BEV Delay
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Seen that but heard it is vague in regards to Terra BEV truck which is now rumored for 2030
You can listen to AI and repetitive garbage or have faith and listen to what SM tells us directly. Only one is going to be accurate at this point and time
Fear sells clicks. Plus I suspect there reason for competition to get people to give up and buy something already in production.
That said, even thought the Terra BEV has the lowest reservation rate - Scout has not said anything official about delaying its production.
That said, even thought the Terra BEV has the lowest reservation rate - Scout has not said anything official about delaying its production.
It seems like the story is getting repeated over and over and I don't know why. Disheartening, while yes, the Terra BEV has the lowest reservation rate, isn't it feasibly the easiest vehicle to build and get out the door first? I mean while you are working on all those other problems I'm reading about in the forums, thermal dynamics and the tilt and placement of the rear mounted engine so it stays off road capable, yadda, yadda - Yeah, I don't care about all that. I want a truck that runs on batteries that doesn't look like a spaceship. I hope SM's marketing is aligned with their logistics - an actual delay of that magnitude I would think would simply give the upper hand to your competitors. Hopefully I'm driving my Terra BEV in 2028
I feel the same about the traveler BEV!
I 100% agree. I liklely would have ordered a R1T by now as I think it is an awesome vehicle. Best ground clearance, off road capability, 420 mile range and a total BEV vision. But damn that Terra just simply looks cooler. I am so vain. Hopefully the pendulum will swing back to Scout putting more energy into the BEV.
I think the thing that makes me not worry about where the BEV is in development as much is that they started developing the BEV about 2 years prior to the EREV. Also, the BEV is less complicated than the EREV just by its nature. I’m just continuing to sit in faith and patience.
In addition - I believe that the production will be staged such that BEVs will be interspersed with EREVs at the appropriate percentages of orders... While I don't think they stated that directly (yet), They have stated the line supports both. Fingers crossed...
So much of it will depend on what their suppliers can deliver. Scout is going to build whatever configurations get the highest number of vehicles built in the shortest amount of time. If they are constrained on battery cells they will build more Harvesters. If they are constrained on engines they will build more BEVs. If they are constrained on bench seats they will build more bucket seat configs or vice versa. Tesla ran into all sorts of weird things when ramping - certain wheels were limited, certain leather colors were limited, etc. that it felt really chaotic in the beginning and people that had reserved later were getting vehicles before others. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth on the forums. Eventually everyone got their cars.
It seems like it’s pretty universal when there’s a new Brand/model.
Things were pretty tight for suppliers of anything around that time, so that might've been more about market conditions than usual. With that said, Rivian also had the same issues.
Agreed. Hoping the products SM is planning are readily available and that the suppliers who committed truly meet their needs
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