Must haves to purchase…

[cyure]

@cyure - yeah, no surprise @SpaceEVDriver and others had a great answers, but for what it's worth, as a general rule, traditional AWD will outperform 4WD in regular, highway type snow driving.

Rear and Front lockers have no place in the snow and ice, (unless you're going for the Costco parking lot donut record) but in a traditional ICE vehicle, the ability to "lock" the center differential can be great to get moving again, in an icy/snowy situation. My daughter's Hyundai Santa Fe, for example, was great in the snow on the highway, but when traffic stopped on a steep hill, it could struggle getting going again - pushing the center diff-lock button turned it into a tank, up to about 25-30mph, where it automatically disengaged.

I'm quite certain that the engineers at Scout will create some technical wizardry that will be better than that, our current EV has a "snow mode" and after one winter I can tell you its GREAT when the weather turns bad. My future Scout will also allow for true 4WD/locking differential action for more technical, off-road situations, where traditional AWD gets quickly overwhelmed.

Personally, I don't use dedicated snows, I prefer to have just one set of tires at a time, so for an SUV or Truck I like a 3peak rated AT - currently running General Grabbers on my Xterra, which have been great in the snow and trails, and better on the highway than the Goodyear Duratracs they replaced - IF I had the space and time for an extra set of tires, then yeah, the Nokian Hakkas are my choice - we had those for a Jetta once and it was awesome.

Thanks! We had an Xterra back in the day.

As for tires I run DuraTracs year round. I have never switched tires for snow. And honestly we seem to be getting less and less snow lately here in Illinois, but I have two kids who work in healthcare and when the weather is bad the Jeep gets everyone to work so I need my Scout to do the same. Tires is actually a pretty big decision. They also have to look amazing as well as have great year round performance.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Thanks! We had an Xterra back in the day.

As for tires I run DuraTracs year round. I have never switched tires for snow. And honestly we seem to be getting less and less snow lately here in Illinois, but I have two kids who work in healthcare and when the weather is bad the Jeep gets everyone to work so I need my Scout to do the same. Tires is actually a pretty big decision. They also have to look amazing as well as have great year round performance.

IMO, if the Scout is even half as capable and well-engineered as suggested, it will outperform the Jeep in city snow and ice conditions by leaps and bounds.

When "normal" weather was reliable, we would get ~100 inches of snow during the season. My EVs, without any snow modes, and with the crappy OEM tires, outperform the Tacoma with all the 4WD capabilities and snow tires.