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  1. Jay Leno drives Scout Hybrid Harvester - Towing Capacity, Gas Fuel Tank Capacity, More Specs Revealed

    Unibody counterpart w/ on-road bias for the vast majority that will never go off-road or tow. Amber turn signals because all-red looks trashy. Bulletproof plaid seats for coolness. Disconnect mode for steering wheel so you can rotate it back-and-forth yet nothing happens. Classic retro feature.

  2. Jay Leno drives Scout Hybrid Harvester - Towing Capacity, Gas Fuel Tank Capacity, More Specs Revealed

    Yes, this. BEV = 350 miles EREV = 150 miles EV mode, w/ Harvester adds 350 to range = 500 total. YMMV.

  3. Air Suspension won't be standard / universal across Scout lineup

    Precisely.

  4. How Will Scout Keep Its Momentum Until 2027? [Article]

    Yep, similar here but 3 kids in line. First starts college in fall, so figure will take an old car away in summer 2026 for Soph year, so we'll need to add to family fleet. Then again ~2028 (assuming kids are asked back to college for those Soph years...).

  5. How Will Scout Keep Its Momentum Until 2027? [Article]

    As the timeline (understandably) slips well into 2027, we'll need to upsize the family fleet before then (~2026) due to adding new family driver. Hopefully I can just sit on my reservation awaiting next new family driver ~2028 for MY29.

  6. How Will Scout Keep Its Momentum Until 2027? [Article]

    My guess is periodic teasers through 2025, car shows in 2026, final specs/orders 1H 2027, production 2H 2027 for MY28.

  7. Rear Window Flip-Up (Scout Traveler Liftgate) + Split Tailgate + 40/20/40 Split Seats - New Photo

    Same for my prior-gen XC90 - one reason why I've not replaced it. Looks like cargo opening is offset to the left to provide flat surface for mounting spare tire carrier. (Honestly I'm starting to get annoyed by all the Traveler photos w/carrier, would like to see live photos with carrier...

  8. Scout Trims Levels being considered by Scout Motors.

    Any chance we'll see a trim w/ on-road bias, such as w/ all-weather 3PMSF tires vs. all-terrain? The former can be better in snow & slush, though not as good as dedicated winter. We're in N. VA, never go off-road, and I've got these on our cars - Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive.

  9. Maintainability and Accessibility of Range Extender

    Perhaps SM will adopt best practices from Toyota Previa - including under-seat access to ICE?

  10. Harvester Engine (Range Extender) will be a VW engine, quiet, and tucked away

    ...so does '150 miles' BEV range mean that's when RE will switch itself on by default? Reducing rate of discharge of the smaller battery and extending to '500 miles'? Or does that mean that's when the smaller battery for EREV is exhausted w/ RE disabled, and you then need to park to plug-in...

  11. Harvester Engine (Range Extender) will be a VW engine, quiet, and tucked away

    I'd gladly overpay for a solar panel w/in fixed glass or steel roof, just because. But given electrochromic was reportedly nixed due to cost vs. projected take rate, I suspect SM offering solar panel is a non-starter. Plus my understanding is that a small roof panel won't actually charge the...

  12. Harvester Engine (Range Extender) will be a VW engine, quiet, and tucked away

    Imagine the extender fires up at maybe 50% of pure EV range (75 miles? 150 miles?). That then slows the rate of discharge of the remaining battery to push range to 500 miles or whatever. But not enough generation coming from extender to power the vehicle solo. Once you exhaust battery...

  13. Scout Driver Assistance will be camera based system (no Radar or LIDAR)

    https://www.carscoops.com/2023/07/volvo-ex90-delayed-until-next-year-because-of-lidar-complexity/ https://carup.se/volvo-ville-sla-tesla-med-ex90-vi-varnade-dem/

  14. Scout warns VW dealers on using intimidation to stop direct-to-consumer sales

    I always helpfully advise fewer job changes and car transactions. If you like the Volvo just keep it, Scout timelines could change again and its better to be in position to just wait it out. That said, one consideration is warranty coverage on that PHEV - powertrain is 4 years/ 50k miles...

  15. Scout warns VW dealers on using intimidation to stop direct-to-consumer sales

    https://www.carscoops.com/2025/01/scout-fires-back-at-vw-dealers-warns-california-dealer-association-against-legal-fight/

  16. Start of production coming late 2027 for Scout vehicles (update by Scout 1/20/25)

    Does 'late 2027' constitute a 2nd delay vs. "when the production EVs start rolling off the South Carolina line in 2026" ? https://www.carscoops.com/2024/09/vw-owned-scout-motors-confirms-oct-24-launch-date-for-new-evs/ "Production is scheduled to kick off in 2026, with the Scout vehicles set...

  17. Start of production coming late 2027 for Scout vehicles (update by Scout 1/20/25)

    Yeah assuming fall 2027 launch for MY28 then MY29-30 could be a safer bet. Following spring 2027, our next-next new vehicle might not happen until fall 2030/MY31. So plenty of time to work out the bugs by then, maybe even midcycle refresh? Very long wait though, sheesh. But as long as Scout...

  18. Start of production coming late 2027 for Scout vehicles (update by Scout 1/20/25)

    ...we have (fraternal) twin boys getting licenses in spring 2027, so timing was already really tight to plus-up the family fleet via Scout. I'll likely just keep driving my old Volvo and get the older kid a Toyota hybrid - and pass the old minivan she drives now down to the boys to fight over...

  19. Start of production coming late 2027 for Scout vehicles (update by Scout 1/20/25)

    Does that amount to a second delay? Oh boy. Still, we’ll check out factory site during family spring break road trip.

  20. Scout at car shows in 2025?

    No indication Scout will appear at upcoming DC auto show, and that's just down the road from Scout corporate HQ. I imagine early appearances will be limited until closer to production timeline.
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