Do You Think That EV SUV's and Trucks Have Evolved?

[eddiet1212]

Even though the Bollinger EV's were discussed on the forum in the past, utiilze the Bollinger B1 and B2 EV's again as a reference and you may appreciate the SM EV's design even more.....

Bollinger Motors first debuted the work truck boxy B1 and B2 electric vehicles in 2017. In 2022 the production of the vehicles was cancelled and the company shifted focus to commercial vehicles.

See Photos of Bollinger B1 SUV and B2 Pickup

What's in the box? Electric utility-vehicle startup tells us a bit more today, but these still aren't production ready.

www.caranddriver.com

Bollinger B1, B2 Electric Vehicles Are Getting Closer

What's in the box? Electric utility-vehicle startup tells us a bit more today, but a production date still hasn't been named.

www.caranddriver.com

 

[chucchinchilla]

I don't think that company is a fair representative of the greater evolution of the EV market. That's a niche player with a specific purpose of building some kind of Defender-like box on wheels...either that or their version of Top Gear's electric car lol.

As far as EV SUVs/Truck evolution you have Pre-Tesla and Post-Tesla. Stuff like...
Rav4EV
Ranger Electric
Rav4 EV gen2
----Tesla enters market----
Model Y
ID.4
Lightning
Rivian(s)

Again just looking at a couple of SUV/Trucks not the entire EV landscape so not mentioning EV1, etc. Before Tesla you had compliance cars based on pre-existing ICE vehicles. They were a little funky, only sold in limited states like California, and had a very limited use case. After Tesla you had truly mass market EVs mostly based on dedicated EV platforms being sold in all 50 states in one way or another, and are built to match a much wider use case. As for Scout, ultimately I see them as an evolution of Rivian's offering with a similar product but adding in things that customers are craving ie something more rugged, more manual inputs, flexibility of power train via EREV, etc. wrapped in a more competitively priced package.

 

[THil08]

I don't think that company is a fair representative of the greater evolution of the EV market. That's a niche player with a specific purpose of building some kind of Defender-like box on wheels...either that or their version of Top Gear's electric car lol.

As far as EV SUVs/Truck evolution you have Pre-Tesla and Post-Tesla. Stuff like...
Rav4EV
Ranger Electric
Rav4 EV gen2
----Tesla enters market----
Model Y
ID.4
Lightning
Rivian(s)

Again just looking at a couple of SUV/Trucks not the entire EV landscape so not mentioning EV1, etc. Before Tesla you had compliance cars based on pre-existing ICE vehicles. They were a little funky, only sold in limited states like California, and had a very limited use case. After Tesla you had truly mass market EVs mostly based on dedicated EV platforms being sold in all 50 states in one way or another, and are built to match a much wider use case. As for Scout, ultimately I see them as an evolution of Rivian's offering with a similar product but adding in things that customers are craving ie something more rugged, more manual inputs, flexibility of power train via EREV, etc. wrapped in a more competitively priced package.

I think Scout will start to make their own innovations and equipment eventually. But I totally agree with your points.