• @bloopernova
    link
    English
    134 months ago

    I want an electric Subaru Outback or Forester. Something that can be driven off road to a campground, pull a trailer if needed, and has enough range to get me from Ann Arbor to the upper peninsula with minimal charging. Seats and trunk that I can hose out after a muddy dog park excursion would be great too.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      6
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      It’s going to be a little while before we get realistic options for outdoorsy uses of BEVs. If you want the range to get there AND get back (or even just to a charger) then they’re too dang heavy for offroad use. If you want to pull a camper, then the range absolutely tanks.

      Airstream is trying to address this by making a $120,000 (lol) camper that has its own battery and traction motors to assist the pulling vehicle. I think its a pretty good idea but of course they’re going to lock it down in patents for 20 years and prevent anyone from offering something affordable.

      Maybe we’ll get lucky an a revolutionary battery technology like those frequently talked about glass batteries will come out and just outperform the status quo by every metric.

      • @bloopernova
        link
        English
        24 months ago

        Thank you for the informative comment, much appreciated!

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      -4
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      Do a search for “unexpected acceleration”, there are some serious surprises in the gas/hybrid vehicles in both drive and reverse.

      Edit: This is not to imply all gas/hybrid cars are vulnerable, but it may be well-worth the time to check the vehicle brand/model/year of interest. A more specific search term is: brand model year “sudden unexpected acceleration”