Even the Moke America (Chinese made), LSV version is $25-30k. And that is with AGM batteries, not lithium. I like them, but they are just too expensive. I see tons of them in Charleston.
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Makes sense in beach communities and planned urban environments on the southern coastal shores
Haha, yeah I thought about it but it would have been a crappier cell phone version of this pic. Had this camo, those wheels, and was parked at this angle.
Even if I did take a pic, I wouldn't post it since it was taken on private property while in my personal vehicle which could lead to a bad time.
All that said, if any Scout employees are reading this and want to give a reservation holder who doesn't work in the automotive industry a tour of the office, let me know! Will bring donuts and coffee.
Yes, but I wouldn’t mind having a car that dropped me off at a restaurant or concert venue, then drove away and parked itself. Or one that let me take a nap on a long road trip.
I’m too much of a control freak. I couldn’t do it.
I just love to drive. If my vehicle had it I won't use it. Honestly I can't relax in a car unless I am driving, not to the point of not paying attention mind you.
This must have been huge for VW Group. Just makes me nervous Scout will be next, Since Italdesign at least made money when they sold limited version sport cars. But Scout hasn’t sold anything but refundable reservations. Obviously VW is in trouble, if they have to sell of assets like these.
But I’m hoping maybe they take @J Alynn advice.
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I love features like adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitoring, lane assist, etc. since they all serve as safety enhancement to my driving. I am not a huge fan of autonomous driving not just because I don't trust it, but because what I see all the time on the road (especially tesla drivers) is when these features suddenly arent available (weather, poor visibility, badly marked roads, whatever) those drivers panic because they don't know what to do and are a nightmare to be on the road near.
I would encourage you to listen to the Rivian presentation before commenting because that's exactly what the majority of the presentation was about! They're shifting autonomy processing away from cloud servers and onto the vehicles themselves thanks to new chips they've developed. Also all this stuff, in the form of Autonomy+, is optional for customers to either buy or subscribe to meaning they're not shoving anything down anyone's throats. Don't want it don't buy it, you'll still have normal car features.
For the record, I'd buy Autonomy+ and I hope Scout piggy backs off this tech (and yes make it option for those who don't want it).
Just make it optional.
I mean, if I don’t want to deal with parking, I'll call a taxi.
There’s no way I would trust an autonomous vehicle enough to nap on a long drive. The sensor hardware in use today (and even the stuff being tested for the next generation) cannot uniquely and safely detect road hazards such as tire carcasses, animal carcasses, potholes, and in some cases they could not even properly distinguish the broad side of a large, stationary emergency vehicle with flashing lights. The technology isn’t ready.
Agreed on car processing being the way forward, even if they stick to Level II+ would feel a whole lot better to me with Lidar and Radar than vision only. I'm really hoping that they add an option to increase the sensors for better awareness for those of us that want it
I seen tons by me too. Up in jersey. My neighbor recently bought a light pink one. He spent a pretty penny on it.
The AI industry is already invading privacy. It like they are using us as test dummies, similar to the CV-19. AI is used to check for surveillance purposes on websites and break through. Its why AI doesn't cone up with anything original. Every time you ask it a question it gives resources its scanned. Its the biggest security threat in history of civilization.
LLMs are mathematically incapable of creating something new. Because of the mathematics underlying them, they can only use the tokens and token relationships that were generated from the training data. They don’t create; they regurgitate and they “hallucinate,” which can be thought of as looking at the ingredients of regurgitated food from a sick dog and claiming there’s such a thing as rice-eggs laid by chickens.
And the invasions of privacy are worse than just companies knowing about us, those hallucinations appear to create new connections, but they’re entirely false connections (chicken rice-eggs) that appear to be reasonable. Those false connections can lead to some pretty problematic “truths” about individuals.
What does said neighbor do with it? Just curious if they are run-a-bouts or what use they are for.
Well he’s a pretty rich hvac contractor. And he has nothing better to do. He has a Rolls Royce, a Denali Truck, a Land Rover , a Cadillac Escalade V Series, then a jacked up mini cooper, and lastly the moke. He uses it for display lol.
Ohh and I forgot his Tomberlin Golf Cart
That’s kinda my point. If the tech were such that I felt comfortable napping while it drove, or letting it drive around and park itself or pick me up when I go on a long one way hike or bike ride, then it would be interesting. Even waymo, probably the most advanced, is limited to certain areas and requires some remote supervision, and still screws up in ways a human never would. The current state of “fsd” seems like the worst of both worlds, you aren’t driving but you have to stay constantly vigilant and alert.
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