What one thing would you like to see changed from concept to production?

[Hedrock]

Thank you. I have a really hard time biting my tongue. The vehicle is constantly evolving. I would love to share some things with everyone.... But we can't give away all our secrets.

Visually what you are seeing in our concepts is 85% of what you will see in production (I believe this has been explained). But there is so much "behind the scenes" stuff going on that is going to make this vehicle stand tall to its competition.

Examples:
1) Built in light saber holder
2) Plutonium afterburner
3) Teleporting option.
4) Jetson's vehicle harmonics

Aha. So the real business model is plutonium distribution!

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Aha. So the real business model is plutonium distribution!

Side-note:

The Voyager spacecraft use multi-hundred watt radioisotope thermal generators. At initial build, each spacecraft had three RTGs and each RTG generated 157 watts of electrical power for about 470 watts per spacecraft. That would be reduced by half every 87.7 years. They’re still operating on these RTGs.

Modern RTGs for spacecraft are smaller and produce only about 125 Watts of electrical power. There’s only one left that hasn’t been assigned a mission (and who knows what’s going to happen to it with all the wild cancellations at NASA these days).

Plutonium is great for long-term energy generation, but we don’t want to use it in our vehicles. It’s not about safety. I’d put one in my back yard if I could. It’s just that solid state thermal-to-electrical is an inefficient process when you aren’t operating in space where the extreme temperatures allow much better conversion ratios.

 

[J Alynn]

Side-note:

The Voyager spacecraft use multi-hundred watt radioisotope thermal generators. At initial build, each spacecraft had three RTGs and each RTG generated 157 watts of electrical power for about 470 watts per spacecraft. That would be reduced by half every 87.7 years. They’re still operating on these RTGs.

Modern RTGs for spacecraft are smaller and produce only about 125 Watts of electrical power. There’s only one left that hasn’t been assigned a mission (and who knows what’s going to happen to it with all the wild cancellations at NASA these days).

Plutonium is great for long-term energy generation, but we don’t want to use it in our vehicles. It’s not about safety. I’d put one in my back yard if I could. It’s just that solid state thermal-to-electrical is an inefficient process when you aren’t operating in space where the extreme temperatures allow much better conversion ratios.

And again you educate and surprise me with your knowledge

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

And again you educate and surprise me with your knowledge

I once proposed a spacecraft mission. I didn’t get it funded, but didn’t really expect to. I had to play with a bunch of different power options. RTGs are great for outer solar system or rovers on Mars, but they’re not the kind of thing I could use on my proposed mission to the Moon. Batteries and solar panels were the best option for size, weight, and power.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Another bit of nuclear-powered trivia: some people from the late 1960s through the 1990s had pacemakers implanted that used very, very small Pu-238 RTGs as their power source.

 

[dreamweaver]

Nah, it’s not an issue with clarity. The issue is people (including myself) want to know exactly what the plan is. But:

• The Plan (TM) isn’t final, so telling us would be an exercise in frustration for everyone;
• There are some proprietary things you can’t share;
• There are costs to everything. Some of those costs are in dollars, some are in time, and some are in mental energy;
  • Sharing every detail is expensive in time and mental energy, and in the case of physical concept vehicles in dollars.

The fact that Scout Motors has allowed you and @Jamie@ScoutMotors to communicate with the community is a major bonus that I don’t think everyone in the new car community can reasonably expect to have access to. You’ve built a community here beyond reasonable expectations. Sharing every internal conversation would actually damage that because it would create a constantly shifting set of expectations and eventually a loss of trust.

We don’t need to know if you’re debating mostly-square, somewhat oval, or perfectly circular reflectors. Nor if your decision about the type of reflector is still not yet made—will it be plastic, aluminum, polycarbonate, etc? We don’t need to know. We might have opinions, but if we want those opinions to shape the vehicle, we need to polish up our CVs/Resumes and go get employed by Scout Motors and get paid to have those opinions.

And yet, you all still asked us to contribute to the Suggestion Box, which is a great way of allowing us to continue the conversation without committing to implementing any of those suggestions. I suspect you’ll actually take some of those to the design team, but I’m glad you haven’t told the community which ones—that would lead to massive division and distrust at a time when you need it the least.

In summary, in my opinion (worth what you paid for it): You all are doing a great job of interacting just about perfectly with the Scout Community.

Yes. What he said.

 

[BeerParty]

<snip>But there is so much "behind the scenes" stuff going on that is going to make this vehicle stand tall to its competition.

Examples:
<snip>
4) Jetson's vehicle harmonics

You say that as a joke, but then there is this little voice in the back of my mind that says "You know, other vendors are making really odd artificial noises for their EVs..."

 

[cyure]

You say that as a joke, but then there is this little voice in the back of my mind that says "You know, other vendors are making really odd artificial noises for their EVs..."

Exactly. That’s something they actually could do!

 

[dreamweaver]

You say that as a joke, but then there is this little voice in the back of my mind that says "You know, other vendors are making really odd artificial noises for their EVs..."

I would love just for fun the Jetson's vehicle harmonics. Thanks for reminding me.

