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  • From all of us at Scout Motors, welcome to the Scout Community! We created this community to provide Scout vehicle owners, enthusiasts, and curiosity seekers with a place to engage in discussion, suggestions, stories, and connections. Supportive communities are sometimes hard to find, but we're determined to turn this into one.

    Additionally, Scout Motors wants to hear your feedback and speak directly to the rabid community of owners as unique as America. We'll use the Scout Community to deliver news and information on events and launch updates directly to the group. Although the start of production is anticipated in 2026, many new developments and milestones will occur in the interim. We plan to share them with you on this site and look for your feedback and suggestions.

    How will the Scout Community be run? Think of it this way: this place is your favorite local hangout. We want you to enjoy the atmosphere, talk to people who share similar interests, request and receive advice, and generally have an enjoyable time. The Scout Community should be a highlight of your day. We want you to tell stories, share photos, spread your knowledge, and tell us how Scout can deliver great products and experiences. Along the way, Scout Motors will share our journey to production with you.

    Scout is all about respect. We respect our heritage. We respect the land and outdoors. We respect each other. Every person should feel safe, included, and welcomed in the Scout Community. Being kind and courteous to the other forum members is non-negotiable. Friendly debates are welcomed and often produce great outcomes, but we don't want things to get too rowdy. Please take a moment to consider what you post, especially if you think it may insult others. We'll do our best to encourage friendly discourse and to keep the discussions flowing.

    So, welcome to the Scout Community! We encourage you to check back regularly as we plan to engage our members, share teasers, and participate in discussions. The world needs Scouts™. Let's get going.


    We are Scout Motors.
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    I appeal to Scout Motors to please do direct no hassle sales with one fixed price that everyone pays. Do what is best for the customer because that is what is best for your business. Dealerships introduce too many user hostile behaviors because the sales structure rewards them. My first...
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    Dealerships Are Dying

    I’ve had nothing but horrible experiences buying cars at dealerships. Buying a car is something I dread. I think people would actually upgrade their vehicles more often if the dealership experience was not so bad. I have no problem buying a vehicle with a click on a website so long as it is the...
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    What If?

    The wind turbine idea would only work if adding it to the front of the vehicle, as proposed, greatly reduces energy loss to drag/friction thereby allowing some of the energy saved to be recovered. However, I think it’s almost certainly the case that air passing through a turbine system would add...
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    On Tuesday Apple announced in an internal meeting that they are cancelling their plans to build their own EV. Bloomberg (paywalled) About a thousand engineers worked for a decade on a wide range of technologies. Who knows what they invented? If I were Scout I would approach Kevin Lynch and...
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    What would Jamie and Chris like to see in a Launch Edition?

    I’d really like to see the factory set up to build customer configurations to order (with direct to consumer sales). A utility vehicle should have lots of configuration options. This surely makes building to order extremely complicated. Starting up a factory that can build many possible...
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    Are EV's scared to embrace the option to upgrade your car?

    I’d like to try to clarify what I meant with my last comment. I don’t think there is any logic in thinking ‘this car was designed to be easy to customize therefore it can’t be driven every day’. Both things can be true. What I think would be a mistake is for a design team to focus on an...
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    Are EV's scared to embrace the option to upgrade your car?

    “its market focus will have to be the daily driver so they can sell lots of them.” There is a strategy in business known as ‘blue ocean’. This is where all the players in an industry have carved out clear boundaries to define their market and product and they all battle each other in that...
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    GM’s decision isn’t about giving the user the best experience. The best experience for the user is to get to choose which system they will use, the built in one, Android Auto or CarPlay. The user should be able to choose an option that tightly integrates with the small powerful computer they...
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    Porsche and Aston Martin have previewed their implementations of the Next Gen CarPlay. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a46188510/apple-carplay-next-gen-interface/ This allows 1) manufacturers to customize CarPlay with their own brand and design elements 2) users to customize the cars...
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    Should Scout adopt the NACS (Tesla) charging system

    That’s what’s being reported. https://insideevs.com/news/701566/volkswagen-group-switch-to-nacs/
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    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Here’s all the ones I found in a trademark search by owner “Scout Motors”. Swather; Travelstar; Scout Spirit; Go Together, Scout Together; The World Needs Scouts; Rallye; Rooted in Heritage, Driven by Community, Forging the Future; Traveltop; Aristocrat; Surefooted as a Mountain Goat; There’s a...
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    The Road to Scout Production - All the latest updates in one place...

    The problem with Huhnke’s comment is that it makes over-the-air software updates central to the on-going customer experience by updating a touchscreen centric user experience. But the car is not a cell phone and what works for cell phones does not work for cars. Tesla drivers are often angry...
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    The Road to Scout Production - All the latest updates in one place...

    Congrats to Huhnke. Here’s a quote from Huhnke in his role at Fisker that might trigger some interesting discussion. Is this the right way to think about the Scout?
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    What kind of tech do you expect enabled in the car or interface?

    When Toyota unveiled the new Landcruiser they made this statement This is similar to the approach I was advocating above. I know the design team at Scout have all sorts of gloves to wear when testing controls. I’m thinking you should also have some blindfolds. Design isn’t just about how...
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    Inductive charging is very inefficient compared to conductive wires. It generates a lot of waste through heating the coils. The only reason to do this is for convenience, so that people can just drive into their garage and automatically charge without having to plug anything in. Have you ever...
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