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5klbs towing cap with gas range extender?

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mattrawls93

mattrawls93

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Watched the CEOs video with Leno and he mentioned that the towing capacity will drop from 10klbs to 5klbs with the range extender (if I understood correctly). This was extremely disappointing and seemed strange after he mentioned that the heavy duty mode will favor the engine. I hope that scout can revisit this. I changed my reservation to the pure EV because of this. Still excited for 2027!
 
mattrawls93 said:
Watched the CEOs video with Leno and he mentioned that the towing capacity will drop from 10klbs to 5klbs with the range extender (if I understood correctly). This was extremely disappointing and seemed strange after he mentioned that the heavy duty mode will favor the engine. I hope that scout can revisit this. I changed my reservation to the pure EV because of this. Still excited for 2027!
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Welcome to the community! Just an FYI we aren’t locked in with our reservation to any particular model. When we place our order we can choose from either vehicle and either variation. When we place our order is when we become locked in.

That Jay Leno comment has caused quite a stir on the forum. We don’t have final numbers as of yet. I’m just sticking with my motto of faith and patience and unfortunately it’s still a waiting game for the final specs.

Welcome again!
 
No hard reason was release for the why. We guessed a lot, but that is about it. Scout responded that specs were still subject to change.
 
mattrawls93 said:
Watched the CEOs video with Leno and he mentioned that the towing capacity will drop from 10klbs to 5klbs with the range extender (if I understood correctly). This was extremely disappointing and seemed strange after he mentioned that the heavy duty mode will favor the engine. I hope that scout can revisit this. I changed my reservation to the pure EV because of this. Still excited for 2027!
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mattrawls93 said:
Watched the CEOs video with Leno and he mentioned that the towing capacity will drop from 10klbs to 5klbs with the range extender (if I understood correctly). This was extremely disappointing and seemed strange after he mentioned that the heavy duty mode will favor the engine. I hope that scout can revisit this. I changed my reservation to the pure EV because of this. Still excited for 2027!
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It has been a while since I saw the video, but if I remember correctly they were talking about the Traveler, which has a 7K towing capacity. So it was the Traveler which dropped to 5K with the Harvester. If you want to take an optimistic approach, the Harvester dropped the towing capacity by 2K. That would make the Terra's towing capacity drop from 10K to 8K.

But that is pure speculation, as others have said we don't have final numbers yet. We are all waiting on final numbers, some less patiently than others. :p
 
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mattrawls93 said:
Watched the CEOs video with Leno and he mentioned that the towing capacity will drop from 10klbs to 5klbs with the range extender (if I understood correctly). This was extremely disappointing and seemed strange after he mentioned that the heavy duty mode will favor the engine. I hope that scout can revisit this. I changed my reservation to the pure EV because of this. Still excited for 2027!
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Welcome aboard. And until they do official sales and specs everything is open for change. Enjoy the forum!
 
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It has been a while since I saw the video, but if I remember correctly they were talking about the Traveler, which has a 7K towing capacity. So it was the Traveler which dropped to 5K with the Harvester. If you want to take an optimistic approach, the Harvester dropped the towing capacity by 2K. That would make the Terra's towing capacity drop from 10K to 8K.

But that is pure speculation, as others have said we don't have final numbers yet. We are all waiting on final numbers, some less patiently than others. :p
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Here’s what Scott had said in that interview with Leno.

“Look, on the electric vehicle, on the truck. The Terra here, up to 10,000lbs. So, real deal, payload about 2,000lbs. On the Traveler, a little bit less, about 7,000lbs. When we get to the range extender both of them were able to do about 5,000lbs, so we’ve got authentic towing vehicles.” - Scott Keogh

So, I’m personally still not holding them to that. It’s early on, they still don’t have things dialed in. I can’t see them not doing their damndest to get that towing number up.
 
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