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  1. R1TVT

    Rivian’s R2 will 'underpin' all future Volkswagen EVs, exec says

    Jamie - you beat me to it... LOL
  2. R1TVT

    Rivian’s R2 will 'underpin' all future Volkswagen EVs, exec says

    They are talking about a SW "platform", they are also interviewing the Chief SW Officer. Tuning of mechanical things (like a suspension) can be done by SW on their platform. R2 and the Zonal architecture will allow Scout Motors to focus MORE ENERGY on the HW and their trucks, leading into...
  3. R1TVT

    Longer Range battery option

    Toyota went way too deep into the pockets of the Oil & Gas Lobby in Japan. Lost their edge years ago and were trampled during the growth and innovation phase of Pure EV's. They basically capitulated what could have been a big lead given the early success that they had with the Prius. They are...
  4. R1TVT

    Scout Traveler SUV Green Off-Road Concept

    I hate truck or SUV (or whatever that is... maybe a Panamera on mud chuckers) that eliminate the box in the back by adding the sloped rear hatch... Makes not sense to me for something that is supposed to be utilitarian and eliminates so muck cargo space. That said I dig that color green. Its a...
  5. R1TVT

    Trail Side Fixes?

    We could point to Rivian. Of course there are going to be bumps & bugs along the road at launch (like any other new company or product) and scaling of the service side of the business will come over time, but reliability is very achievable considering the amount of EV truck development that has...
  6. R1TVT

    Longer Range battery option

    What "reports" are you referring to? And $3K is not happening for a MAX PACK battery by the start of production. Battery planning for production has already started, so it will take time to get through engineering, testing, QA, safety, pre-production and launch from here given timelines. Not to...
  7. R1TVT

    Driver Legroom

    Prototype and pre-production... Not dissimilar from what we saw the air compressor. I'm sure prod controls will be beefier
  8. R1TVT

    Trail Side Fixes?

    I was going to ask... Which OEM's offer trailside service as part of their roadside assistance program? Which offer it as an upgrade?
  9. R1TVT

    Poll- What have you Reserved... Let's get a small idea of the take rates.

    You know what they say about the sizzle and the steak...
  10. R1TVT

    Poll- What have you Reserved... Let's get a small idea of the take rates.

    Couldn't be happier to be 1 of 63 in the minority with the Terra pure BEV reserved! And now to see a major up-tick in take rates for the pure BEV Terra (which we did predict would happen with each passing month and as we get closer to launch). We went from 7.4% to 7.5% YTD!
  11. R1TVT

    Driver Legroom

    Also looks like that guy could slide his seat back quite a bit from the angle of this picture, no? I'm guessing he could slide back and there would still be solid legroom for the rear passengers, but hard to tell without cutting off the door!
  12. R1TVT

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Uh, I think you need to relax a bit... They have a partnership but they are 2 entirely different trucks. This is coming from someone that owns a R1T and has a Terra reservation. The Scout is a Scout. Leveraging some of Rivian's SW & Zonal Architecture (which has been discussed at length here)...
  13. R1TVT

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    I did not know that Rivian even made a truck with that type of handle or an electric latch!!! My R1T handles do NOT look anything like that. I wonder what vehicle that is? Does seem like a strange design, and completely unnecessary. Maybe it was added to woo more former Tesla owners, but who knows!
  14. R1TVT

    How would you build your Scout?

    Driving for 10 hours straight anywhere (in any vehicle) sounds like my definition of hell on earth... But then I do have a hard time sitting still for any length of time let alone for 750 miles. I'm pretty happy that EV truck ownership has allowed me to be a bit more "chill" on longer road...
  15. R1TVT

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Not really - that is intentionally how the platform is meant to work. Just like Scout, VW will be able to build their own U/I and experience on top of R2's Zonal Architecture, which is the foundation or platform that sits underneath what you see on your screen, or how you might adjust a drive...
  16. R1TVT

    Deep Dive into EREV - Ramcharger vs Harvester?

    Not for off-road chops though with current battery chemistries. Everything is a trade-off, and the weight of a ginormous battery pack would de-limit off-road capabilities. Scout is dancing that line between performance on and off-road from what we can tell.
  17. R1TVT

    High level use case - full time camper topper

    100% agree. OEM's should focus on building trucks. When the OEM's engineering team considers how 3rd parties and aftermarket companies might make accessories or integrate products (things like bars, racks, toppers, lights, etc.) its a win-win. Scout seems into that approach (more so than Rivian...
  18. R1TVT

    Ship abandoned off Alaska after electric cars on board catch fire

    There were 3,000 cars on that ship (800 Chinese EV's). Most gas cars don't just randomly start on fire either. They don't know how it happened or how it started, but smoke was coming from the EV deck. It would be pure speculation as to whether or not it was an EV, an ICE car, an...
  19. R1TVT

    Door Handles!

    I'm not surprised by the responses. The Ford Lightening is basically a F-150 with a battery pack underneath it, in terms of design. That was a smart way for Ford to get a specific niche of buyers that didn't want their EV truck to look much different than it did in 1999). I know Scout is trying...
  20. R1TVT

    High level use case - full time camper topper

    OK, maybe I need to take a step back b/c I am unsure what you are asking for? Also, I never saw Rivian announce that they were ever planning to build their own Roof Top Tent? Where did you see this? The tent you posted is on an R2 (not in production yet) and was a prototype built by iKamper (not...
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