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I hope scout realizes the EV market is jammed. manufacturers love them because let’s be honest. They are relatively inexpensive to manufacturer. far less parts. They’re not selling all that well. Some manufactures are going a different route. Just ask Volkswagen. The scout by international, was all about being tough. I don’t care what or who makes the EV, they Don’t like water. Especially saltwater. Ask the poor people of Tampa Florida where more than 10 houses burned to the ground because of EV failures. The hybrid is the most successful. It works for Honda and works for Toyota for sure. please ,please get it right.
 
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rwojcikjr said:
I hope scout realizes the EV market is jammed. manufacturers love them because let’s be honest. They are relatively inexpensive to manufacturer. far less parts. They’re not selling all that well. Some manufactures are going a different route. Just ask Volkswagen. The scout by international, was all about being tough. I don’t care what or who makes the EV, they Don’t like water. Especially saltwater. Ask the poor people of Tampa Florida where more than 10 houses burned to the ground because of EV failures. The hybrid is the most successful. It works for Honda and works for Toyota for sure. please ,please get it right.
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I’ll avoid my usual ranting.
Year over year sales of EVs has increased, there’s research backing it on the internet. The media skews it for whatever reason.
Secondly, Scout Motors is under VWAG umbrella so I think the Germans are confident
Thirdly, the Delorean in back to the future was based on uranium fuel cell and they are even now starting up again with EV’s ?
And finally a Rivian started right up after Helen and water mud up to the roof. If done correctly they are reasonable. No car should ever swim in the ocean as salt destroys everything.
But follow along for fun and like me, if you read enough you may also be convinced.
A large group of Scout Legends were at the reveal and majority were sold after the fact and put deposits down so maybe change is OK.
 
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I've never owned an EV (although did get a PHEV 2 years ago), and am relatively on the side of a "gear head". My primary vehicle for the past ~15 years has been a Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 4.0L straight six. So I get it.

From what I can tell, EV's aren't selling less. In fact, they're selling more.

The problem is that they aren't selling as MUCH more of them as they thought, and the price point is now way lower, so they can't make as much profit off of each one.

Previously Tesla was making tons of money (among the highest margins per vehicle in the industry), and everyone wanted in, and assumed it would grow at like 50% per year. But now the margins are thinner, and the growth is lower. So some companies are panicking, and trying to invest elsewhere, while other companies are doubling down (Hyundai/Kia and Chevy).

But its that "we're not selling as many of these as we thought" is the main problem afaik.

Some charts from the article.

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This chart looks kind of crazy at first. But the red line is the yearly trend.

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