It was shown in frunk of Traveller. It wasn’t covered at launch but we saw it at event. It’s posted here on forum-so many posts no way for us to help manage what we saw. It was 3-d printed but represented
What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?
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Honestly an on board 360 “dash cam” should be standard in most modern cars.
This is a must!! There is a lot riding on Scout being successful. Reliability will be key. Make a great name for yourself out the gate, and you’ll climb to the top quickly!
special editions, plaid lots of plaid, cool decal treatments, two tone, old school colors
Hope I’m not gonna annoy anyone with this. Paraphrasing The Dude here… it’s just like, my opinion, man.
I’d love to see Scout keep things simpler and not add tons and tons of features beyond what’s needed for solid off-roading. I’m super on board for: body-on-frame durability, diff lockers, great approach and departure angles, high clearance, ability to fit decent off-road tires, super-accessible spare, ability to add a winch (or better yet, a factory-installed one). Basically an old-school off-roader but the power plant is electric. I’ll make an exception for self-spotting cameras, which are quite helpful (and don’t involve any automation).
Tech-wise, I’m not a fan of tons of automation and whizzy features. They add complexity (cost), break easily, and often don’t work well in the first place. I’m coming from owning a Tesla Model 3 as a daily driver. What I love about the Tesla is the moving-the-car parts. What I hate is all the automation and self-driving features that sometimes work and sometimes try to kill you.
Maybe Scout can offer something in the spirit of the Willy’s trim Wrangler… all the off-road goodies and few/none of the other bells and whistles. (Or maybe this’ll be what the base trim is anyway?)
So, what’s my one feature…? I’d say a winch!
I’d love to see Scout keep things simpler and not add tons and tons of features beyond what’s needed for solid off-roading. I’m super on board for: body-on-frame durability, diff lockers, great approach and departure angles, high clearance, ability to fit decent off-road tires, super-accessible spare, ability to add a winch (or better yet, a factory-installed one). Basically an old-school off-roader but the power plant is electric. I’ll make an exception for self-spotting cameras, which are quite helpful (and don’t involve any automation).
Tech-wise, I’m not a fan of tons of automation and whizzy features. They add complexity (cost), break easily, and often don’t work well in the first place. I’m coming from owning a Tesla Model 3 as a daily driver. What I love about the Tesla is the moving-the-car parts. What I hate is all the automation and self-driving features that sometimes work and sometimes try to kill you.
Maybe Scout can offer something in the spirit of the Willy’s trim Wrangler… all the off-road goodies and few/none of the other bells and whistles. (Or maybe this’ll be what the base trim is anyway?)
So, what’s my one feature…? I’d say a winch!
100% with you, man. Let the aftermarket bring many of these accessories. The fewer options, the better. Many factory kit items are sourced via OEM third party channels, and therefore two-stepped by dealers with significant mark-ups.
I love companies like Eurowise for Porsche VW Audi, who make brilliant aftermarket accessories, at great prices. Scout Motors could license / vet third-party options from these guys, and get their money, but not have to mark it up to get their payday.
They will have all the modern amenities of similarly priced vehicles as standard or as options.
Yeah, that’s what I’m hoping! I put in an R2 reservation a few months back (before I knew about Scout) but it’s like, 70% of what I want. This looks like 95% or better.
Oh also, full underbody protection is another item but it looks like they’ve got that already too.
The Scout is going to have a large battery - 3 phase home charging has not been mentioned. Ford did allow for a faster home charger, but it was an expensive option. I think several Teslas have a faster home charging capability built into the vehicle - with all that is really needed is an upgraded charger (that is not prohibitively expensive).
Building a new house - which should be completed before the Scout is released. Would really like to build in a faster home charger. There are times, abet not everyday, that faster home charging could be very useful. Needing more than overnight for a full charge at home is not optimal. I am sure a 40-50 amp home charger is already expected - dual 50 amp (Ford) would be nice. 3-phase would probably be more cost effective. A 80-100amp charger could easily recharge the complete battery in a short night between trips.
