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[SpaceEVDriver]

Let's all take a breath here. Scout is following the Tesla/Rivian path of large and expensive vehicles first, smaller and cheaper vehicles second. So if the first offerings are too large and/or expensive, you'll just need to be patient.

Or I just buy from a different manufacturer. I’m not a loyalist. Never have been, never will be. A brand needs to earn my cash. And a too-wide SUV has to be a winner in every other category to earn it, if it even does. I don’t owe any company my patience. I may choose to have patience for my personal reasons, but Scout knew on the day of the reveal that people were concerned about the width of the Traveler.

I also care a lot less about styling than function. So if we have the money when a competitor comes out with an affordable, 70-75-inch wide, off-road capable SUV BEV, and it meets our other requirements, we’ll probably buy it, almost regardless of the brand, and almost regardless of the looks.

An R2 purchase is possible, but its UX is my biggest concern. There’s not much else out there that’s even close.

We’ll wait because there’s nothing that meets the need, but I’m not holding my breath for Scout in particular. If they release something before we’ve purchased our next vehicle, great; if not, then oh, well.

 

[J Alynn]

All this talk about width - it would be nice if the mirrors auto-fold when the car is turned off. I don't know if that's something that exists or is already common in EVs (or even newer ICE cars/trucks)?

It’s common on many cars and would be a nice programmable option

 

[cyure]

 

[Logan]

Or I just buy from a different manufacturer. I’m not a loyalist. Never have been, never will be. A brand needs to earn my cash. And a too-wide SUV has to be a winner in every other category to earn it, if it even does. I don’t owe any company my patience. I may choose to have patience for my personal reasons, but Scout knew on the day of the reveal that people were concerned about the width of the Traveler.

I also care a lot less about styling than function. So if we have the money when a competitor comes out with an affordable, 70-75-inch wide, off-road capable SUV BEV, and it meets our other requirements, we’ll probably buy it, almost regardless of the brand, and almost regardless of the looks.

An R2 purchase is possible, but its UX is my biggest concern. There’s not much else out there that’s even close.

We’ll wait because there’s nothing that meets the need, but I’m not holding my breath for Scout in particular. If they release something before we’ve purchased our next vehicle, great; if not, then oh, well.

I'd hope their theoretical future smaller SUV would be narrower. I don't wheel really anymore, but slot canyons are difficult on anything full size, as you're just sooooo wide.

I also presume the Traveler/Tera share the C pillar forward, for simple cost reasons. But for the Traveler, it does have the potential to give it a huge interior for its length, which is could also be helpful for others (honestly part of the reason the bench seat is sort of appealing, as its full size truck width), but I can see how that would also be a turnoff for anyone looking for an "actual trail" offroader.

My use case is closer to "trailhead offroading" these days, so the width isn't as big of a deal for me, but I totally get it.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I'd hope their theoretical future smaller SUV would be narrower. I don't wheel really anymore, but slot canyons are difficult on anything full size, as you're just sooooo wide.

I also presume the Traveler/Tera share the C pillar forward, for simple cost reasons. But for the Traveler, it does have the potential to give it a huge interior for its length, which is could also be helpful for others (honestly part of the reason the bench seat is sort of appealing, as its full size truck width), but I can see how that would also be a turnoff for anyone looking for an "actual trail" offroader.

My use case is closer to "trailhead offroading" these days, so the width isn't as big of a deal for me, but I totally get it.

To be sure, I don’t think my use-case is everybody’s, nor maybe even anybody else’s.
It’s one of the reasons I’m not afraid of looking at the cost and issues with doing an electric conversion of an old 1990s Landcruiser.

 

[RodorW]

As a side note, can we get away from the trend of "lets motorize the charger cover door"?

I get the idea, and request, however I hate the charge port door on my car and the SilveradoEV you have to push it in for the popper to open then you can grab the door and open it, then you have to press it back in to close the popper, I wanna push it and it just open then close fully when I push it to