Actual delay official and order of deliveries confirmed?

[SpaceEVDriver]

The Silverado EV is still competitive and AFAIK Chevy intends to keep producing it. Ford's mid-size truck (the R1T is not full size).

I consider the R1T with 11k pound towing and similar capabilities to the Lightning to be full-size. Its bed is small, but everything else is competitive.

Ford doesn’t have a mid-sized BEV truck. It doesn’t even have conceptual drawings yet.
The Silverado and Sierra EV refresh has been cancelled. Whether they’ll continue the trucks or not is still up in the air.

Cadillac Vistiq, Highlander EV, Volvo EX90, Wagoneer S, MB EQB, Lucid Gravity, Ioniq 9 (same as the EV9 I know). Obviously off-road prowess varies widely between those along with starting price.

The Wagoneer S is not in production this year and there’s no clarity on if it will be resumed.
The Lyriq and Vistiq are both in reduced production and it’s not clear if they’ll be increased again.
The EQB production ended in 2025.


The Highlander EV doesn’t yet exist and Toyota hasn’t exactly been excited about producing EVs. But I’ll add it to the list of competitors since it’s only a little less real than the Scout Traveler BEV.
The Volvo EX90 and maybe its smaller siblings might be competitive with the Traveler.
I suppose the Gravity can be considered a potential competitor. I kind of doubt very many people are actually cross-shopping with the intention of serious comparison. I certainly had no intention of buying the Gravity when I test drove it.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Scoutmotors: "We intend to start producing our EREV first to match demand."

OK you goobers out there with EREV reservations, if you aren't traveling over 300 miles daily or towing junk, you need to change your reservations to BEV! What is the matter with you? And on top of it all, do you really like gas prices greater than $5/gallon?
Change those reservations! You can do it!

I tow junk and regularly (not daily) drive over 800 miles. I still wouldn’t put in a reservation for an EREV.

 

[BartMan Terra Total EV]

So I wonder how this 85% of Harvester orders are going to change or go away when the specs come out. I wonder if the release of these specs is purposely going to not come out for as long as possible. I am sure that if they can't add a significant amount of tow/tounge weight capacity to the Terra Harvester the orders will pumble. I have not heard of any mention that even if they add more capacity how the WDH aspects will effect anyone going off road with the Harvester. Imagine that buying a new Scout with all its off road prowess and not being able to pull much or load much. If they just would have stuck to releasing the BEV first or even together like planned the Harvester crowd would have understood and the BEV folks would not have been freaking out.

 

[R1TVT]

So I wonder how this 85% of Harvester orders are going to change or go away when the specs come out. I wonder if the release of these specs is purposely going to not come out for as long as possible. I am sure that if they can't add a significant amount of tow/tounge weight capacity to the Terra Harvester the orders will pumble. I have not heard of any mention that even if they add more capacity how the WDH aspects will effect anyone going off road with the Harvester. Imagine that buying a new Scout with all its off road prowess and not being able to pull much or load much. If they just would have stuck to releasing the BEV first or even together like planned the Harvester crowd would have understood and the BEV folks would not have been freaking out.

I think a lot of this a human problem (not a Scout problem). We live in an on-demand / instant gratification world and people's expectations are whacked. Scout is in this for the long-haul as a business that needs to have a strong financial backbone to solidify their foundation, then grow & diversify their product line, then hopefully become a profitable business unit within the umbrella. They aren't building these trucks for every demographic - their ICP profile won't fit everyone that wants to tow max loads uphill with humongous tongue weights for 500 miles without stopping to charge or refuel

Even though I am 100% pure BEV or bust, I'm fine with the process. It's really no different than any other OEM's coming to market: You need to drive awareness, build excitement around a prototype, create an aspirational set of goals that are achievable to secure reservations (NOT orders), release production spec's and configurator, and then convert as many reservations to orders as you can. Scout will not be all things to everyone.

 

[tjnorden]

For the assembly line to function properly, the entire factory and supply chain need to be in place. We will dive deeper into this with future videos.

As excited as I am for my Terra I have found the whole process from the initial announcement, the design to building the factory and supply chains really interesting and it's holding me over to my delivery...my wife on the other hand wants you to finish ASAP so that I stop talking about it

 

[cyure]

As excited as I am for my Terra I have found the whole process from the initial announcement, the design to building the factory and supply chains really interesting and it's holding me over to my delivery...my wife on the other hand wants you to finish ASAP so that I stop talking about it

This is why I’m glad this forum is here. So I don’t drive my husband crazy with all my Scout talk.

 

[speedrye]

I think a lot of this a human problem (not a Scout problem). We live in an on-demand / instant gratification world and people's expectations are whacked. Scout is in this for the long-haul as a business that needs to have a strong financial backbone to solidify their foundation, then grow & diversify their product line, then hopefully become a profitable business unit within the umbrella. They aren't building these trucks for every demographic - their ICP profile won't fit everyone that wants to tow max loads uphill with humongous tongue weights for 500 miles without stopping to charge or refuel

Even though I am 100% pure BEV or bust, I'm fine with the process. It's really no different than any other OEM's coming to market: You need to drive awareness, build excitement around a prototype, create an aspirational set of goals that are achievable to secure reservations (NOT orders), release production spec's and configurator, and then convert as many reservations to orders as you can. Scout will not be all things to everyone.

