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1,000+ reservations take rate stats: Harvester vs. Full-EV and Traveler vs. Terra

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LastDayScout said:
No doubt about that! That’s one of the best benefits of the EV platform. So few moving parts to break. But, I’m glad Scout introduced the Harvester to bring more people on board. The more the merrier!
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Brings up interesting question whether the Harvester will experience more issues than the full-EV due to its gas engine and related parts. It's likely, just hope it's not much more issues. That's one of the things I'm glad to be ditching an ICE car for.
 
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JoeG said:
Same. The repair costs are staggering. I remember reading about a $50k repair/replacement bill for a Taycan owner whose battery was damaged (pierced) due to road debris, which warranty doesn't cover obviously. That's insane
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Should be covered by insurance since it was damaged by road debris. No different than if debris destroyed a windshield, a bumper, a transmission, etc. Given it's a $50K repair bill that's definitely one to pass to insurance.
 
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JoeG said:
Interesting crowdsourced look at reservation stats from 1,000+ voluntarily submitted reservations. The Harvester is blowing away the full-EV at 81.8% take rate. 🤯 That's shocking to me. And I'd thought there'd be a higher Terra % so far.

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It’s not really that surprising that the Traveler reservation % is way higher than the Terra as the Terra is too similar to the Rivian R1T to me besides the price being much more cheaper. I am also not surprised people want the Harvester option more than all EV option as the #1 issue that deters most people from buying EVs is range anxiety and the Harvester would solve that problem. I know for me, I reserved the Traveler w/ Harvester because:
1) There is no other EV SUV that looks like it and has the perfect dimension the Traveler does. It is the perfect size with an abundance of cargo storage, beautiful and practical interior and exterior styling, lots of tech and powerful drive train to name a few for the price of less than 60K.
2) There would be no range anxiety because you can get up to 500+ miles per charge with the help of a gas motor generator.
 
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CarTechGeek said:
I'm not surprised by the high Harvester take rate. It's the main differentiator.

I'm not surprised more are choosing the SUV body.

For Terra, instead of Waiting 2+ years for an EV pickup from a new company, you could just buy the Ford Lightning today, which is essentially the same thing. And even for the Harvester Pickup, Ram has Ramcharger coming out next year.
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Disagree with your Terra POV. Lightning is an ICE brands version of what they think an EV should be. Its so far off the mark. Building a ground up EV allows to do rethink everything. Lets hope this isnt just another F150 because if it is, its dead in the water.
 
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Noplacelikeloam said:
Disagree with your Terra POV. Lightning is an ICE brands version of what they think an EV should be. Its so far off the mark. Building a ground up EV allows to do rethink everything. Lets hope this isnt just another F150 because if it is, its dead in the water.
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What is so far off the mark?

From what I can see, the Body on frame construction of both is quite similar and they are dimensionally similar as well, and the F150 is kind of the "Bird in the Hand" right now.
 
Seems like a fair amount discussion of what is “needed” in these vehicles. Do people see this as a needed vehicle, i.e. a work truck that must be an EV? I will likely drive this to/from work, but i could just as easily but an ICE Hyundai for a lot less.
 
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KarlT said:
Seems like a fair amount discussion of what is “needed” in these vehicles. Do people see this as a needed vehicle, i.e. a work truck that must be an EV? I will likely drive this to/from work, but i could just as easily but an ICE Hyundai for a lot less.
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The Terra I reserved is for business purposes visiting construction sites, delivering parts and occasionally towing.
 
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CarTechGeek said:
What is so far off the mark?

From what I can see, the Body on frame construction of both is quite similar and they are dimensionally similar as well, and the F150 is kind of the "Bird in the Hand" right now.
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I’m gonna hope QUALITY will be the difference. Every American car I’ve owned has had dozens of recalls, went back under lemon law or had parts and pieces fail just after 1-year (‘23 Bronco). If SM can build to a better quality (and without an ICE and all those parts to fail) they have a great shot at it. They have German engineering doing a lot of the test and parts designs so it should be a tank but we will know for sure once they hit the day to day real world
 
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J Alynn said:
I’m gonna hope QUALITY will be the difference. Every American car I’ve owned has had dozens of recalls, went back under lemon law or had parts and pieces fail just after 1-year (‘23 Bronco). If SM can build to a better quality (and without an ICE and all those parts to fail) they have a great shot at it. They have German engineering doing a lot of the test and parts designs so it should be a tank but we will know for sure once they hit the day to day real world
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These days German cars, aren't exactly the reliability champs.
 
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CarTechGeek said:
Scouts are engineered in Detroit and Built in SC...
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Words spoken at the reveal were the VWAG engineers are also part of the process. I counted no less than 6 Germans while at the event. As a “start-up” umbrella under VWAG they would be foolish not to use that wisdom. And surely they are dipping into the parts bins (maybe not visible, but under the curtain) which are designed and engineered by the Germans
 
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Words spoken at the reveal were the VWAG engineers are also part of the process. I counted no less than 6 Germans while at the event. As a “start-up” umbrella under VWAG they would be foolish not to use that wisdom. And surely they are dipping into the parts bins (maybe not visible, but under the curtain) which are designed and engineered by the Germans
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Let me add to this that two Germans said " I am a Scout". That is promising. I talked to several of them and they seemed very enthusiastic and excited to be part of the Scout revival.
 
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So we mix German and Detroit engineering and give it to the good ol' boys in SC to build. What could go wrong? :ROFLMAO:
 
J Alynn said:
Words spoken at the reveal were the VWAG engineers are also part of the process. I counted no less than 6 Germans while at the event. As a “start-up” umbrella under VWAG they would be foolish not to use that wisdom. And surely they are dipping into the parts bins (maybe not visible, but under the curtain) which are designed and engineered by the Germans
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Scout CEO Keogh has said that Scout will use VW Group parts & components when possible.
 
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