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    Additionally, Scout Motors wants to hear your feedback and speak directly to the rabid community of owners as unique as America. We'll use the Scout Community to deliver news and information on events and launch updates directly to the group. Although the start of production is anticipated in 2026, many new developments and milestones will occur in the interim. We plan to share them with you on this site and look for your feedback and suggestions.

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  1. OIBScout

    What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

    100% with you, man. Let the aftermarket bring many of these accessories. The fewer options, the better. Many factory kit items are sourced via OEM third party channels, and therefore two-stepped by dealers with significant mark-ups. I love companies like Eurowise for Porsche VW Audi, who...
  2. OIBScout

    Would you be more inclined to purchase if...

    EVs are incredibly efficient at delivering massive torque / motion from the batteries, with better than inverse efficacy compared to gas and diesel, where most of the fuel is burned to create heat and noise. When crawling, or climbing, infinitely less energy is expended in an EV to achieve...
  3. OIBScout

    Gas Powered Range Extender

    Can you point to more details for how Harvester is conceived to charge, and at what cost to base battery range (before the generator / inverter? kicks in? 300 miles? 270?
  4. OIBScout

    Gas Powered Range Extender

    It would be good for Scout Motors to confirm their estimates for battery range with Harvester range extender not figured in, but installed. They have to know by now how many cells are deleted from the battery only version when Harvester enters the equation. I won’t venture a speculative...
  5. OIBScout

    Love the Nostalgia

    I don’t begrudge the Dodge kids wanting their EV to make sound, but I don’t need this. Silently making speed in under 4 in a beefy SUV with no speed wobble is my engineering ask.
  6. OIBScout

    Would you be more inclined to purchase if...

    Did they say how many gallons Harvester tank will be? If it’s a small inverter type generator, should sip gas whilst charging. Very curious to read more on the Harvester engineering.
  7. OIBScout

    Are factory deliveries for reservation holders being considered?

    Charlotte NC is ? in for the factory pick-up option! I mean, you can fit a visitor and delivery center somewhere on 1,100 acres.
  8. OIBScout

    Would you be more inclined to purchase if...

    With you, ?! I’m encouraged to see the strong support for the choice Scout Motors made. They nailed it with the Harvester option.
  9. OIBScout

    Size of the traveler?

    They seem to be approaching things mechanically, with the rear axle set up. Many modern, and often quite capable AWD platforms utilize traction control / ABS / hill-descent control to manage tires not in contact with the surface and differential slip. The EV typically has a speed controller...
  10. OIBScout

    Would you be more inclined to purchase if...

    Harvester is effectively a hybrid. I don’t need a vehicle switching between gas and EV and turning off and on at stop lights. Recently sold our much loved 2019 Tesla 3 and can say EV ownership is a transformative and almost entirely positive experience. Range anxiety for 99% of Scout owners...
  11. OIBScout

    Would you be more inclined to purchase if...

    Hard fast ABSOLUTELY NO on gasser models. If you’d asked “Diesel?” I might have hesitated. Please, Scout Motors, stay your course! Traveler Harvester is a fantastic option. The digital UX (Community) notwithstanding, EVs are infinitely more simple machines. Having swapped alternators and...
  12. OIBScout

    Dimensions

    I’m a little old school, and hope to have smaller wheels and more sidewall. BFG KO3 33 X 12.50 - 18 (Load Index 125) would love to see how this looks, and if Scout might offer a 33 versus 35 factory option.
  13. OIBScout

    Size of the traveler?

    It’s an EV and therefore, no transmission, if anything about Scout is like existing EVs. The Traveler is massive, so perhaps they’ll have a bracket option for 6’-6”+ drivers.
  14. OIBScout

    Love bench seat, but it needs to fold down.

    It’s a tricky design. With the width, I hope Scout will be able to firmly bolster the two primary seats, and allow the center bench position to share the driver and passenger bolsters for a third dished out position. The idea of a bench is great, but will feel like a compromise for most of us...
  15. OIBScout

    Optional full hard top for rack/camping/overlanding

    VW Audi are quite adept at making no-leak, no jam panoramic sunroofs. I’ve had Land Rovers, almost all of them had leaky, prone to cockeyed opening sunroofs. Some manufacturers are very good at it, and they may be able to borrow from Atlas-Q7 with a properly engineered option for Traveler.
  16. OIBScout

    See Traveler colors

    Get some rallye stripes built for these concepts. Scouts beg for graphic packages.
  17. OIBScout

    What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

    Rooftop tie-ins. If they ship with factory roof rails, with four or six attaching points, it would be great to have access plugs cut into the headliner, so that roof racks could be through-bolted from in the cabin. The lack of this simple, virtually free, bit of engineering was absent on my...
  18. OIBScout

    Welcome and Introductions!

    Erik from NC. Experienced Land Rover expedition traveler, with much of the Americas under my belt in Defenders, Discoveries, Series trucks. Have loved International and Scout (in particular), since I was a kid in the 70s, and gleefully reserved a Traveler Harvester today.
  19. OIBScout

    Dimensions

    Tire Sizes... is this up for discussion? I've happily run 31x10.50x15 and 33x12.50x15 (BFG TA KO) and wonder if the 35s might not want a smaller option, and if Scout Motors has already agonized / engineered this to death? There are many reasons to go smaller on the wheels, opening up many more...
  20. OIBScout

    Dimensions

    Great news. I was never a D90 guy, but you cannot ignore that 88 - 90" segment. They are often using the trucks for more aggressive off-highway travel, whereas I'm a long-distance overland expedition user. Discovery and Defender sat right in that 100" - 110" sweet spot, but for towing, the...
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