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Scouting the Road Ahead With Scout Motors President and CEO Scott Keogh
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Haven’t seen it but would you consider putting under the Extra,Extea thread as well. Been nice having all stories under that thread as a single thread resource. Thanks-anxious to watch what you posted!
Great interview. Scott is always enthusiastic and impressive. Some highlights:
1). BEV battery will be in the "120's-130's" kWh, EREV will be "60's-70's", but the battery chemistries may be different.
2). Performance of EREV will be 0-60 in 4.5 vs. 3.5 for BEV, due to a "less expensive chemistry".
3). Confirmed the 350 mi BEV range. EREV has a 150-mile range, with Harvester adding 350 miles.
4). Harvester will have a creative solution for cooling.
5). Payload will be the same for BEV and EREV, around 2,000 lbs. Towing will be "about the same".
6). Scott said the engine will be a "good, high-output 4-cylinder small engine that packages well".
7). Scout is an LLC and reports to VW Germany. VW is the sole provider/funder at this time.
8). Scout is structured with the ability to seek strategic partners/outside capital or go public.
9). Would not say if Harvester will cost more, but noted that in-demand features can be more expensive.
1). BEV battery will be in the "120's-130's" kWh, EREV will be "60's-70's", but the battery chemistries may be different.
2). Performance of EREV will be 0-60 in 4.5 vs. 3.5 for BEV, due to a "less expensive chemistry".
3). Confirmed the 350 mi BEV range. EREV has a 150-mile range, with Harvester adding 350 miles.
4). Harvester will have a creative solution for cooling.
5). Payload will be the same for BEV and EREV, around 2,000 lbs. Towing will be "about the same".
6). Scott said the engine will be a "good, high-output 4-cylinder small engine that packages well".
7). Scout is an LLC and reports to VW Germany. VW is the sole provider/funder at this time.
8). Scout is structured with the ability to seek strategic partners/outside capital or go public.
9). Would not say if Harvester will cost more, but noted that in-demand features can be more expensive.
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Might be the odd man out here but I for one am happy that this is not going to be getting a stupid 0-60 time. 4.5s is already a crazy fast time for a SUV that is roughly tahoe size.
Thanks for sharing this! I'm still going through it, but also a near-confirmation that the Harvester engine lives where a full size spare might normally live. Not a surprise, but nice to approach confirmed.
Looks like we need to pre-purchase the in demand features to beat the limited supplies and the tariffs...
Dibs on a Harvester motor...
0-60 for me im not worried about the difference it could change any moment if the chemistry changes.
I'm all-in for BEV, but curious when ICE will need to power up to extend that 150 by 350 to 500. Figure it will be well before that smaller battery is exhausted at 150 miles - maybe startup midway at 75? Or perhaps it needs to be running at the outset from full charge?
Also much relief in hearing, on the software front: absolutely nothing from Cariad. Software will be Scout working with the VWAG/Rivian joint venture (zonal architecture), and then the UX software is all Scout.
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Upgradable fuel tanks and harvester. Absolutely insane. #FutureProofing!!!
And at the end when Jonny mentions accessories, being able to put a winch on these things, Scott answers back with "and a plow." The accessories store is shaping up to potentially be fun!
4.5 sec 0-60 on harvester is plenty since currently my Jeep probably has an 8-10 sec 0-60 time so it will be nice to beat 110 hp Toyota corolla getting on the highway for once. 
Though, not sure if it was confirmed or not but the harvester specs for range are great also if the harvester models use an LFP battery that would help to save cost and maybe around the same price or maybe cheaper initially, before the whole, supply and demand kicks in. Last, I know he said 4-cyl but did he confirm if it was N/A or will it have turbos since I didn't see anything on that.
Though, not sure if it was confirmed or not but the harvester specs for range are great also if the harvester models use an LFP battery that would help to save cost and maybe around the same price or maybe cheaper initially, before the whole, supply and demand kicks in. Last, I know he said 4-cyl but did he confirm if it was N/A or will it have turbos since I didn't see anything on that.Pretty certain I heard that for the EREV application he said "don't need a turbo."
There was also a question posed regarding what Scott thought the mix would be of folks with the Harvester variant that actually charge the battery by plugging it in versus those who only gas up, and Scott did not shoot down the latter as impossible. I infer from that the possibility of "gas and go" on a dead flat battery as viable in some fashion.
Yeah I get that is indirect evidence, and things are still pretty early, but it's enough to keep the hope for that capability alive for me.
Yeah I get that is indirect evidence, and things are still pretty early, but it's enough to keep the hope for that capability alive for me.
The plow was actually shown on video at the reveal. Check it out to see. They also had a front mounted bale hauler
I was not sure, thanks I prefer no turbo to maybe help reliability
Haven’t listened yet, but will later tonight/tomorrow. But the list above is a great summary.
My guess for the harvester battery size was pretty close, but I appear to have way overestimated the BEV versions battery size. Alas!
I also am not surprised at all to see different chemistries ( not quite saying I called it alone, but I totally was calling it
). The “reduced” performance and “nearly the same” towing doesn’t bother me at all. I’d never use all of either.
The harvester being a 4 cylinder does make it seem like there is an increased likelihood-possibility of “gas and go” operation. At the very least this seems like it won’t be a BMW i3 REX situation, which is good to hear.
My guess for the harvester battery size was pretty close, but I appear to have way overestimated the BEV versions battery size. Alas!
I also am not surprised at all to see different chemistries ( not quite saying I called it alone, but I totally was calling it
). The “reduced” performance and “nearly the same” towing doesn’t bother me at all. I’d never use all of either. The harvester being a 4 cylinder does make it seem like there is an increased likelihood-possibility of “gas and go” operation. At the very least this seems like it won’t be a BMW i3 REX situation, which is good to hear.
And being able to upgrade its battery is also so cool. Really innovative technology coming from Scout.
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