VW To Resurrect the IH Scout as an Electric Vehicle.

[MossRoad]

Offroad by definition is away from civilization (and electrictiy). I expect that 'EV Scout' doesn't even have a spare tire.

Offroad around here is pot hole season or maybe an unpaved alley.

 

[Hay Dude]

95% of people who buy the scout will never off road with it.
Just a status vehicle.

 

[5030]

Sounds to me like a business built to fail.

 

[MossRoad]

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???

Nobody fills a car with gas in the Lincoln Tunnel. They push it out or tow it out ASAP to get traffic moving and deal with it outside the tunnel.

Believe it or not, they've dealt with it before...

This is how they free up the Lincoln Tunnel when a vehicle gets stuck

The traffic alert that can make the blood of Lincoln Tunnel commuters boil is "vehicle stuck in tunnel." There is a very specific procedure for unclogging the tunnel.

www.nj.com

 

[Hay Dude]

Nobody fills a car with gas in the Lincoln Tunnel. They push it out or tow it out ASAP to get traffic moving and deal with it outside the tunnel.

Believe it or not, they've dealt with it before...

This is how they free up the Lincoln Tunnel when a vehicle gets stuck

The traffic alert that can make the blood of Lincoln Tunnel commuters boil is "vehicle stuck in tunnel." There is a very specific procedure for unclogging the tunnel.

www.nj.com

Nobody has ever added a few gallons of fuel to a car that’s run out of gas in the LT?
Care to prove that?

Also, tell me how you push/tow a dead EV out of the way with cars in a traffic jam all around it at 4PM or 8 AM?

Much easier to free up an ICE than an EV. Anyone with mechanical aptitude knows that.

 

[MossRoad]

Nobody has ever added a few gallons of fuel to a car that’s run out of gas in the LT?
Care to prove that?

Also, tell me how you push/tow a dead EV out of the way with cars in a traffic jam all around it at 4PM or 8 AM?

Much easier to free up an ICE than an EV. Anyone with mechanical aptitude knows that.

Read the article.

 

[Hay Dude]

I did. It doesnt say nobody has ever added gas to an ICE vehicle in the Lincoln Tunnel.

 

[MossRoad]

I did. It doesnt say nobody has ever added gas to an ICE vehicle in the Lincoln Tunnel.

Try it sometime and see what happens.

 

[Hay Dude]

Well, I actually watched a guy add fuel to a car stuck in the Baltimore Harbor tunnel. Seemed to go ok.

The point is, EV breakdowns are more complicated than ICE vehicle breakdowns, no matter where you are.

 

[Tinhack]

It would be nice if they could recreate the lines of the original. However, speaking for myself only, 'off-road' and 'EV' just don't go together as of yet.

It sure would give Matt's Off-Road Recovery more business.