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    What Song Will You Play First in Your New Scout?

    is a possibility. It will probably be a 3 day cruise if I pick it up at the factory. Most likely not this - it is now my forever car wreck song I was singing that with the radio up when I hydroplaned my Camaro. Came too close to pealing the driver side off on a tree (hit the tree, but only...
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    Potential completion - Telo

    I have seen a lot of companies that are more interested in selling the idea of a product than actually manufacturing a product themselves. If I had to guess, they will try to get a handful on the road, then hope to sell the manufacturing rights to some other company. I could joke, and it might...
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    Built-in hydraulic or electric jacks

    I assume it was a joke. Hi-Lifts are far from the safest type of jack. X lift and bottle jacks are pretty much standard on vehicles - probably because they work and are cheap. I purchased an aluminum frame floor jack, that I converted to offroad use (removed the wheels and bolted on a full...
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    Potential completion - Telo

    I don't know what the chances of it's production are, or when that questionably possible production could happen (they are targeting end of 2026-but I can only assume that would be EXTREMELY limited production) and a starting price of $41,500. But they did have a couple planned features that...
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    The VW ID. Every1 Will Be One Of VW’s First Model To Implement Rivian’s Software In Europe.

    I probably will get this wrong, but my understanding is Scout will have Rivian's back end, and custom front in. Looks like VW did not even bother with a custom front in.
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    Diesel Range Extender option please.

    Just as a joke, but since the generator does not directly drive the motor - it is just a generator. So could you legally use offroad diesel?
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    What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

    If you are going to put the headlight beam control on the floor - you might as well put the shifter on the column (oh, both are practically obsolete anyway).
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    Battery Life Cycle

    I guess a lot depends on how you define the lifespan of a vehicle. I own more than too many vehicles at the moment (adult children, etc...), and have 2 that are currently dependable enough to reasonably be used as daily drivers that are around 350k miles - and 3 others that are 20ish years old...
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    Scout as an EV

    I am an outlier personally - but many families are in the same position. I am not ready to go pure EV - EV's don't work for every situation yet. I will still have a gas vehicle, and add an EV to the stable. If I was dealing with a single vehicle - I probably would not want a BEV. But as a 2+...
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    Deep Dive into EREV - Ramcharger vs Harvester?

    I guess it is semantics. This is a completely electric power train. If charge is fed to the battery at the same time that a load is applied - then sure, the charge is effectively bypassing the battery and directly connected to the motor controller. But I still think it is easier to think of...
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    Deep Dive into EREV - Ramcharger vs Harvester?

    The real question will be how much the Harvester will produce. I did some quick calculations - it could be as low as 28kw/h, which would be about what is necessary for Steady State at 70mph (they have said the design goal was steady state at 70mph, and I am assuming that the range of the EV is...
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    Scout concepts on Jay Leno’s Garage

    I can only make guesses. But in EV, you will run most of the battery down before you get a warning - which could in theory put you into a slight limp position if you go to hybrid and still want to exceed the steady state. In Hybrid, it will either have a set point to turn on the harvester, or...
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    Scout has more than 50,000 reservations

    Not to be a downer - but turning reservations into sales is a hard thing. Reservations show interest, true. But sales is putting your money where your mouth is. Not sure if it is true, but found an article discussing the end of the Cybertruck reservation program. It said Tesla managed to...
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    Scout concepts on Jay Leno’s Garage

    First off, I do hope they change that road noise. It sounded like gear noise - the same noise I got on my Jeep before I had to do a $2k repair to the rear axle. Jay mentions at 18:10 that it is a test mule - the gear noise will be addressed during development. Jamie did not comment on Jay's...
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    How Are Electric Vehicles Taxed in Your State?

    I have read elsewhere that Texas now has an additional registration and annual fee for EV's - Think it changed last legislative session. It is not overly harsh - maybe $200 initial and $75/year. It was roughly gauged on the state portion of the fuel tax for 10k miles a year. But we still...
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    South Carolina Scouts! Your voice is heard: Direct sales bill gets a hearing on Wednesday!

    I have purchased all my new vehicles from dealers. In 86 my family had recently had a bad local dealer experience, so we went to the salesman we had previously used at a regional dealership and had a great experience. In 1994, I tried to use a different dealer, and they were scum both at the...
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    E-Fuse / Car and Driver

    Funny, the switch panel I put in my 2006 LJ uses e-fuses - or at least something that works like these are described.
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    Volkswagen EVs to Get Tesla Supercharger Access

    We have a couple years for Tesla to upgrade gen one V3 superchargers. The bigger issue, perhaps, is the still older V2 chargers. At least v3 systems have a somewhat reasonable charge rate - which means they also have at least a reasonable power source. The V2 chargers don't have the power...
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    What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

    Honestly I might be complaining about something that already exists. I just realized those circles I drive in the parking lot are most likely caused by using map software on my cell phone. I have not tested in one of my vehicles for well, several vehicles.
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    Scout Compass in Vehicles and Accessory

    If it is a magnetic compass - then true north. If it is a GOOD magnetic compass - then allow for it to be adjustable so you can set it to where you are. As it is, I would say keep it priced reasonable, and just go with magnetic north. I really don't need a multi hundred (or thousand) dollar...
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