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    LED Lighting for the New Scout EV Vehicle

    LED should be standard in this day and age throughout the vehicle. I also agree standard 7” rounds as even if the lights aren’t to someone’s taste, all JW speaker or Morimoto need to do is add a connector harness to existing designs.
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    Door Handles

    Oh certainly. Still love the products, but there’s always room for improvement. No brand is perfect and it’s only getting more difficult the more we add technology to these computers with wheels under them. Now that I’m on the corporate/engineering side of the auto industry I respect the flaws...
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    Door Handles

    I was a tech with Audi for almost 10 years. I love the VAG and still drive their products. Much is missed in recent years though. Prime example the evaporators on current generation Q5 that require the windshield to be removed to access one bolt. That should have been caught and corrected very...
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    Door Handles

    I sit in packaging meetings on a regular. Biggest suggestion I can offer is to make sure you have service teams in the packaging meetings early. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve said “what if that part fails, how do I remove it?” Or “That part might not fail, but the part under will, what is...
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    Door Handles

    You are correct on the aerodynamic aspect of the flush handles. However, there are many designs over the years that are flush without making them flimsy plastic buttons that automatically present. Many exotics come to mind like Mclaren. As for examples of semi traditional type door handles...
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    Door Handles

    Normal Door Handles! Every EV startup is trying to mimic Tesla and going to the hidden door handles with capacitive touch open/close with cinching motors on the latches. Gimmicks that fail often and aren’t needed. I believe this vehicle would be better served with a nice robust handle and latch...
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    Powertrain Wants

    I work in the EV space, we want this to be full EV. The complexity of engineering ICE into this for only 10 years worth of production time would ruin this vehicle. The reason so many startups are succeeding where OEM’s are failing is the ability to design around a skateboard not retrofit where...
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    Manual Transmission

    I love me a manual transmission, but I am also in the camp of an unnecessary expense. We don’t need another $100,000+ EV.
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    powered frunk

    Powered is nice and all, but especially with the front, the complexity makes them very fragile and very expensive. For a vehicle I want to off-road, I’d rather have buff manual latches with non-powered struts.
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    Welcome and Introductions!

    You LinkedIn friends passed me this way. Did I make it under the wire for a 1st year Member tag?!?! Happy New Years everyone. Can’t wait to see what the new year brings for Scout!
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    Scout Color Poll #1

    Where are the sand colors? For example Suzuki had “Sahara Tan”.
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    Second Scout Teaser Image Released

    Renders are looking good. So much will change once the designs hit wind tunnel testing though. Unfortunately with EV’s, coefficient of drag is just so important. With that in mind, to the earlier conversation, I predict independent front and rear suspension. Not a bad thing as even King Of...
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