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Tow hitch on production Scout models has been confirmed by Jamie from Scout Motors:

"The concepts didn't have them, but the production vehicles will offer them. No word yet on location specifics."

Now where would yall like to see the tow hitch receiver located exactly?
 

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Hideaway' hitch like Volvo has I have it on my xc90 love it 2" ball 5000 lbs bike rack attachments
 
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For the Traveler it just needs to be setup so it can be easily used with the tire carrier installed - occasionally run into that with my Rubicon with a 12.50 spare on an offset swing away carrier.
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Now where would yall like to see the tow hitch receiver located exactly?


On the Terra I hope it’s in the normal truck location and not tucked away. Otherwise my chains would be hard to connect. Plus I hope it’s made of thick solid steel class 5 would be nice. Seen videos of Cybertruck being snapped off vehicle due to cast aluminum hitches. On the suv I could see wanting it hidden or tucked away but please keep it usable for the truck.
 

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I want to see a real mounted hitch on both. Not a fake cyber truck hitch or hideaway one like whats on BMWs. It needs to be steel, properly mounted to the frame. Where we can choose what ball hitch we want on it, made scout release their own branded ball hitch.
 

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My reservation is for the Traveler and I need a hitch for a bike rack. I want the spare tire on the tailgate and that means my rack (1Up) might need a hitch extender to mate up with a standard location hitch receiver. My bikes are of the E variety and weigh a combined 100lbs so not too bad from a cantilevered load perspective.
 

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My reservation is for the Traveler and I need a hitch for a bike rack. I want the spare tire on the tailgate and that means my rack (1Up) might need a hitch extender to mate up with a standard location hitch receiver. My bikes are of the E variety and weigh a combined 100lbs so not too bad from a cantilevered load perspective.
I also carry a couple of E-Bikes fairly often, my CRV required a hitch extender due to spare on rear hatch, 130 lbs total and never an issue. I expect the Traveler to be the same.
 

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Reserved the Scout Truck as it looks cool, will be an additional vehicle. Dont see why it wouldnt have a capable hitch vs. SUV hitch based upon stated tow ratings - at least for the truck version.

Re Cyber Truck "Fake hitch" - there's one video of an idiot doing something none of us would do to our trucks, it's rated for more capacity than the Scout...tows my 9800lb (unloaded) toy hauler just fine - granted not as far as I'd like but good for local camping, just cant do deep Colorado Mountains..

Also, other "Fake Hitch" - "Cyber truck hitch can only cary 160lbs with bike rack" was dispelled by Wes at Tesla on X and Owners manual has been updated to reflect - up to 375lbs (aka dirtbike) rated with a traditional Joe Hauler type rack (I have one but only rarely use on my wife's SUV vs. my truck where I just put in my bed!)....believe my diesel 2500 has a higher rating (class 5) for this use case but 160lbs was weak sauce and 375 / dirtbike is legit usable.

yes steel more is robust (bends) for a hitch than aluminum (can snap), but the CT's hitch works good for me at 10k+ and until I see more cases than one failure caused by a clickbait YouTuber I'm sticking to that position....at least 50k CT's sold to date, someone besides me has had to tow with it...

Didnt mean to go off on a CT tangent, just so much hate I dont understand....I'm not a fan boy or an eco warrior - eg Diesel Truck, Audi TTV8, Scout with Range Extender reserved, Stark Varg, KTM 2 Stroke and bunch of ICE street bikes - I get what I like and the CT is awesome otherwise I'd dump it!

Back to Scout -VW can make a good product (love all my previous Audi's and wife's current SQ7), assuming at least the truck will have a brake controller, good camera system with some towing features, solid hitch, and some cool rivian software that's very usable for towing! Anything else is a miss and no reason they wont target this to be competitive with their offering!
 
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The hitch/receiver should be centered and in the rear of the truck. 😉 Tow wiring setup should be standard.
 
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