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A good read. Some more insight from CEO @[email protected]
techcrunch.com
How Scout Motors plans to bring rugged, retro cred to the EV era
Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh talks to TechCrunch about the new EV brand and shares details about where it will be built.
techcrunch.com
A good read. Some more insight from CEO @[email protected]
How Scout Motors plans to bring rugged, retro cred to the EV era
Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh talks to TechCrunch about the new EV brand and shares details about where it will be built.
Techcrunch had an exclusive interview with Scott. There will be more in the coming day ahead. Most of Monday is TV interviews and round tables online with journalists.
I especially liked Keogh's line, “Certainly you would not want the Scout VIII to be like the Scout II.” Had the Scout remained in production to this day, it would have evolved. Even as an old guy whose profession has him often living in the past, I can appreciate the need for a vehicle, a brand to evolve. Compare the first Scout 80 to the Last Scout II. Night and day evolution. We old Scout people are kinda stuck at 1980. We haven't seen those gradual updates the other iconic brands went through, some of them now reaching the point where an EV powertrain is in their future. The old Scout people are jumping from 1980 to 2026 in a single bound feeling a little like Scotty had beamed Alan Shepard from Freedom 7 to the Starship Enterprise. Scout Motors needs to capture and bottle the essence that made the original Scouts a success. That will bring in buyers not familiar with Scout history and maybe win over the "Old Breed" as well.
Glad to read the physical touch points will be on the vehicle. Hoping the modernized look reference isn’t too modern though but I’m anxiously awaiting.
Bronco hadn’t been around for quite awhile and they nailed the “new meets nostalgic”. Hoping Scout pulls it off just as well if not bettet
Bronco hadn’t been around for quite awhile and they nailed the “new meets nostalgic”. Hoping Scout pulls it off just as well if not bettet
The rendering looks good…especially for an Audi!🙂
I think I like it. I see bits of several vehicles when I look at it including Infiniti’s flagship-forgetting the model name. Guessing that’s $100K and then some. Way out of my league-or more like way beyond what I would justify spending on an SUV
That's a lot of Defender in that render. Would be surprised if Audi went that direction (if they actually build such a vehicle) but I'd like to be surprised.
PPE is Audi/Porsche speak for Premium Platform Electric and is another EV component platform that is more luxury-oriented. It is essentially another skateboard platform but has a bit more flexibility for heavier luxury vehicles, plus numerous improvements over the current J1 and MEB EV platforms. Different software as well.
Scout will be using an all-new body on ladder frame EV chassis. There could be some component sharing (electric motors for example) between the various platforms as that just makes sense from economies of scale perspective. We are working on a code name for the new Scout platform...
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