I drive no more than 10 miles daily so a 150 mile range will absolutely serve me for 2 weeks. Full BEV for me would be over a month. Hence my ‘fence’ dilemma. Sigh!
Actual delay official and order of deliveries confirmed?
- Thread starter dumbdork
- Start date
-
From all of us at Scout Motors, welcome to the Scout Community! We created this community to provide Scout vehicle owners, enthusiasts, and curiosity seekers with a place to engage in discussion, suggestions, stories, and connections. Supportive communities are sometimes hard to find, but we're determined to turn this into one.
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.
How will the Scout Community be run? Think of it this way: this place is your favorite local hangout. We want you to enjoy the atmosphere, talk to people who share similar interests, request and receive advice, and generally have an enjoyable time. The Scout Community should be a highlight of your day. We want you to tell stories, share photos, spread your knowledge, and tell us how Scout can deliver great products and experiences. Along the way, Scout Motors will share our journey to production with you.
Scout is all about respect. We respect our heritage. We respect the land and outdoors. We respect each other. Every person should feel safe, included, and welcomed in the Scout Community. Being kind and courteous to the other forum members is non-negotiable. Friendly debates are welcomed and often produce great outcomes, but we don't want things to get too rowdy. Please take a moment to consider what you post, especially if you think it may insult others. We'll do our best to encourage friendly discourse and to keep the discussions flowing.
So, welcome to the Scout Community! We encourage you to check back regularly as we plan to engage our members, share teasers, and participate in discussions. The world needs Scouts™. Let's get going.
We are Scout Motors.
Do you take long trips or tow, go out into the middle of nowhere frequently?
My reservation is Terra Harvester. When I recently installed a small, house battery back up, I had the electrician install a 240V/50A outlet from the main panel to charge the batteries in addition to the sub panel. Once I get some solar installed that plug will be available for L2 charging, which is what I will do for all local driving. I would use the Harvester only for long trips.
Having said all that I’m still on the fence. If the BEV Terra has a decent range, I’ll will go BEV. Don’t ask me what “decent” is, I really have no idea at this point. This purchase is being driven strictly by emotional attachment to Scouts in my youth.
Don’t kid yourself. A “great” ICE truck/SUV will have a 345/4-speed in it.
I don’t tow an RV of any kind. The only towing I ever do is a small utility trailer. We do some road trips, not many. However the “middle of nowhere” calls. Don’t know if it’s realistic but I/we likely will take more trips.
The work thing is tough. My dad owned a plumbing company when I was in college and they drove Hondas which didn’t sit well with the employees or a lot of the clients. Funny how it works
Likewise, when I'm dealing with a more green customer, showing up in my 500hp V8 sedan with long tube headers and some lope at idle probably doesn't do me any favors. I often decide which vehicle to drive based on who I'm meeting with because that initial impression can be a make or break thing in so many instances.
Edit: Haha, very similar to dating back in the day.
Right now, my plan is to charge at home, keep the battery charged at no more than 80% most of the time. With a 120 mile range, a lot of my trips can be all EV. But, when I decide to drive further, I will definitely use public charging to reduce my consumption of gas... but, it will be good to have the gas on board for when I exceed the EV range while away from an EV charger.
Your suspicion that someone who buys an EREV would likely only use the gas engine to keep it charged is so counter-intuitive to me! I'd be surprised if part of the standard equipment from Scout didn't include an L1 charger. At that point. there's zero downside to plugging it in while it's parked overnight. In my neighborhood, there are tons of folks that leave their EVs and PHEVs on the street and run their L1 chargers off an extension cord that goes from the house, over the sidewalk, and into the car.
Personally, I think if you give people the capability, they'll use it... even if they are coming from ICE ownership.
I hope its more common than people think.
My wife and I had to learn to stop plugging in our Ioniq 9 so often, as we were conditioned by our PHEV and L2 charger (sometimes getting 3 full charges in a single day). Now we charge the Ioniq 9 1-3 times a week, instead of 1-3 times per day.
I think you're reading more into this than there is. Just like they're starting with Traveller because they have more reservations, why would the powertrain choice be any different? If they have more demand for Harvester, why not start with that? They are simply responding to their customer's desires - I don't think there's anything political about it.
I also don't think it will be a huge delay between configs. Jamie already said that the line treats Travellers the same. Some get a gas tank, engine, and smaller battery and some get the larger battery. Once they have the line stabilized with the more complicated Harvester config they will start running BEVs. Heck with the fancy automation stuff they have now they could probably do 2 Harvesters and then a BEV, 2 Harvesters and then a BEV, and on and on.
BEV or EREV, Traveler or Terra they want to sell cars. They will go as fast as they can while ensuring quality.
I do them same but right now we have two “basic” Hondas (lord-I’m turning into my dad
).
If they can-that is great. My only argument has been if they delay everything by 6 months when in theory the BEV is all waorked out why wouldn’t you start the BEV’s AND-added bonus-those who don’t love and follow cars would start seeing them and want to buy and might just boost the BEV sales side.
Aren’t we all. You don’t know the power of the DAD side.I do them same but right now we have two “basic” Hondas (lord-I’m turning into my dad
If we’re being honest their focus should be on making vehicles, reservations aren’t sales, they have zero stake as we can retract our money at any time. And when they start batching orders some people might jump ship if they decided they rather BEV at order time and get told “sorry we’re not main those yet” the upfront focus is going to be on traveler with majority aimed to be EREV but not only EREV
We plug in every time we park at home. With scheduling and maximum state of charge settings, there’s no reason not to. As an added bonus, I can tell the car to precondition at any time if I need it and it’ll use shore power instead of battery power to do the preconditioning.
Similar threads
- Sticky
- Featured