 

[6-ScoutFamily]

That’s why I want a buzzing bumble bee noise for mine.

 

[CP1@scoutmotors]

You say that as a joke, but then there is this little voice in the back of my mind that says "You know, other vendors are making really odd artificial noises for their EVs..."

Every time I hear the noises the EV cars make I think of the Jetson's car sound.

And if it was up to me this would be an option on the Scout's

 

[cyure]

Every time I hear the noises the EV cars make I think of the Jetson's car sound.

And if it was up to me this would be an option on the Scout's

We need that sound! That and the Terra Race Truck!

 

[Chavannigans]

Thank you. I have a really hard time biting my tongue. The vehicle is constantly evolving. I would love to share some things with everyone.... But we can't give away all our secrets.

Visually what you are seeing in our concepts is 85% of what you will see in production (I believe this has been explained). But there is so much "behind the scenes" stuff going on that is going to make this vehicle stand tall to its competition.

Examples:
1) Built in light saber holder
2) Plutonium afterburner
3) Teleporting option.
4) Jetson's vehicle harmonics

In all seriousness I would LOVE it if I could play the Jetsons vehicle sound on an external speaker when I am cruising at low speeds.

 

[cyure]

In all seriousness I would LOVE it if I could play the Jetsons vehicle sound on an external speaker when I am cruising at low speeds.

I’m serious as well. I think that would be awesome.

 

[BeerParty]

<snip> But there is so much "behind the scenes" stuff going on that is going to make this vehicle stand tall to its competition.

Examples:
1) Built in light saber holder
<snip>

Of course, the built in light saber holder must be part of the "Star Wars 50th Anniversary" trim that will come out with the launch. After all, 2027 is the 50th anniversary of Star Wars (Star Wars was released on May 25, 1977). Will it be anything like the Hyundai IONIQ 5 Disney100 Platinum Edition that came out last year? If so, we can look forward to:

• The startup animation on the center console will be a title crawl, like in the movies.
• The wheels will be custom with not-to-subtle hints of Star Wars?
• Interior trim with rebel or alliance logos and appropriate colors (all white for the imperials, earth tone for the rebels).
• The artificial sounds will be from the Star Wars space ships. But I still want the Jetsons sounds as an option!

Can we consider this an semi-official leak of a collaboration between Scout Motors and Disney?

And if you are worried about customer interest, this is my backpack:

 

[cyure]

Of course, the built in light saber holder must be part of the "Star Wars 50th Anniversary" trim that will come out with the launch. After all, 2027 is the 50th anniversary of Star Wars (Star Wars was released on May 25, 1977). Will it be anything like the Hyundai IONIQ 5 Disney100 Platinum Edition that came out last year? If so, we can look forward to:

• The startup animation on the center console will be a title crawl, like in the movies.
• The wheels will be custom with not-to-subtle hints of Star Wars?
• Interior trim with rebel or alliance logos and appropriate colors (all white for the imperials, earth tone for the rebels).
• The artificial sounds will be from the Star Wars space ships. But I still want the Jetsons sounds as an option!

Can we consider this an semi-official leak of a collaboration between Scout Motors and Disney?

And if you are worried about customer interest, this is my backpack:

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That backpack color would be a good seat color.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I have a module sitting on my bench that’s intended to replace the beeping for the frunk on the Lightning. I programmed it with the sound from the Star Trek Shuttle Bay Warning sound. Just need to get around to installing it.

 

[J Alynn]

Of course, the built in light saber holder must be part of the "Star Wars 50th Anniversary" trim that will come out with the launch. After all, 2027 is the 50th anniversary of Star Wars (Star Wars was released on May 25, 1977). Will it be anything like the Hyundai IONIQ 5 Disney100 Platinum Edition that came out last year? If so, we can look forward to:

• The startup animation on the center console will be a title crawl, like in the movies.
• The wheels will be custom with not-to-subtle hints of Star Wars?
• Interior trim with rebel or alliance logos and appropriate colors (all white for the imperials, earth tone for the rebels).
• The artificial sounds will be from the Star Wars space ships. But I still want the Jetsons sounds as an option!

Can we consider this an semi-official leak of a collaboration between Scout Motors and Disney?

And if you are worried about customer interest, this is my backpack:

View attachment 8457

I’m not hard core Star Wars but I could get into that. They did the collab with Nissan -8 years ago??? And for imperial a touch of black and blood red but mainly white would be very nice. Maybe a Yoda green or b-fett blue gray for exteriors? Sand speeder is basically Tahitian red so that is good to go. And wheels would definitely have to play off ships or android components for sure

 

[J Alynn]

That backpack color would be a good seat color.

I second that. Even in the same burnished canvas finish

 

[cyure]

I’m not hard core Star Wars but I could get into that. They did the collab with Nissan -8 years ago??? And for imperial a touch of black and blood red but mainly white would be very nice. Maybe a Yoda green or b-fett blue gray for exteriors? Sand speeder is basically Tahitian red so that is good to go. And wheels would definitely have to play off ships or android components for sure

And they could do a white and black one like a Stormtrooper.