How Close Are We to Solid-State Batteries?
I always enjoy this person's videos.
I always enjoy this person's videos.
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I like the final point: It doesn’t matter what the chemistry is as long as the promises are met. And as long as BEV manufacturers don’t hold off developing vehicles based on aspirational promises instead of existing technology.
Yay. This is great news for our town.
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Rivian Q3 2025 Results Show Turning Point Ahead of R2 Launch
Rivian just dropped its Q3 2025 shareholder letter, and there’s a lot to unpack. The company posted its strongest delivery quarter of the year, continued to tighten up costs, and gave a clearer picture of how the R2 is shaping up as it heads toward launch in 2026. Rivian produced 10,720 vehicles...
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Okay they are saying the R2 launch will be well appointed but not the most expensive option.
I think Scout is safe from this because I think it’ll be the Hilux rather than the Tacoma, but...
If Toyota gets a BEV Tacoma with a 6-foot bed to market in the US before the Scout Traveler is available, we might end up trading the Mustang for the Tacoma. We’ll see.
If Toyota gets a BEV Tacoma with a 6-foot bed to market in the US before the Scout Traveler is available, we might end up trading the Mustang for the Tacoma. We’ll see.
But you will still come on here and provide your insight and education and MATH right?!? You can’t abandon us!!
Rivian R2’s New Battery Tech Will Be Built in the U.S. Starting in 2027
Rivian’s latest shareholder letter gave us a closer look at the R2’s new battery tech. The R2 uses a totally new battery pack built around Rivian’s 4695 cell, which packs six times more energy than the 2170 cells in today’s R1 vehicles. The pack uses the R2’s floor as the lid, helping cut weight and
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Why couldn’t Scout get LG to build the batteries? I understand The who relation with PowerCo, but still.
I love this community. I’ll stay until I get r-u-n-n-o-f-t.
If this turns out to be the case I may look harder again at the Harvester.
The 2026 Nissan Leaf Went 310 Miles in Our Real-World Range Test
Beat the EPA range by over 50 miles!
Beat the EPA range by over 50 miles!
why do I have the feeling that we/scout is going to get smoked by Rivian and Toyota and others, just doesn't look good lately not much coming out while others are moving ahead???
Is this a feeling based on evidence? What are other automakers doing that's worrying you? Competition improves the breed! No one is standing still and other companies are developing EREVs too. Scout will be nicely positioned with a rugged, off-road capable vehicle with real buttons, switches, and door handles. I think they're doing enough to stand out from the crowd.
My only real worry atm, is that the battery size (capacity) seems a bit in the smaller size compared to its competitors and target range. Especially because it likely won’t break any aerodynamic records
.lol I have a 1978 SSII dont even think the word aerodynamic was around around back then....My only real worry atm, is that the battery size (capacity) seems a bit in the smaller size compared to its competitors and target range. Especially because it likely won’t break any aerodynamic records
I didn’t realize people were considering this box on wheels for max efficiency. I see it as a scout that gets probably double the equivalent of the original Scouts and looks great doing it while hopefully being even more capable. While we had the Bronco my daughter was getting like 16mpg around campus in Texas on a brand new 2023 Bronco. I can live with better range than that on the new Scout while being 10% larger than the Broncos
Scout are moving forward at a more rapid pace than Rivian did at this stage in the company, thanks in large part to VW's and Rivian’s corporate and engineering help. The issue is that the field is a bit more crowded for Scout than it was for Rivian. So Scout needs to stick to what differentiates them from all the other players. This includes style, community, and capability.
Rivian doesn’t make off-roaders. Nobody makes off-roading EVs in the US. But Scout is working toward true off-road chops.
Rivian is priced at luxury prices; Scout should be priced low enough to be affordable to the middle-class.
Rivian doesn’t have any heritage to lean on for nostalgia. Scout does and is using that to attract a lot of people who wouldn’t have looked at yet another EV pickup startup.
Rivian has also distracted itself with bicycles and robots and I fear they’re going to go down the path of madness instead of sticking with their strength, which is incredible BEVs. If the R2 doesn’t sell like hotcakes, they’re in really big trouble.
Toyota is wrapped up eating its own tail so badly that even if they get the Hilux BEV out, they probably won’t bring it to the US before 2028. Toyota isn’t a realistic threat to Scout at this time. If they decided to, they could have a BEV pickup in the US in six months and they would dominate the entire BEV truck market. But they are an incredibly conservative company and I’m convinced they just can’t move quickly enough to do that.
RAM claims they’re going to release their EREV…sometime soon? I’ll believe it when I see real people driving it.
Ford has the Lightning, the best-selling BEV pickup in the US. But they don’t have any public updates in the pike for the Lightning. They do have T3 coming sometime…?soon?
GM/Chevrolet have the Sierra/Silverado EV, which is super expensive and doesn’t seem to have captured anyone’s imagination.
Telo and Slate are in a different market from the Terra and Traveler. I think they might steal a few sales from Scout, but probably not enough to even bother accounting.
Scout is offering the most unique electrified vehicles to be announced in the past five years. And they are creating some unique emotional responses to those vehicles the likes of which we haven’t seen in a long time.
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