Infrastructure

[LonnyMacD]

@Jamie@ScoutMotors, how is Scout going to fit in with the existing charging infrastructure across the country? Will the Scout systems be compatible with Tesla or everyone else? Right now most of the non-Tesla stations across the country are (in comparison) substandard.

 

[R1TVT]

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[Broverlander]

@Jamie@ScoutMotors, how is Scout going to fit in with the existing charging infrastructure across the country? Will the Scout systems be compatible with Tesla or everyone else? Right now most of the non-Tesla stations across the country are (in comparison) substandard.

You're not wrong. The non-Tesla stations can be extremely questionable. Ionna is really good too though. Frankly, I think they are a better experience, though not nearly as available. I will not fast charge anywhere else other than those two.

Scout will use NACS and you should have a CCS to NACS adapter on hand if you happen to pull into a CCS charging station. I have a NACS to CCS right now and they aren't terribly expensive.

 

[R1TVT]

You're not wrong. The non-Tesla stations can be extremely questionable. Ionna is really good too though. Frankly, I think they are a better experience, though not nearly as available. I will not fast charge anywhere else other than those two.

Scout will use NACS and you should have a CCS to NACS adapter on hand if you happen to pull into a CCS charging station. I have a NACS to CCS right now and they aren't terribly expensive.

I would expect Rivian's infrastructure to be available to Scout too (given the Zonal JV) and Rivian RAN charging are the best DCFC's I have used, and generally in great locations.

 

[Broverlander]

I would expect Rivian's infrastructure to be available to Scout too (given the Zonal JV) and Rivian RAN charging are the best DCFC's I have used, and generally in great locations.

This is a really good point! I forgot about RAN. I've never had the change to DCFC at one because there's only one in Minnesota and it's in the cities so it's really not much use. I've heard great things about them though (except the prices).

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I avoid brand-T charging stations. They're generally less reliable than the others in the sense of there's always a pile of the chargers offline and the rest are typically filled every-other-stall, which excludes many non-T vehicles. I've had far better charging success at non-T charging stations.

But after 80k miles of road tripping, I don't really care about the brand. The infrastructure is good enough that it doesn't really matter what brand the charger is, we never (literally never in the past two years) have an issue charging.

 

[speedrye]

I avoid brand-T charging stations. They're generally less reliable than the others in the sense of there's always a pile of the chargers offline and the rest are typically filled every-other-stall, which excludes many non-T vehicles. I've had far better charging success at non-T charging stations.

But after 80k miles of road tripping, I don't really care about the brand. The infrastructure is good enough that it doesn't really matter what brand the charger is, we never (literally never in the past two years) have an issue charging.

I'm assuming you've got preferred regular charging stations in each direction you regularly travel? Or are you more adventurous, trying out a little of everything when out and about?

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I'm assuming you've got preferred regular charging stations in each direction you regularly travel? Or are you more adventurous, trying out a little of everything when out and about?

Besides two regular road trip destinations (LA area ~monthly and Northern CA a couple times a year), most of our driving is to new places, so we try new chargers fairly frequently.

There are some sections of highway that we traverse to get almost anywhere, and when there's a new charger installed, we'll try it out. But the pace of new installs has slowed in our area, so we haven't had that opportunity lately.

 

[LonnyMacD]

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Thanks, this is really helpful moving forward.