VW To Resurrect the IH Scout as an Electric Vehicle.

[Hay Dude]

Nope. The last thing I want is being 30 miles from a paved road and having no juice to move the vehicle.

But people have no fear of their EV dying in the Lincoln Tunnel during rush hour?
Thats a far greater threat to public safety.

 

[Jstpssng]

But people have no fear that their EV will die in the Lincoln Tunnel during rush hour?
Thats a far greater threat to public safety.

You could say the same thing about running out of gas in the Lincoln Tunnel during rush hour. Prior planning prevents piss poor performance.

 

[Hay Dude]

You could say the same thing about running out of gas in the Lincoln Tunnel during rush hour. Prior planning prevents piss poor performance.

OK lets compare adding 2 gallons of gas to an ICE car stuck in traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel, to trying to get a charging station to a EV car stuck in traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel???

 

[ultrarunner]

Can a Tesla even be towed with a tow strap?

I was in my bone stock 1930 Model coming back from a show.

One of the guys had a full hot rod Model A with a 350 Chevy and lots of chrome.

His fuel pump went out... busy SF Bay Bridge... I had a tow strap and I towed it 4 miles off the bridge.

Wish I had a camera... lots of laughs as people passed seeing a little old towing new...

 

[jyoutz]

But people have no fear of their EV dying in the Lincoln Tunnel during rush hour?
Thats a far greater threat to public safety.

Probably so. That urban world is something I don’t experience very often. I have had to walk out 12 miles on a logging road when the fuel pump quit on the truck. I think the urban people have access to chargers that we don’t have in the boonies. If I lived in an urban area and worked nearby, I would consider an EV, but it’s ridiculous to make an off road EV.

 

[California]

I don't think a Tesla can be flat-towed.

Maybe this New Scout will have Warn Hubs to disengage if it ever needs to be towed out of the boondocks?

 

[shooterdon]

They are either very smart, or insane….at times it is a narrow line.

 

[Streetcar]

Can a Tesla even be towed with a tow strap?

I was in my bone stock 1930 Model coming back from a show.

One of the guys had a full hot rod Model A with a 350 Chevy and lots of chrome.

His fuel pump went out... busy SF Bay Bridge... I had a tow strap and I towed it 4 miles off the bridge.

Wish I had a camera... lots of laughs as people passed seeing a little old towing new...

Ev are significantly heavier than ice vehicles. In crash test ev pickup went through guardrail

 

[Jstpssng]

OK lets compare adding 2 gallons of gas to an ICE car stuck in traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel, to trying to get a charging station to a EV car stuck in traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel???

If you don't have sense enough to watch your gauges then you get what you deserve. I get it, you don't like them. I don't like mandates designed to line somebody's pockets. Yet making up scenarios which start with somebody's stupidity is rather tedious.

I have had to walk out 12 miles on a logging road when the fuel pump quit on the truck

Been there. I've done a lot of repairs on the road over the years, before smartening up and running better vehicles. I once replaced the roll pin on the distributer of an F150 with a nail to get it out of the woods, and ran it thst way for over a year before selling it. Wheel bearings on a 4x4 Ranger in the woods, brakes on my Toyota in the parking lot of a motel in Canton NY... I pulled the thermostat on that same truck at 5:30 in the morning on the NY thruway.
Considering all of the places I worked back then and as many times as I broke down, it's a wonder that I was always within 30 miles of home when I had to get towed.
But it wasn't just older vehicles. I left home in my company truck and when I hit the highway the transmission shifted into second and puked right there on the side of the road. I'd never had a problem until then. Of course it was a Chevrolet with one of their disposable trannys.

 

[Hay Dude]

If you don't have sense enough to watch your gauges then you get what you deserve. I get it, you don't like them. I don't like mandates designed to line somebody's pockets. Yet making up scenarios which start with somebody's stupidity is rather tedious.

No,,,, I think we will get what we deserve. In the Lincoln Tunnel example, the traffic will be blocked for all of us.
It’s not “tedious”. Blocked traffic in a tunnel is a life and death scenarios that must be dealt with.