Keep the weight down please

[1973scoutII]

It would be nice to see the new Scouts incorporate aluminum panels to help keep the weight down as we know weight kills range. My cheap Ford Maverick has a aluminum hood and the F-150 has a aluminum bed. It would help with customers in the rust belt as well! Keep it trim but strong is what I'm trying to say...

 

[J Alynn]

Should just do all the non structural panels in carbon fiber.

 

[1973scoutII]

Should just do all the non structural panels in carbon fiber.

Yeah, that is the ultimate way to reduce weight but too spendy for the price point they are trying to hit...

 

[dleepnw]

I'm sure they are cognizant of keeping the weight down. However, aluminum isn't as favored as steel in the offroad community since steel is so much easier to work with and repair. So we'll see what they go with.

I also suspect the Harvester option may be lighter than the battery-only models, so there's that.

 

[Scoutsie]

Should just do all the non structural panels in carbon fiber.

Oh? I’ll see your carbon fiber and raise you a titanium.

 

[speedrye]

Saw an old Saturn on the road this past weekend (maybe the last one still driving??) and it was still looking surprisingly good with its plastic body panels. With sheet metal on most all new vehicles being comically thin, I wouldn't be opposed to plastic or composite panels of some kind.

 

[Chuckles]

Saw an old Saturn on the road this past weekend (maybe the last one still driving??) and it was still looking surprisingly good with its plastic body panels. With sheet metal on most all new vehicles being comically thin, I wouldn't be opposed to plastic or composite panels of some

Saturns always look goofy because the panel gaps are huge to deal with thermal expansion. Also, I don't think it's more cost effective than steel. Gigacasting seems to be the hot new tech for bodies.

 

[eddiet1212]

It would be nice to see the new Scouts incorporate aluminum panels to help keep the weight down as we know weight kills range. My cheap Ford Maverick has a aluminum hood and the F-150 has a aluminum bed. It would help with customers in the rust belt as well! Keep it trim but strong is what I'm trying to say...

Do you know if rust makes a vehicle lighter?

I guess at some point when all the body panels rust out, then you could have a lighter vehicle....

lol!!

Well maybe no need to carry over this Scout legacy item to save weight on the new Scout.

So I upvote for a lighter Scout with 3D printed technology & lighter materials....

 

[speedrye]

Saturns always look goofy because the panel gaps are huge to deal with thermal expansion. Also, I don't think it's more cost effective than steel. Gigacasting seems to be the hot new tech for bodies.

I had no idea if the gaps were due to being a crappy car or something else, haha.

I don't care for the gigacastings from an insurance cost and repairability perspective. Too many vehicles seem to be getting totaled when one of these huge cast parts are damaged, even minimally, in an accident.

 

[Chuckles]

I had no idea if the gaps were due to being a crappy car or something else, haha.

I don't care for the gigacastings from an insurance cost and repairability perspective. Too many vehicles seem to be getting totaled when one of these huge cast parts are damaged, even minimally, in an accident.

That is the biggest issue with Gigacasting. Unfortunately, It's not going away. Toyota will be adopting it.

 

[pwrofgrayskull]

Oh? I’ll see your carbon fiber and raise you a titanium.

Well, since the budget is blown let’s just go with graphene and be done with it.

 

[J Alynn]

Well, since the budget is blown let’s just go with graphene and be done with it.

Don’t you still need carbon fiber to encase the graphene? My daughter’s archery limbs are cf over graphene-amazing stuff

 

[Logan]

Well, since the budget is blown let’s just go with graphene and be done with it.

While we're at it... Aerogel insulation?

Aerogel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[illspirit]

I actually prefer the vehicle be tougher than lighter. I'm hoping for tungsten body and frame.

 

[pwrofgrayskull]

Don’t you still need carbon fiber to encase the graphene? My daughter’s archery limbs are cf over graphene-amazing stuff

Good question, I’m actually not certain. I know almost a decade ago they were using it somewhere on the Spania GTA and then BAC was working on graphene body panels for the Mono track car, but I really don’t know where it went from there.

 

[pwrofgrayskull]

I actually prefer the vehicle be tougher than lighter. I'm hoping for tungsten body and frame.

Good point. I agree that I would choose increased robustness over lighter weight if given the choice.