Which is why full EV off roaders are impractical, but a hybrid would rock. Sure it went a few miles, but that

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Jul 30, 2021
11:12:18am

Bert609 Truly Addicted User

Which is why full EV off roaders are impractical, but a hybrid would rock. Sure it went a few miles, but that

translated to a few hours on the trail. Many western trails have a lot of descents where regenerative braking could work to aim some of that back.

An EV would be awesome (assuming the weight and location of the batteries doesn't adversely affect performance. The 4xE looks really cool.

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This off road video has everything. TFL just hit on so many competitive points among LR, Jeep, Bronco, and EVs (29 mins)

Tokolosh Intervention Needed

7/28/21 11:44am

Thanks. I am mostly just commenting here so I can find it to watch later.

crack

7/28/21 11:46am

me too, I won't get to this one until tonight.

Bert609

7/28/21 11:48am

Who didn't make it off the mountain?

WorfoSAUR

7/28/21 11:48am

RE: Who didn't make it off the mountain?

Tokolosh

7/28/21 11:52am

Care to provide a summary? But would love to know how the Sasquatch and Rubicon

RalphWiggam

7/28/21 11:52am

From this video I think Sasquatch buyers and Rubicon buyers will come away feeling good.

Tokolosh

7/28/21 11:55am

Nice to see some actual off roading in one of these reviews. Shows that there’s

stenso

7/28/21 11:59am

Great find Tok, thanks. I've been back and forth about 100 times on whether to

Cougarnovas

7/28/21 12:03pm

Thanks for sharing, my daughter's Bronco is coming early November. Stoked

Dynomite

7/28/21 12:42pm

She’s been given a date?

RalphWiggam

7/28/21 1:24pm

Lumbar support was the difference? Jeep wins, imo.

SierraCoug

7/28/21 1:20pm

Funny enough, something like that does become a big consideration. There are at least two of us, in this thread, who...

Tokolosh

7/28/21 1:56pm

Okay. Jeep still wins for me regardless of lumbar support advantage to Bronco.

SierraCoug

7/28/21 1:58pm

I agree. Here is what I said in a sub-thread of this thread that may not be visible...

Tokolosh

7/28/21 2:07pm

My Rubicon does have lumbar support.....? Manual, but it's there

Bonoman

7/28/21 4:00pm

Didn't realize the Bronco was wider than a Wrangler. The extra maneuverability with a slimmer vehicle makes sense....

Bonoman

7/28/21 4:03pm

So if you are trailering your rig to the trail, that video is excellent. I would be interested in how the Jeep drives on

7/28/21 6:25pm

Advantage Rover then Bronco. But Jeeps are now comfortable enough to road trip.

Tokolosh

7/28/21 6:33pm

Yup, I know lots of people 60+ doing cross country road trips in the JK and JL, they are very comfortable. They

Bert609

7/28/21 7:41pm

Finally got to watch this last night. I don't know which way I would go, but

crack

7/30/21 11:00am

That would be cool — for a few miles — until the gas engine kicked in.

SierraCoug

7/30/21 11:06am

It's been a few days since I watched the vid, but didn't it only go like 2 miles on a full charge?

7/30/21 11:08am

Yeah. Going that slow seemed to really drain the battery.

crack

7/30/21 11:09am

Which is why full EV off roaders are impractical, but a hybrid would rock. Sure it went a few miles, but that

Bert609

7/30/21 11:12am

I may be misremembering, but I think the guy said Jeep only went about 25 miles on the highway in EV mode before battery

SierraCoug

7/30/21 11:17am

Correct. 25-30 miles rated highway is about 3 miles on the trail. It's a mild hybrid. The 400 mile rated Rivian during

Bert609

7/30/21 11:23am

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