What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?
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One thing that has always fascinated me with Tesla's us the use of LIDAR and object representation on the in dash display.
For me it's the safety aspect, from my understanding LIDAR is really not affected by fog and maybe rain and more so by snow.
But for those Blizzard moments or caught in heavy fog. Having lidar help give you a some kind of additional resource would be cool.
For me it's the safety aspect, from my understanding LIDAR is really not affected by fog and maybe rain and more so by snow.
But for those Blizzard moments or caught in heavy fog. Having lidar help give you a some kind of additional resource would be cool.
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FWIW, Tesla stopped using LIDAR in 2021 (2022 for the X and S apparently).
So if you've got an older Tesla, then yes, LIDAR, but for anything newer, its camera only.
I think they just used radar rather than LIDAR in those cars. Although I believe even some of the cars that had radar have that feature disabled now to use vision. I believe some of the cars that had radar have it disabled now to use vision only.
It would be great if the intermittent wiper frequency mimics mid-2000ms VW. Nothing worse than a bad rhythm to the wipers up here in WA.
Having gotten a solid windshield coating of snow today at work is there a way (or does any other EV) offer a winter mode that can be turned on when you park on a day when snow is called for and if the camera senses a certain opacity it turns on the windshield defrost for 5-10 minutes to keep snow from building up. Maybe wipers run once every couple of minutes as well. Might as well add the rear window as well.
Would be nice to come out from work and have a windshield clear and dry
I like that idea, but with the differing snow packs (% of moisture content) and differing winter lows across the country, I'm not sure how universal that solution would be.
I like this idea. I’m thinking that a front bench seat in a traveler should be made capable of folding flat and aligning to rear fold flat seats. In essence, it would form a slightly narrow queen size bed (or oversized double). With the funk and rear, you would have enough room for luggage, a cooler, and possibly an electric cooking appliance. You would need a way to level out the vehicle as well. This would be the ultimate 1-2 person surf / camping mobile.
I see a lot of great features already but being I have a trailer I'd really like software around that and actual statistics around it. Calculates weight being towed and range. This with the generator hoping will allow the scout to outdo others on towing too. Towing always seems iffy with electric. So publish the numbers too.
I like all extras I have in my jeep gladiator. A purist would say what for? So I think it's key as someone else mention to be able to go purist or nerd out with gadgets like me. I will always want all power conviences, adaptive cruise, cameras and now that I have heated seats and steering I'll never go back. lol. I believe app integration is critical but shouldn't be needed for the vehicle for people that don't want to use it. I don't blame anyone that doesn't want the security risk.
I like all extras I have in my jeep gladiator. A purist would say what for? So I think it's key as someone else mention to be able to go purist or nerd out with gadgets like me. I will always want all power conviences, adaptive cruise, cameras and now that I have heated seats and steering I'll never go back. lol. I believe app integration is critical but shouldn't be needed for the vehicle for people that don't want to use it. I don't blame anyone that doesn't want the security risk.
Trying to think of every thing that I’ve ever wished for in the winter now that we’re here.
I want to get road salt off of the body and undercarriage as quickly as possible because I live in an urban area where the city doesn’t care about preserving your car’s new brake job, nor do they care that your car might need body work. Planes have de-icers. Can cars have de-icers? I want a portable de-icer. If there is a coating or treatment that can be applied to the body that prevents ice buildup, I want it. If I have to come in annually to have it done, fine. Lovely. I will do that. There were some materials scientists at my old job that came up with a coating for bottles to prevent ketchup from sticking to the inside. I have no idea if this is applicable to cold/automotive surfaces, but if it is, holy crap, I want that.
I hate winter and I dually hate how the city kind of seems to take anti-car tactics to an extreme by going out of their way to wreck your car if you’re a street parker. 
Yeesh, city of Boston, sorry I’m not rich enough to own a home with a two-car garage made for the 21st century. Sorry it was made for the last century and has an incredibly impractical narrow driveway that only a supernatural creature with a 360 degree swiveling neck could navigate. Drives me absolutely insane.
Also, I want other drivers to hear me swear at them without rolling down my window. I want a public address system. Sure I’ll get a license for it from my locality as far as you know.
I want to get road salt off of the body and undercarriage as quickly as possible because I live in an urban area where the city doesn’t care about preserving your car’s new brake job, nor do they care that your car might need body work. Planes have de-icers. Can cars have de-icers? I want a portable de-icer. If there is a coating or treatment that can be applied to the body that prevents ice buildup, I want it. If I have to come in annually to have it done, fine. Lovely. I will do that. There were some materials scientists at my old job that came up with a coating for bottles to prevent ketchup from sticking to the inside. I have no idea if this is applicable to cold/automotive surfaces, but if it is, holy crap, I want that.
I hate winter and I dually hate how the city kind of seems to take anti-car tactics to an extreme by going out of their way to wreck your car if you’re a street parker. Yeesh, city of Boston, sorry I’m not rich enough to own a home with a two-car garage made for the 21st century. Sorry it was made for the last century and has an incredibly impractical narrow driveway that only a supernatural creature with a 360 degree swiveling neck could navigate. Drives me absolutely insane.Also, I want other drivers to hear me swear at them without rolling down my window. I want a public address system. Sure I’ll get a license for it from my locality as far as you know.
A longer bed on the pickup, somewhere around 6.5 feet would be nice. It'd be nice to be able to fit a pair of skis in the back of the pickup without putting them diagonally.
Others have already mentioned this, but the #1 feature (that I think hasn't been confirmed yet?) that would make or break my purchasing a Traveler is fold rear seats that would be level with the trunk space and could then form a perfect sleeping space for a couple of adults. This is going to be the perfect camp-in vehicle, with camp/sleep modes, etc. I'm assuming that this would be a feature that won't possibly be left out of these vehicles, but posting it here anyway just in case.
I agree not having level fold down seats, would be a big miss in this segment.
Legroom. I know we don’t know the specs but with a nearly identical cabin between traveler and terra, I hope they factor in the need for legroom for their tall drivers.
The new video posted on the forum from CES had Mr Conner stating the rear seats will fold flat. That’s the first I’ve heard that and don’t know if he heard that officially but it was said in the video as I’m surprised that came up at CES
We will use our Traveler primarily for towing a travel trailer. I trust there will be an integrated brake controller. I really like the way Rivian put the manual brake button on the steering wheel, multi-tasking the thumb wheel when in tow mode. This is a huge improvement in safety and effectiveness. I'm guessing that you've already done this, given Rivian's example and Scout's design philosophy plus thoroughness.
