exponentially and its adoption curve is happening even faster than solar did. I generate 120% of my need. Yes, there are sectors where fossil fuels will be necessary for a long, long time. My household is not one of them. Enjoy your...