Uncle Jamie Vondruska On With ROMR

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Really great episode. I loved the connective tissue Jamie and Brian were able to pull out to show that the entire premise behind Scout Motors leans so strongly into community and legacy instead of just "leveraging a brand name to sell cars"


Really doing a good job convincing me to switch back to Harvester too lol
Agree. Came off very authentic
 
Listening to the podcast while out working today and I enjoyed the podcast and I’m really looking forward to More from Scout but the two things that struck me while listening, which are probably more just personal things

The first was anytime years were mentioned in a year a year and a half or two years sounds like forever, but then I remember I’ve still got a decent amount of saving I can do in that time

Second was just the wording through a lot of the podcast was very heavily leaning on the idea of EREV and just something about that was bothering me. The vehicles will largely be the same, but I still feel like they would be different enough to warrant talking about them, I don’t know how to word it any better than that. It was just sitting with me while I’ve been driving around.
 
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00:00 Introduction to Scout and Jamie Vondruska
01:18 Jamie’s Journey in Automotive Community Building.
05:20 Importance of Community in Automotive Brands.
08:57 The Launch of Scout and Community Involvement.
11:59 Content Strategy and Storytelling at Scout.
14:39 Building a Modern American Automotive Brand.
15:32 The Significance of the Scout Reveal.
23:03 Understanding the eREV and BEV Strategy.
24:42 Engaging with the Community and Future Plans.
30:50 Towing and Extreme Use Cases.
37:44 Ideal Scout Configuration and Accessories.
50:26 Testing and Development Insights.
56:30 Future Plans and Community Engagement.

For those of us who haven't the time yet today, but still have the curiosity, what are the key learnings/new tidbits of information that was announced/discovered today? Is there a quick cliffnotes/bullet point list?

Also, perhaps embarrassingly, I have no idea what ROMR Adventures is, other than apparently we have them here on the forum (Oh hey there Casey, sorry for this akward moment :O).
 
For those of us who haven't the time yet today, but still have the curiosity, what are the key learnings/new tidbits of information that was announced/discovered today? Is there a quick cliffnotes/bullet point list?

Also, perhaps embarrassingly, I have no idea what ROMR Adventures is, other than apparently we have them here on the forum (Oh hey there Casey, sorry for this akward moment :O).
I didn’t know that Jamie had a Scout before he came to work for Scout!
 
Listening to the podcast while out working today and I enjoyed the podcast and I’m really looking forward to More from Scout but the two things that struck me while listening, which are probably more just personal things

The first was anytime years were mentioned in a year a year and a half or two years sounds like forever, but then I remember I’ve still got a decent amount of saving I can do in that time

Second was just the wording through a lot of the podcast was very heavily leaning on the idea of EREV and just something about that was bothering me. The vehicles will largely be the same, but I still feel like they would be different enough to warrant talking about them, I don’t know how to word it any better than that. It was just sitting with me while I’ve been driving around.

In previous videos/podcasts ROMR had talked quite a bit about EREV and the potential there, especially since they are fans of getting out there offroad/overlanding/boondocking. BEVs are pretty straightforward, but EREV is newer with a lot of questions, so we talked about that a bit more. Plus we recorded this the day Scott Keough talked about the number of EREV reservations and that we are trying to get it to market sooner than later (development started later). Lots of moving pieces on our end and never a dull moment.
 
For those of us who haven't the time yet today, but still have the curiosity, what are the key learnings/new tidbits of information that was announced/discovered today? Is there a quick cliffnotes/bullet point list?

Also, perhaps embarrassingly, I have no idea what ROMR Adventures is, other than apparently we have them here on the forum (Oh hey there Casey, sorry for this akward moment :O).
🤣 No worries at all. I'm more surprised to see so many people already watching and commenting.

We're a piddly YouTube channel covering autos/adventure travel/EVs/whatever is holding our interest at the moment. My brother Brian is the interviewer in this video.

We're very excited about what Scout is doing and we've both been reservation holders since launch(Harvesters). Because of that we've talked about Scout a lot on the channel and they've been some of our most popular videos.

Jamie and the Scout team has been kind enough to engage with us when hey can.

If you haven't seen any of our stuff you might enjoy this one. This is our most popular video of all time, and by far the coolest thing we've ever gotten a chance do because of this little passion project.

 
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Listening to the podcast while out working today and I enjoyed the podcast and I’m really looking forward to More from Scout but the two things that struck me while listening, which are probably more just personal things

The first was anytime years were mentioned in a year a year and a half or two years sounds like forever, but then I remember I’ve still got a decent amount of saving I can do in that time

Second was just the wording through a lot of the podcast was very heavily leaning on the idea of EREV and just something about that was bothering me. The vehicles will largely be the same, but I still feel like they would be different enough to warrant talking about them, I don’t know how to word it any better than that. It was just sitting with me while I’ve been driving around.
I hear you. It isn’t just you!
 
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🤣 No worries at all. I'm more surprised to see so many people already watching at commenting.

We're a piddly YouTube channel covering autos/adventure travel/EVs/whatever is holding our interest at the moment. My brother Brian is the interviewer in this video.

We're very excited about what Scout is doing and we've both been reservation holders since launch(Harvesters). Because of that we've talked about Scout a lot on the channel and they've been some of our most popular videos.

Jamie and the Scout team has been kind enough to engage with us when hey can.

If you haven't seen any of our stuff you might enjoy this one. This is our most popular video of all time, and by far the coolest thing we've ever gotten a chance do because of this little passion project.

I liked the podcast when the three of you discussed what you reserved. And since we now donate money to the Alma mater my wife took interest as well-which is a compliment-she’s burned out with hearing about Scout 🤣