Recent content by Central Oregon Guy

  • From all of us at Scout Motors, welcome to the Scout Community! We created this community to provide Scout vehicle owners, enthusiasts, and curiosity seekers with a place to engage in discussion, suggestions, stories, and connections. Supportive communities are sometimes hard to find, but we're determined to turn this into one.

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    Realistic range concerns.

    I read an article that interested me; regarding range degradation in cold weather. https://insideevs.com/news/626577/winter-cold-weather-ev-range-loss-study/
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    Realistic range concerns.

    Do you have well developed charging infrastructure where you live? Have you ever had problems finding a charger? Did you get the long range Tesla 3?
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    Realistic range concerns.

    Agreed, I recently read that heat pumps help electric vehicles operate more efficiently! https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1135681_heat-pumps-included-in-gm-evs-could-give-them-a-real-world-range-advantage
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    Realistic range concerns.

    I agree that good recharge time is important, we have a level 2 home charger for my wife’s Rav 4 Prime. For me range matters; because we don’t yet have extensive charging infrastructure in Oregon or surrounding States like Idaho. I will easily travel 120+ miles to go hunt, camp or hike, there...
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    Realistic range concerns.

    Yep, but that is 250 miles with gas stations everywhere. I think 300 miles would be the bare minimum for me, maybe 350 would be reasonable. I stumbled across this the other day, it may interest you. Airstream has an electric RV concept. See below link...
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    Realistic range concerns.

    Last year I bought my wife a new car. It was going to be a Tesla; but we settled on a Toyota RAV4 Prime (plug in hybrid). The reason we didn’t get a full battery electric vehicle is due to the lack of charging infrastructure in Central Oregon. We often do road trips and with a battery electric...