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Sen. Schumer gas for electric car trade in program?

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My brother had an old 1960 something Scout. I loved it. As an EV though it will hardly be good for anything the old Scout was good at.
 

Brett327

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My brother had an old 1960 something Scout. I loved it. As an EV though it will hardly be good for anything the old Scout was good at.
Jeep has a plug-in hybrid model Wrangler that is pretty bad ass on the trail.
 

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Jeep has a plug-in hybrid model Wrangler that is pretty bad ass on the trail.
I would suspect, given all the torque. I'd like to drive one. But for how long/far is a charge good for? Real 4x4 ain't no freeway commute. And some folks have long drives to their favorite OHV area or trail. Then they will burn up lots of charge on the trail. You sure aren't going to camp or fish a weekend and make it out on one charge.
 

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I would suspect, given all the torque. I'd like to drive one. But for how long/far is a charge good for? Real 4x4 ain't no freeway commute. And some folks have long drives to their favorite OHV area or trail. Then they will burn up lots of charge on the trail. You sure aren't going to camp or fish a weekend and make it out on one charge.
The Jeep is a hybrid with an engine, so it gives you lots of options on how to employ the EV part of it. I test drove one when I was updating my Jeep. This is the Mk 1 Mod 0 version, and while the torque/HP is impressive, I found that the transition between EV and engine modes isn't quite there yet... just felt kinda clunky, so I'll wait to see how it improves over the years before I give it another chance. That said, for my current island setting, I could pretty much run all electric and never buy gas, which is expensive here... that and having free electricity on base would be pretty sweet. One of my JOs here has one and loves it. I don't think he has bought any gas in 6 months.
 

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The Jeep is a hybrid with an engine, so it gives you lots of options on how to employ the EV part of it. I test drove one when I was updating my Jeep. This is the Mk 1 Mod 0 version, and while the torque/HP is impressive, I found that the transition between EV and engine modes isn't quite there yet... just felt kinda clunky, so I'll wait to see how it improves over the years before I give it another chance. That said, for my current island setting, I could pretty much run all electric and never buy gas, which is expensive here... that and having free electricity on base would be pretty sweet. One of my JOs here has one and loves it. I don't think he has bought any gas in 6 months.
Ah. PLUG in hybrid. My bad. THAT I would love in a 4x4. I have seen but not driven the Jeep.
 

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I would suspect, given all the torque. I'd like to drive one. But for how long/far is a charge good for? Real 4x4 ain't no freeway commute. And some folks have long drives to their favorite OHV area or trail. Then they will burn up lots of charge on the trail. You sure aren't going to camp or fish a weekend and make it out on one charge.

Let's be real, a freeway commute is exactly how most folks use their 4x4's nowadays.
 
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