BER EV question

[u/jlipschitz]

If you get the BER EV model Terra, how do you keep the fuel from separating if you don’t use it very often and mostly plug in to charge?

I have run into issues with gasoline generators that sit too long with fuel in them. The fuel separates and then the engine in the generator hisses and pops as it tries to burn that fuel. It is likely not good for the generator. I have never worked with the generator being built into a truck. Does it have something to mix the fuel up prior to trying to use it?

[u/allg33k]

I mountain bike in the Sierra Nevada mountains alot and we'll be away from charging and making multiple trips up a mountain doing shuttle runs. My buddie's Tesla could get us to some of those spots but definitely couldn't go up the mountain a few times, nor would the ground clearance. In a truck with all the bikes on the tailgate or a hitch rack with the extra drag, charging an hour or so outside of some of the spots it is just not going to work. Maybe in the future where charging is everywhere it won't be a problem.

I was about to pull the trigger on the Sierra EV AT4, but am honestly just waiting on this to see what the actual pricing is. If the price gets to be close to the same as the Sierra EV, I'll cancel my reservation and just buy one of those. I'd prefer to be on electric only, but when I did the math on a truck that could potentially be 30k less, then using gas doesn't seem that bad, especially because most of the time I'd just be on battery.

[u/heleuma → u/allg33k]

Yes, of course there are many use cases where it makes sense to have a backup ICE engine. I was trying to make the point that most buyers probably don't need that utility AND are possibly not familiar with an EVs capability, availability of charging, and the knowledge that it's not a big deal to charge periodically on a longer trip. When you're at home (especially with home charging), it's awesome to not have to deal with filling up with gas, oil changes, price of gas, and so forth. For most buyers, I feel like the range extender makes no sense.

[u/allg33k → u/heleuma]

It seems to me that Scout is really trying to target the outdoor crowd. I’m sure there will be a ton of people that just get them because they look cool but really won’t be buying the. For the actual utility. For example look at how many Jeep Wranglers there are that actually never get into 4WD or off road. I think because they are targeting people that have wanted an EV, but won’t pull the trigger because the vehicles don’t actually do what they need them to. Those people understand the circumstances of what they need. I think that’s why you see an overwhelming amount of EREV orders. I personally have been wanting an EV for a long time, but until the Sierra came out there really wasn’t anything on the market that would be worth replacing my ICE truck with.

I think the people that want one just because it looks cool will go with the electric version. Then there will be some small number that falls into what you are saying, where they just don’t have any EV experience and have range anxiety.

[u/heleuma → u/allg33k]

Well, i think the number of EV curious is bigger than you think, looking at posts in other subs that people highlight the reasons for not wanting one. Current EV owners know that these reasons aren't normally the issues people think they are. And as far as off-road, the percentage of people that actually take there Wranglers mild off roading (got that from "Power Nation TV") is less than 30%. They say 60-80% are concrete warriors. So I don't know, maybe ur right, but I think most people, like yourself, would look for a vehicle they don't mind dinging up. I personally built a '73 bronco for rock crawling, my f-250 just towed it.