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  1. Golfguy

    Terra Pickup in Desert - Photos

    Depends on the color! If it's the satin blue in your avatar image, it'd look right at home in Miami. Dusted off the ole photoshop for ya...
  2. Golfguy

    Introductions & Welcome Thread For New & Old Members 👋

    Welcome to the site! I have family on "Strong Island" in western Suffolk near Robert Moses beach. Scout Terra Harvester + Rivian R2 sounds like a good multi-size EV garage 👍 Have you used the R1T to tow your Aistream?
  3. Golfguy

    Factory delivery will be available ... are you taking trip to Scout plant in SC for it?

    That's great news! Reminds me of BMW's Performance Center Delivery in Spartanburg, SC. This won't just be pick up your Scout and leave kinda experience. There's gonna be a "Scout Experience Center" at the Scout factory that will will offer off-road driving experiences and factory tours. So that...
  4. Golfguy

    Underbody look at Range Extender Engine location and crash protection; also oil cooler

    Good underbody / undercarriage photos and analysis of the Range Extender Engine location and crash protection. Also a look at oil cooler -- by The Autopian -- Have a look — the gasoline range extender sits at the very rear of the frame under the rear cargo area, with what appears to be…a fuel...
  5. Golfguy

    Range extender starts charging battery after 100-150 miles of EV-only driving

    Didn't see this stat being talked about but Scout confirmed to The Autopian publication that the Harvester gas engine range extender will start charging the battery after about 100-150 miles of driving EV mode only.
  6. Golfguy

    Official 2027 Scout EV Traveler & Terra Specs, Info, Wallpapers, Videos

    A Scout representative said that these are "85% reality, 15 percent fantasy.” so they're pretty close to production. 👍 Source: https://www.scoutevforum.com/forum/threads/scout-ev-will-have-swing-out-tire-carrier-open-roof-switches-dials-locking-differentials.10909/
  7. Golfguy

    VW dealers / NADA may sue to change Scout's direct-to-customer business plan

    Let's hope this doesn't change up the direct sales model!! 🙏🏻 That's one of the most attractive things about these new Scouts in my opinion -- not having to deal with the usual dealer salespeople, price gouging, negotiating, etc...
  8. Golfguy

    NO DEALERS / Direct Sales + Price Transparency = Yesss Thank You!!! 🙌 🙏🏻 👍

    Of course VW dealers aren't happy about it... no surprise. https://www.carscoops.com/2024/10/vw-dealers-out-of-luck-as-scout-confirms-direct-to-customer-sales-model/ VW Dealers Furious As Scout Sells Terra And Traveler Direct To Consumers The revived brand will handle all sales, production...
  9. Golfguy

    Army Green Traveler SUV

    Ohhh that is sweet!! I'd take mine further by putting satin/matte PPF on it. Satin / matte green looks perfect on off-road capable trucks.
  10. Golfguy

    NO DEALERS / Direct Sales + Price Transparency = Yesss Thank You!!! 🙌 🙏🏻 👍

    The Scout Traveler and Terra will be available via a direct-to-customer factory store, just like Tesla and Lucid 🙌 This has to be one of the best pieces of news today! https://insideevs.com/news/738666/scout-direct-to-consumer-sales/ Scout Is Cutting Out Dealers. That's A Big Win For...
  11. Golfguy

    Electric-only people get in here! Who's going full EV only? 🔋

    Saw @DaveM's Harvester EV+Gas thread so thought us Electric only people should have a thread too :) So who put order deposit down on the Electric only model and why'd you forgo the Gas Range Extender option? I still plan to keep an ICE vehicle around even into 2027 when the Scouts will hit...
  12. Golfguy

    Scout EV Pickup & SUV Shapes Revealed Ahead of October 24 Debut

    The SUV's shape is definitely nowhere as boxy / upright as the old Scouts. What will be interesting to see is if the rest of the body styling is a mix of classic & modern or straight modern. Excited for Thursday reveal!
  13. Golfguy

    Scout EV SUV & Pickup Truck Reveal coming 10.24.24!

    Curious what's been disappointing with your Cybertruck?
  14. Golfguy

    Scout EV SUV & Pickup Truck Reveal coming 10.24.24!

    YESSS finally! Hopefully the concepts revealed will be pretty close to production.
  15. Golfguy

    Scout EVs will be mechanical, rugged, tactile (chunky buttons), and not-a-jelly-bean design

    Scout Motors wants to put the ‘mechanical’ back into electric trucks The VW-owned brand broke ground on its new factory in South Carolina, where it eventually will churn out hundreds of thousands of rugged, battery-powered off-roaders. And that includes “chunky buttons.” LINK...
  16. Golfguy

    Scout factory breaks ground in South Carolina

    Scout Motors breaks ground on new $2 billion plant in South Carolina The facility could produce more than 200,000 vehicles a year https://www.autoblog.com/2024/02/15/scout-motors-breaks-ground-on-new-2-billion-plant-in-south-carolina/
  17. Golfguy

    Scout Motors announces EV Innovation Center in Michigan

    Source: https://electrek.co/2023/12/12/scout-motors-chooses-michigan-new-research-hub-electric-truck-innovation/ Scout to expand to Novi, Michigan, add 200 jobs Scout Motors shared details of its plans for the Innovation Center, which will be established in Novi, Michigan, about 30 miles...
  18. Golfguy

    CEO says Scout EV debuts Q3 2024. SUV First, Then Full-Size Pickup. Ground-Up Unique Rugged Platform

    Automotive news' just interviewed Scout CEO Scott Keogh, in which he confirms: Scout EV SUV and Pickup will debut in Q3 2024 Scout SUV will be a large B SUV Scout Pickup will be a full-size pickup Completely unique ground-up developed platform that's "100 percent capable, American, robust, full...
  19. Golfguy

    Magna Steyr to develop & build the Scout EV Pickup and SUV

    A new report indicates VW has decided to externalize the development of the two models. According to Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung, Magna Steyr is engineering the electric SUV and truck in exchange for the princely sum of €450 million. At current exchange rates, that works out to about...
  20. Golfguy

    Scout EV Pickup & SUV design previewed in VW Capital Markets Day presentation!

    Check out these previews of the Scout EV pickup and SUV from Volkswagen's Capital Markets Day Presentation!
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