Kent5
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I think you may be in for a rude awakening if you think your city/highway range in miles will be anything near your "range" when doing offroad trails. One of the touted advantages of offroad EV is the torque available at low speeds. However, using that additional torque comes at a price... additional battery drain.But we gotta differentiate between electric off-road vehicle and electric “overlanding” vehicle, whatever your definition of overlanding is.
Not everyone is going to do multi-day 200+ mile trips away from civilization. Heck, most people don’t even take their Jeeps off-pavement!
I’m about to take the JT out to do the White Rim Trail next week. Considered one of the premier Jeep trails in the country (or so I’ve read). Taking it slow over three nights and it’s just around 100 miles. Thats 200 rated miles of reserve range assuming a 300-mile battery.
For those that do require “unlimited” range via gasoline, by all means, they should not get an EV 4x4.
It would not be surprising in the least if an 'on road' range of 300 miles would drop to 100 miles or less when being used off-road.
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