Offer it with a gas motor

[Schooley]

This should be offered with a gas or diesel engine.
By going strictly EV, you have taken the heart and soul out of the Scout. It wasn’t ever a poser vehicle, it was an almost indestructible work horse. It wasn’t built for luxury, the Scout was a beast.
By offering it only as an EV, you will attract only flannel wearing bun hair hipsters. No self respecting fan of the original Scouts would own one. We all saw them discontinued once and I fear we will see it again.
I would buy one in a gas powered model but will never own an EV. I am a fireman and know the true hazards of EV vehicles that the public is unaware of. EV manufacturers should be required by law to post warnings of hazards in their ads.
I live in a small town in west Texas and have already responded to 2 EV fires. The first was an accident where the battery system failed. The lithium batteries ignited shortly after the crash burning 3 inside. It burned for 12 hours and took 10,000 gallons of water to extinguish. The second caught fire while being rapid charged at an in home charging system. The heat of the charging in a garage compromised the battery housing resulting in a total loss of the vehicle as well as the entire house. I am uncertain of the water usage in this instance. Three department work tirelessly for 14 hours and likely used over 30,000 gallons on this fire. Both regurgitated 10-14 hours of toxic gas into the atmosphere. Water is a precious commodity in west Texas and in many areas across the US is a resource that should never be wasted.

In closing, until there is a better containment system and safer charging options, I feel most EV companies will fail before the technology catches up. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

For cost of these to lower, it needs to be able to fit inside a phone, if it can do that, prices for them will drop due to the supply being needed for them. AND plus, who doesn't want to have a phone that might blow up in their pocket like the Samsung Note 7.

We have the opposite problem with solid state. They're already in use for very small applications like medical devices. The development problem for solid state is scaling the tiny cells and packs up to be useful in a vehicle. Factorial and several others are kind of skipping the current generation of SSB manufacturing methods. I assume they think those processes are not really scalable. Like most developers, they seem to be working on quasi while taking their time moving forward with true solid rather than focusing exclusively on true. There are advantages to that approach for the consumer--we'll see higher densities and lower costs sooner.