For the BEV-lovers, I think Scout's approach is one of the smartest I've seen to mass-BEV adoption in the long run. Build a good vehicle that's attractive and functional and the people will follow. Most will buy Harvesters this time, but next time? I suspect many more will move to straight BEV (hopefully another Scout) after their initial Scout experience.

 

[J Alynn]

As excited as I am for my Terra I have found the whole process from the initial announcement, the design to building the factory and supply chains really interesting and it's holding me over to my delivery...my wife on the other hand wants you to finish ASAP so that I stop talking about it

We are starting a Scout forum Spouse support group in the fall. Any spouse who endures our non stop chatter, over spent time on here, constant wants to travel and see them and the never ending show and tell of forum pics will qualify to join the support group. They too will be awarded with patches and badges for their time in therapy

 

[J Alynn]

For the BEV-lovers, I think Scout's approach is one of the smartest I've seen to mass-BEV adoption in the long run. Build a good vehicle that's attractive and functional and the people will follow. Most will buy Harvesters this time, but next time? I suspect many more will move to straight BEV (hopefully another Scout) after their initial Scout experience.

I think that is why they held off on the other niche vehicles because offering them as round two vehicles will get converts and those of use wanting BEVs so it will be a win-win. Let’s be honest, if the new R2 were an open top configuration I suspect half this forum would be ordering Rivians. I’d certainly consider it briefly but my purpose here is my love of Scouts-I’ve said for 37 years the old scouts could be built new today and they’d fit right in place and people would flock and other than being a bit larger than the originals they’ve proven that to be true.

 

[RodorW]

For the BEV-lovers, I think Scout's approach is one of the smartest I've seen to mass-BEV adoption in the long run. Build a good vehicle that's attractive and functional and the people will follow. Most will buy Harvesters this time, but next time? I suspect many more will move to straight BEV (hopefully another Scout) after their initial Scout experience.

A reasonable opinion, and honestly, a likely to happen, but as an EV driver, I'm waiting for my Scout BEV Terra to replace my Bolt. I have no interest in an intermediate lease, nor in getting a cheap gasser for when I need a truck (I already have access to one, but it's 2 hours to collect and return). I learned of the Scout revival about 4 months before the reveal, and have followed as closely as I reasonably could, but held more interest in the Silverado. Now, however, I'm in a spot where I can finally sit down, look at current and upcoming options, weigh my choices, and decided to go with Scout. So, as a reservation holder on the model with the least amount of takers, it can be hard to be told: "You will have to wait for the masses to go first, even though most of them probably aren't as interested as you". And by "masses," I'm referring to people who heard in passing and placed a reservation, or the media groups that have only reserved Harvesters... Just how many people have placed a reservation and continue to follow as closely as we here on the forum do? Or how many peopl placed a harvester reservation thinking 350BEV+150ICE=500 Total range? I know before placing my reservation, after days of reading and consideration, I still thought that was the case.

 

[BartMan Terra Total EV]

I think a lot of this a human problem (not a Scout problem). We live in an on-demand / instant gratification world and people's expectations are whacked. Scout is in this for the long-haul as a business that needs to have a strong financial backbone to solidify their foundation, then grow & diversify their product line, then hopefully become a profitable business unit within the umbrella. They aren't building these trucks for every demographic - their ICP profile won't fit everyone that wants to tow max loads uphill with humongous tongue weights for 500 miles without stopping to charge or refuel

Even though I am 100% pure BEV or bust, I'm fine with the process. It's really no different than any other OEM's coming to market: You need to drive awareness, build excitement around a prototype, create an aspirational set of goals that are achievable to secure reservations (NOT orders), release production spec's and configurator, and then convert as many reservations to orders as you can. Scout will not be all things to everyone.

Very good points. My point was the 85 % for Harvesters is likley going to change. I personally would never roll with any trailer over 5,500 pounds. Wich is no means humongous.

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

So I wonder how this 85% of Harvester orders are going to change or go away when the specs come out. I wonder if the release of these specs is purposely going to not come out for as long as possible. I am sure that if they can't add a significant amount of tow/tounge weight capacity to the Terra Harvester the orders will pumble. I have not heard of any mention that even if they add more capacity how the WDH aspects will effect anyone going off road with the Harvester. Imagine that buying a new Scout with all its off road prowess and not being able to pull much or load much. If they just would have stuck to releasing the BEV first or even together like planned the Harvester crowd would have understood and the BEV folks would not have been freaking out.

I was on the fence between a Terra and a Traveler Harvester. I’ve accepted that the Terra Harvester won’t be the truck I need. However, a Traveler Harvester will be a good alternative, and more than likely become my wife’s daily driver. This means I’ll keep the TRX for truck duties, and turn the wife’s Colorado ZR2 into my daily driver. It’s not the worst setup by any means.

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

Well I probably had my first Scout before you were born so I'll just reminisce while I wait with "faith and patience".

How old do you think I am? I know I have the maturity of a 12 year old…

 

[bwdavis7]

How old do you think I am? I know I have the maturity of a 12 year old…

Based on two of this forum's polls (Poll- What have you Reserved... and What age group are you?), the majority reservations are Traveler - Harvester and so I'm guessing you're in the 40-50 year old range which makes up huge portion of the age group poll.
So here I am in the minority of both of those polls, but yeah, I get it. I did purchase a BEV recently to "bridge" me to my Scout.