I would take charging speed over more range. I’m gonna have to stop to pee anyway. Look at Hyundai and Porsche distance speed records and strategy discussion by Lucid and it becomes clear what an advantage charge speed becomes on long (and short) trips (as mentioned by others above).
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I guess we are in luck because they are going to use an 800v architecture. Charging speeds will most likely be limited by the charging network, not the Scouts.
As a current Ioniq 5 owner I agree, charging speed and the charging curve are way more important than a super long range.
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in terms of the above, it can sometimes depend on more than just cooling and cells, and as others have pointed out 1 big factor is charger speed. I only bring this up because charger speeds can be de-limited or throttled - sometimes for no good reason. You can arrive at a DCFC that is advertised at "X" but only pull "Y". That can add to your charger times on occassion. This is an exception and not something to be overly concerned with - particuarly as infrastructure, battery packs, BMS systems and thermal management continue to improve. Just pointing out that you can pull into a DCFC that offers 350 kW charging speeds but not see those.
I know where SeaGeo is going with his assessment on pack size, and would agree that a 120-130kwh pack may be slightly undersized to deliver 350 pure EV miles, HOWEVER, Scout hasn't finalized any specs on the battery and has set a "target" at 350 miles.
Given the stated 350 miles and where the competitors are (and will be) in 2 years, I do feel like anything under 350 would be a miss. Perhaps the battery pack will be slightly larger than 120-130, but we will have to wait and see, and we will have to wait and see what impacts the wheel and tire combos will have. That is why we have testing.
For reference in the real world, my Rivian R1T Launch Edition range has also improved slightly over time with OTA's and battery optimizations. Running 20" wheels + AT tires (34's) negatively impacts range, but I'm fine with a small range hit, as 98% of my charging occurs at home (not at a DCFC), and the ride on 20's is much better than 21's or 22's. I just did a leg of a road trip where I charged to 100% and made it from North of Boston, through MA, through CT, through NY, to Newark NJ before charging. It was a pleasure to stop and charge at that point at a Tesla Supercharger station. There were about 20 bays located next to 2 other charging stations and I saw 3 other cars charging (lots of infrastructure). I charged once more at a Rivian RAN station to reach my destination in Dover Delaware with 75% SOC on my battery pack.
So, at the end of the day and for my own use case and comparison, if Scout can deliver a truck with ~300'ish+ miles of pure EV range, sitting on AT tires and similarly sized wheels, I will be happy - particularly with faster charging speeds which I view as a bonus.
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