It should be faster and easier to test and make adjustments with a single system. Given the nature of any EREV, there is going to be more engineering time, more production time and more testing needed with the Harvester - its just a more complex configuration since you are layering a second system on top of the battery and on top of the SW (including additional U/I & U/X needs with the Harvester).
Putting aside all other factors, time to market for the BEV version SHOULD theoretically be shorter, therefore allowing Scout to get initial BEV trucks to market more quickly (while also testing the Harvester in parallel). Regardless of configuration, there are very distinct business advantages to getting trucks into the hands of testers sooner rather than later. I'm guessing Scout will not want to delay launching the pure BEV just to wait for the Harvester (assuming the BEV is ready first).
There could also be strategic reasons for Scout to deliver the BEV first. I'm in the camp that thinks more reservations may switch to pure BEV given the general growth of EV's and market readiness for consumers looking to purchase an EV in 2028. More people are making the switch to EV's now, the market continues to expand, infrastructure continues to grow and despite the higher reservation numbers for the Harvester, most people don't really need 500 miles of range when looking at actual driving figures. With these changing dynamics and the time & space between now and launch, Scout could be very busy rolling off the first BEV's with increasing reservations. If you look at Rivian's initial production numbers by quarter, the new Scout factory likely will crawl, walk, run into production. It is going to take time to spin-up that line at the factory...
For those reasons (coupled with less complexity, shorter build times & fewer parts) i'm guessing that the BEV would roll-off first to Scout customers in order to get the flywheel spinning, but we will have to wait and see...
Putting aside all other factors, time to market for the BEV version SHOULD theoretically be shorter, therefore allowing Scout to get initial BEV trucks to market more quickly (while also testing the Harvester in parallel). Regardless of configuration, there are very distinct business advantages to getting trucks into the hands of testers sooner rather than later. I'm guessing Scout will not want to delay launching the pure BEV just to wait for the Harvester (assuming the BEV is ready first).
There could also be strategic reasons for Scout to deliver the BEV first. I'm in the camp that thinks more reservations may switch to pure BEV given the general growth of EV's and market readiness for consumers looking to purchase an EV in 2028. More people are making the switch to EV's now, the market continues to expand, infrastructure continues to grow and despite the higher reservation numbers for the Harvester, most people don't really need 500 miles of range when looking at actual driving figures. With these changing dynamics and the time & space between now and launch, Scout could be very busy rolling off the first BEV's with increasing reservations. If you look at Rivian's initial production numbers by quarter, the new Scout factory likely will crawl, walk, run into production. It is going to take time to spin-up that line at the factory...
For those reasons (coupled with less complexity, shorter build times & fewer parts) i'm guessing that the BEV would roll-off first to Scout customers in order to get the flywheel spinning, but we will have to wait and see...
