Real world EREV/PHEV Towing, Offroad, and Range Testing

[cyure]

After watching that last video, I am leaning heavily towards the BEVs and changing my Harvester reservation.

Unless Scout uses at least a 2.0l Turbo and 3/4 ton axles on Harvester models, the real world experience and towing/payload shortcomings with Harvester probably just arent for me.

I it seems I would be better off spending the price of the Harvester option on a solar generator setup.

No worries mate.

Just FYI you don’t have to change your reservation. Just leave it and when you actually can place your order you can pick any of them. Terra or Traveler, BEV OR EREV. you may already know that but just in case you don’t. We aren’t locked in until we place our order.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Unless there’s something special about the beam axles being used, the Scout isn’t likely to have true torque vectoring, which requires selective power to each wheel, best accomplished via four-motor configurations. While I don’t consider it truly torque vectoring if it doesn’t have a four-motor setup, it seems the industry disagrees with me and thinks you can get some kinds of torque vectoring even with two motors.

I also agree (as I’ve been saying), that a solar generator setup is likely to be the better option for overlanding.

 

[chucchinchilla]

Just FYI you don’t have to change your reservation. Just leave it and when you actually can place your order you can pick any of them. Terra or Traveler, BEV OR EREV. you may already know that but just in case you don’t. We aren’t locked in until we place our order.

I reserved a Traveler BEV but later added the Harvester. Looking at the res now, it's still the same number I had from before the change so I don't think it makes a difference if you change.

@Jamie@ScoutMotors can you confirm we don't lose our place in line if we switch between BEV and Harvester? My other concern is if BEV and Harvester vehicles have different launch dates then BEV and Harvester reservations have two separate lines. If that's the case then we should keep our reservations up to date to avoid having to wait longer for Harvester because that's what the reservation says when we're actually going to order BEV, for example. My assumption is choice doesn't matter, it was simply a way for Scout to judge interest, however better to know now than later.

 

[Chavannigans]

Part 2 of Matt trying to cross one of the most dangerous deserts in the world in a BYD Shark.