Building a new house - which should be completed before the Scout is released. Would really like to build in a faster home charger. There are times, abet not everyday, that faster home charging could be very useful. Needing more than overnight for a full charge at home is not optimal. I am sure a 40-50 amp home charger is already expected - dual 50 amp (Ford) would be nice. 3-phase would probably be more cost effective. A 80-100amp charger could easily recharge the complete battery in a short night between trips.
On the Terra, just like on the side of the truck, I would love an integrated step or foothold in the back of the rear bumper, minimally at the corners... My rounded and smallish R1T bumper drives me nuts. Its nice to be able to place a foot in the bumper and pull stuff in or out of the bed with the tailgate up sometimes, or do other stuff if you have a rack.
I really doubt 3-phase power would be more cost effective for a typical house, most residential neighborhoods don't have the infrastructure for this, you'd likely be paying a utility 10's of thousands to bring it to your house. Then you would also likely end up on a commercial rate structure, which may or may not be more expensive.
I have a Lightning with the 80Amp charger, I can get a full charge in just over 5 hours. Even a 48A is plenty for a full overnight charge for my 131 kWh battery.
I saw that and really curious too.
I hope there's an option for one of those 4 way throughput devices. Where you can inflate all 4 tires at the same time, but even better benefit is that all 4 tires have the exact same air pressure.
I’d love to see an extended bed package for the terra to 6.5 feet, a lot of what I haul is on the longer side and the extra foot really makes a difference.
I've mentioned it elsewhere, but want to mention it here too.
The main thing I'm currently not seeing is the ability to draw 240v power from the Traveler.
Not for powering tools. But so I can use the Traveler Harvester as a generator for my home when the power goes out. So even something like a NACS to L14-30 sort of adapter would work for that use (without having to redesign stuff).
But just being able to back out the Scout, plug the house into it, and letting it use the battery/gas engine as needed, would be great.
We get pretty regular power outages where I live (every house in the neighborhood came with manual transfer switches). We get 5-10 "short" outages every winter (2-3hrs), and then maybe 1-3 "long" outages (6-36hrs). So leaving the scout out there plugged in, is way easier than dealing with generator fuel, the noise, or worrying if someone will walk off with the generator while its out there.
The main thing I'm currently not seeing is the ability to draw 240v power from the Traveler.
Not for powering tools. But so I can use the Traveler Harvester as a generator for my home when the power goes out. So even something like a NACS to L14-30 sort of adapter would work for that use (without having to redesign stuff).
But just being able to back out the Scout, plug the house into it, and letting it use the battery/gas engine as needed, would be great.
We get pretty regular power outages where I live (every house in the neighborhood came with manual transfer switches). We get 5-10 "short" outages every winter (2-3hrs), and then maybe 1-3 "long" outages (6-36hrs). So leaving the scout out there plugged in, is way easier than dealing with generator fuel, the noise, or worrying if someone will walk off with the generator while its out there.
I apparently was mistaken. Tesla does offer 3-phase charging, but only outside the US. On top of that, they apparently have discontinued making vehicles capable of 80amp 240v charging - leaving the Ford (all Tesla vehicles apparently now max out at 12kw/h - even though some earlier vehicles could exceed that). Apparently the cost of the additional onboard charger was prohibitive enough to prevent many people for ordering it.
It would be nice for some people to fully charge the vehicle overnight (and as you mentioned, you chose that option yourself). Since I am building a new home, I can easily put the necessary capacity into the house (be it a 80/100 amp breakers, or 3-phase. But without the capability in the vehicle...
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Another reason I would want faster home charging is my house will most likely be primarily solar. I can put more panels on the roof to have the necessary electricity - but it would be extreamly costly to put more batteries in the house to charge the vehicles with it when the sun is not shining. The work around is either adding load when the sun is shining, or back feeding the grid.
