Top Must Features: Auto brake hold, rain sensing windshield wipers, Regen shifter and one petal Regen, roof bars agility, and wireless carplay

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KevinAtsma

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Hi!

Looking forward to see the Scout! Some features I'd like to see:

1. Rain sensing wipers.
- I live in The Specific "Wet" Coast of British Columbia Canada and we love that feature. It also must have a sensitivity dial so you can adjust it because we get all types of rain.

2. Brake Auto Hold feature
- Whether your off roading behind someone on a hill slowly, stuck on brutal stop and go traffic or at a light, having the ability to press the brake once and then release it while it holds at any complete stop is sometimes the needed "brake" you were looking for. It's just a matter of pressing the gas and the brake hold will release.

3. Regenerative Brake Shifter Paddles and one peddle driving that can be turned to zero by the paddles.
- I understand this has been discussed but I own a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV and it is the only vehicle I know that has long wide paddles behind the steering wheel to shift your regenerative braking sensitivity from B0 to B5. You can control your coast at flick of your fingers while turning (because the paddles are wide) and precede down hills to control your speed better. It's great! I rarely have to press my brake peddle when coasting down big hills since I can adjust how much resistance there is to the regenerative braking and gain KM/Miles. I can also turn it off to coast on the Hwy.

4. Roof bars that can switch from the roof to the box
- I under Rivian already does this, but as someone who works with construction and helps out my dad's farm, this simple feature allows you to tie things off that may be longer than the box or simply above the box, such as a kayak so you still have space underneath. It's genius. But keep the fully exposed glass roof on the truck.

5. Wireless android audio and apple carplay
- some cars still don't do this. It's dumb.
 
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My Rivian R1T has been the best pick-up I have ever owned. But it has 50K miles on it, so I am essentially early truck shopping.

What do I like about the Scout? I prefer a bigger bed, I love the roll-down rear window, another 50 miles of range would be great, AND I sometimes feel like my Rivian is a little TOO NICE for my lifestyle. The Scout is just a little more rowdy. So, I am anxious to see what Scout drops around the time I need a new truck, b/c the spec is just about perfect with the pure BEV TERRA for me. The team seems to be ticking all my boxes.
 
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Fair enough, you are proactive, that's good and it's nice to have someone here who can help level up Scout in the game with Rivian.

I decided against the Rivian because of the range anxiety we have in BC Canada. We have a lot of wilderness between cities. The Scout offering the harvester option sold me. I can now make it to the cabin without spending over $100 of fuel each way, and with a truck to beat. It's Practical and an old school vibe which I grew up with on a dairy farm with international being are primary tractors
 
Fair enough, you are proactive, that's good and it's nice to have someone here who can help level up Scout in the game with Rivian.

I decided against the Rivian because of the range anxiety we have in BC Canada. We have a lot of wilderness between cities. The Scout offering the harvester option sold me. I can now make it to the cabin without spending over $100 of fuel each way, and with a truck to beat. It's Practical and an old school vibe which I grew up with on a dairy farm with international being are primary tractors
It's interesting that you mention range anxiety in BC because BC actually has pretty decent fast charger coverage. I'm in Ontario and I hear similar things from people who aren't familiar with EVs. Out of curiosity I took a peek at what the charging infrastructure in BC looks like and it looks pretty decent for any long range EV like a Rivian or and Ioniq 5 (what I have).

BC has the second-highest level of EV adoption after Quebec so I'm curious where you find the charging infrastructure lacking?

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It's interesting that you mention range anxiety in BC because BC actually has pretty decent fast charger coverage. I'm in Ontario and I hear similar things from people who aren't familiar with EVs. Out of curiosity I took a peek at what the charging infrastructure in BC looks like and it looks pretty decent for any long range EV like a Rivian or and Ioniq 5 (what I have).

BC has the second-highest level of EV adoption after Quebec so I'm curious where you find the charging infrastructure lacking?

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That looks pretty good coverage.. Way better that some areas in the midwest.
 
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