My round trip commute is about 60 miles. When I had my Silverado ZR2, at $3.50 a gallon, it cost me about $12 a day to drive to and from work. I charge my Rivian at night and costs me around $1. I'd much prefer the BEV, but most of my driving is in town so I'd rarely use the gas. I'm more concerned about the engine getting stagnant more than anything. I just need something ICE-ish for "road trips" to the in-law's lake cabin about four hours each way.
Absolutely. Just to put all this in perspective check out these gas prices in San Francisco circa the crazy high gas price crisis in April of 2008...
Per the snippet of the article I posted earlier, EV sales jumped 22% the last quarter so it will happen. Sounds like fuel will stay up until election cycle satisfies Iran so hunker down because it’s not gonna get lower anytime soon-unfortunately. Glad my wife got her Lexus RZ BEv and my accord hybrid was just filled and showing 574 miles on a near full tank with is 12 gallons on 87 octane so we are quite happy we started making the transition
The problem with this is many people can’t afford new vehicles because of other issues so it’s compounding the problem. The good thing is in ‘08 your option was small economy cars-many of which no longer exists but fortunately BEV’s be it off-lease/used or new will just help convert more drivers to BEV. I wouldn’t be surprised if this keeps up if the initial Scout production doesn’t see more BEV conversions with res holders?
Absolutely excellent observation. It’s painful, but you’re 100% correct.
Yeah from purely a car perspective the situation isn't that grim however with stagnating wages/etc. affordability is definitely an issue.
Wasn’t aware of Septa upgrades. Is that the extension they’ve talked about for years?
Makes sense. Really wish they’d keep extending out. My wife has used it from Lancaster to Philly for airport. Just rarely works though when we fly. So much easier than fighting traffic to airport and paying to park
Not immediately, but station upgrades, new rail cars, more frequent regional rail (goal is every 15 minutes). Expanding the availability of regional rail would be massive for the region. really get a lot of ICE cars off the roads. Obviously not direct impact to Scout but driving towards the same green goals.
Production start late ‘27 with deliveries ‘28. Could be late, late 2027 Xmas or Q1 ‘28 for early res and then builds out as ordered I guess
And let's not forget that's for Harvester aka the EREV. If you want a BEV like me you'll have to wait until ???.
I’ll be curious how that plays out with production balance. You have to consider there were a lot of people on this forum for nearly 2 years before we ever knew the harvester would happen. I’d like to think if the early reservations committed early on there would be some consideration for part of initial ramp up being BEV. I get if you reserved a month ago there will be a wait but for the members who all took the ride and adapted to the idea of a BEV there should be some reward for that commitment but that’s just me being self serving I guess
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Never loved the front end of most Bentley’s but kudos to them for some throwback because their recent front ends are nothing to write home overBentley's first electric car, the Torcal, to be built in Crewe
The SUVs will be built on a new production line in Crewe, which has been Bentley's base since 1946.
Is Bentley designers taking lessons from The Benj? Because this actually has the old style front end, just redone for today
If I were a betting man (I'm not), I'd bet that those who receive the first Scouts off the line will depend on some formula based on the following factors: what you reserved (they are building the Harvester Traveler first), whether you're willing to buy and pay for what you can get at launch (at launch, they likely won't be cheap, with Scout probably prioritizing the highest trim models, some of which many not interest even early reservation holders and may be limited in what you can spec), your location (how close are you to a Scout service location?), and your place in the reservation line.
