Search results

I think everyone is assuming half the milage when towing, prob less than that if towing the full 10k, but now it sounds like if you are towing above 5k it's impossible for the engine to keep up, kinda depressing and I wish they were just honest about that from the start.

Can you confirm the plan is for the EREV model to be able to tow 10,000 lbs while running on gas. From the Jay's Garage video it sounded like it would only be able to do 10,000 lbs when in EV mode and then be limited to 5,000 lbs when running off the harvester. I'm also in the same situation...

Hmm maybe you are right, he does say 10k and 7k on the electric version, not electric mode. If that was true it could also be due to battery chemistry as they say it has 2k lbs of payload capacity still with the harvester so the engine can’t weigh so much that it by itself would cut the towing...

That’s not my understanding from the video. He specifically says in EV mode it can tow 10k and 7k. Once you are using the harvester it’s lowered to 5k. This seems to be an issue with the battery being able stay charged from the 4 cylinder engine when towing anything above 5k.

That’s also how I understood it. I get it, have to consider they need to have this thing rated so you can go up a mountain with it and not run out of battery before the gas engine can keep it from depleting, so they have to rate conservatively, but that is disappointing. It’d be able to tow our...

The point would be if you are not near a charging station. I can tell you the way it works and my use case in our plug in hybrid RAV4 Prime. When we dry camp it's nice to be able to use the cars engine as a generator. The RAV4 comes with a 1500W outlet in the back. If we want to top up the...

I’m currently towing a small 2000 lb camper with RAV4 Prime plugin hybrid, regen braking coming down from mountains is great. Really removes the need to get on the brakes all the way down. Plus you get back a lot of the range used on the way up.

That was my case in Austin when the Model 3 came out. I had reserved online when it was first announced, they let me know it was ready and I paid online, then when it came in I went and picked it up in the showroom. I’m not even sure what they would change if the laws were different as it was a...

Some good info in here. I hadn’t seen that second post from Jamie about the harvester so yes it sounds like the 150mi is just when the engine kicks on at 20%. Looks like the math works out to about half the battery of the EV only option, which is pretty good. In response to the posts about us...

I’m shopping between a Ramcharger and the harvester. I would definitely prefer the Scout but I need more detail on the engine and what it would mean for towing a small camper. The consensus here is all over the place so some kind of details from Scout directly would be appreciated. Does anyone...

Our Safari Condo Alto R1726. It’s a 2000 lb retractable roof travel trailer we’ve had a couple years now. Should be a breeze for the Terra Harvester but I’d want to get a new tow vehicle that could tow an airstream or something later. Originally we were looking at the Ramcharger until the...

Ah sorry read it in a vacuum, guess we are saying the same thing then, it won’t match the max output at the wheels cause it doesn’t need to since it runs independently and can run at constant rpm.

But the car won’t be outputting max torque all the time. It’ll be acting like a normal EV , sometimes outputting very little while coasting, sometimes charging the batteries while breaking, and sometimes for very short bursts outputting max torque. The harvester can just run constant recharging...

This guy thinks it'll be a 3 cylinder based on the images from the presentation. He thinks it may take premium fuel to account for the smaller engine size, we'll see I guess. Scout Motors’ EV Surprise: The Harvester Range Extender Explained!

Yeah that was my assumption as well as it looks like the engine will be where a spare would go under there. Has that been confirmed though?

They said in the presentation that the harvester will have a smaller battery to account for the engine and gas tank. No one knows what the percent split will be though. Honestly if it’s just there as an emergency backup for an extra 150 miles and not an option for using on road trips as your...

I really hope it’s not the full battery or only slightly smaller at 300 miles range and clicks in at half after 150 miles have depleted. I haven’t heard anyone mention this point but I was kinda glad to hear that the battery is smaller in the harvester version and I hope by a good margin. The...

There have been a few sites reporting 150 miles of battery only range on the harvester version: https://electrek.co/2024/10/24/scout-ev-available-pre-order-500-mile-range/ I would think that would make it cheaper but honestly they could prob make it the same price and I’d still go for it.