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While I am not saying I would not be tempted to use the Harvester as a home generator - having gone through a couple extended blackouts, and had relatives go through 2 this year - I have learned about service intervals. If you use 50mph as a wag, and add to that we used to service vehicles before 5k miles, and now few go over 10k. Understand that the service interval of a vehicle is 100-200hr. Service interval of virtually all residential generators is the same. 100hrs is the interval, but some say you can do 200hrs in an emergency. As such - 4 days unless it is an emergency. A LOT of people in Houston got bit with this. They had their first outage and did not service imediately. During the second outage their generators decided to cut off to prevent damage. When my brother-in-law called about servicing his Generac, he was told there was a 6 month wait list. We can do the oil and filter - but the computer stuff is a bit more annoying, requiring them to log into remotely I suspect.
It would be nice for some people to fully charge the vehicle overnight (and as you mentioned, you chose that option yourself). Since I am building a new home, I can easily put the necessary capacity into the house (be it a 80/100 amp breakers, or 3-phase. But without the capability in the vehicle...
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Another reason I would want faster home charging is my house will most likely be primarily solar. I can put more panels on the roof to have the necessary electricity - but it would be extreamly costly to put more batteries in the house to charge the vehicles with it when the sun is not shining. The work around is either adding load when the sun is shining, or back feeding the grid.
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While I am not saying I would not be tempted to use the Harvester as a home generator - having gone through a couple extended blackouts, and had relatives go through 2 this year - I have learned about service intervals. If you use 50mph as a wag, and add to that we used to service vehicles before 5k miles, and now few go over 10k. Understand that the service interval of a vehicle is 100-200hr. Service interval of virtually all residential generators is the same. 100hrs is the interval, but some say you can do 200hrs in an emergency. As such - 4 days unless it is an emergency. A LOT of people in Houston got bit with this. They had their first outage and did not service imediately. During the second outage their generators decided to cut off to prevent damage. When my brother-in-law called about servicing his Generac, he was told there was a 6 month wait list. We can do the oil and filter - but the computer stuff is a bit more annoying, requiring them to log into remotely I suspect.
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I am curious if it will have side curtain airbags in the overhead and/or integrated roll cage. These safety items could hinder removal.
From what I can tell the Scouts have rubber flooring (which I love), but I haven't seen seat material specs.
I'd love to see a water resistant seating option in MGV (like the Bronco) or neoprene from the factory. I have neoprene covers on my truck, but it's just not the same as OEM options; almost all aftermarket seat covers look cheap to me.
As someone who surfs or mountain bikes almost daily, I'd like to have something resistant and easy-to-clean after regular exposure to water/mud/sand etc.
Factory roof racks for the Terra to carry something like a kayak or paddleboard would also be awesome; bed racks work, but a 13-14' kayak sits too far back when towing a travel trailer. This is another feature where aftermarket options are trumped by a rack that is securely built into the design.
I'd love to see a water resistant seating option in MGV (like the Bronco) or neoprene from the factory. I have neoprene covers on my truck, but it's just not the same as OEM options; almost all aftermarket seat covers look cheap to me.
As someone who surfs or mountain bikes almost daily, I'd like to have something resistant and easy-to-clean after regular exposure to water/mud/sand etc.
Factory roof racks for the Terra to carry something like a kayak or paddleboard would also be awesome; bed racks work, but a 13-14' kayak sits too far back when towing a travel trailer. This is another feature where aftermarket options are trumped by a rack that is securely built into the design.
Power Terminal Blocks.
With the amount of accessories we all like to add to our vehicles, having Terminal blocks located around the vehicle could aid in accessory installation. Blocks would be properly grounded and be able to support multiple accessory types from 5V LED's to 12V winches. Something designed for permanent installation, but hidden away.
With the amount of accessories we all like to add to our vehicles, having Terminal blocks located around the vehicle could aid in accessory installation. Blocks would be properly grounded and be able to support multiple accessory types from 5V LED's to 12V winches. Something designed for permanent installation, but hidden away.
