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[J Alynn]

FYI there’s a new story under the stories page about the traveler.
It may help answer questions or verify answers some of us have posted here on the forum.
Personally I learned the traveler Frunk will hold a set of golf clubs, duffle bags and a cooler. I’m not really a golfer but it does help me visualize how many bodies I can fit in there and with the integrated cooler it extends the travel time for said bodies (kidding-for those taking this too seriously)

 

[nolen]

My dad just sent me a copy of an article in the IH Red Power Magazine about the new Scouts. It starts with a review of the originals and has a long portion from one of the designers for IH and Navistar (Dick Hatch) going over what he likes and likes less about the new designs. It was really interesting. I've tried uploading it here but not sure if it will work (or if it is ok - if not I will take it down!)

 

[J Alynn]

My dad just sent me a copy of an article in the IH Red Power Magazine about the new Scouts. It starts with a review of the originals and has a long portion from one of the designers for IH and Navistar (Dick Hatch) going over what he likes and likes less about the new designs. It was really interesting. I've tried uploading it here but not sure if it will work (or if it is ok - if not I will take it down!)

Great article. This was a large file but my phone finally downloaded it. Overall Dick’s commentary was favorable what is what we had heard at the reveal.
Thanks for sharing this article. Was a good read!

 

[OleScout]

Thanks for sharing, I had the opportunity to meet Dave Dickmeyer, original clay modeler who did the first Scout while at the reveal and one thing that stuck out to me was how mesmerized he was with the body lines of the original vs the one revealed. This was a great article, thanks again.

 

[Czernobog]

First official mention of the number of reservations I've read. "More than 50,000" is not bad at all, particularly for a new brand.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/08/scout-motors-electric-vehicles-ev-reservations.html

 

[THil08]

First official mention of the number of reservations I've read. "More than 50,000" is not bad at all, particularly for a new brand.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/08/scout-motors-electric-vehicles-ev-reservations.html

Thats not bad numbers wise. They made around 5mil in just reservations that i am sure are still growing.

 

[J Alynn]

Thats not bad numbers wise. They made around 5mil in just reservations that i am sure are still growing.

Understand-but technically they didn’t make that as it’s refundable. That said they are probably making some nice interest on $5 million over next 2 years

 

[THil08]

Understand-but technically they didn’t make that as it’s refundable. That said they are probably making some nice interest on $5 million over next 2 years

And then think about when the final sales begin.

 

[J Alynn]

New article from MSN regarding SM’s stance on direct to consumer sales

https://insideevs.com/news/746632/scout-motors-dealer-suits/

 

[Logan]

Not sure if this is anywhere else here yet. But posting it just in case.

I thought it was really interesting seeing the scale of the earth moving going on to build the factory site.

They had only finished something like ~12% of the site grading before they started construction of the first building. They've already moved ~12million cubic yards, and have another 12 million left before they finish. And at the portion they were watching, they were moving 75,000 yds^3 of material per day.

Then a bunch of construction stuff I don't know about (models of excavators), but the highlight was "lots of excavators with 8-10yd buckets, and over 100 trucks".

Good stuff though .

 

[Chuckles]

Scout's Range Extender Will Be a VW Engine That You Won't Even Notice

Scout says its gas range extender will be mounted so low and far behind the passengers that they won't even know it's there when it's on.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Chuckles]

 

[J Alynn]

Scout's Range Extender Will Be a VW Engine That You Won't Even Notice

Scout says its gas range extender will be mounted so low and far behind the passengers that they won't even know it's there when it's on.

www.thedrive.com

Well if nothing else they clarified it’s a VW engine for anyone still stinking they should source another manufacturer

 

[Czernobog]

Well if nothing else they clarified it’s a VW engine for anyone still stinking they should source another manufacturer

I can't recall ever seeing answered the question: will the Harvester variants have the same water fording clearance as the EV-only variants? i.e. given the engine's likely location right around the height of the axle, wouldn't it have to be sealed and snorkeled somehow?

 

[Chuckles]

I can't recall ever seeing answered the question: will the Harvester variants have the same water fording clearance as the EV-only variants? i.e. given the engine's likely location right around the height of the axle, wouldn't it have to be sealed and snorkeled somehow?

I've never seen it addressed. A great point though. I'm sure they're working on it.

 

[J Alynn]

I've never seen it addressed. A great point though. I'm sure they're working on it.

Agree. But I wasn’t a fan of that strap as the marker but guess it has to say. Hoping for a tight mesh accordion bottom to better secure things

 

[THil08]

I can't recall ever seeing answered the question: will the Harvester variants have the same water fording clearance as the EV-only variants? i.e. given the engine's likely location right around the height of the axle, wouldn't it have to be sealed and snorkeled somehow?

It’s Scout if we have learned everything we have learned that they have a solution for everything and everything.

 

[CarTechGeek]

Well if nothing else they clarified it’s a VW engine for anyone still stinking they should source another manufacturer

That was always the assumption, though I don't see any definitive clarification. Like much of the internet press that's a mix of quotes and assumptions.

The relevant non-clarification:

The specific engine Scout will use for range extender duty is still under wraps. However, since Scout is under the Volkswagen Group umbrella, the engine will likely come from a parts bin somewhere in Wolfsburg.

Basically still just the reasonable assumption it was before.

Doubters can keep doubting.

 

[THil08]

I thought Scout said that they would be building their own engine since the body on frame construction it wouldn’t be able to fit a VW engine easily. Or at least that’s what I was told by jamie.


Not to throw Jamie under the bus.

 

[Chuckles]

I thought Scout said that they would be building their own engine since the body on frame construction it wouldn’t be able to fit a VW engine easily. Or at least that’s what I was told by jamie.


Not to throw Jamie under the bus.

Perhaps that means modifying existing engines? It's pretty expensive to design and build an engine from scratch.