Edmunds Article: Why the Scout Terra and Traveler Might Be Better Than the Rivian R1S and R1T Off-Road

[Stumpy]

https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/scout-traveler-terra-rivian-r1t-r1s-off-road.html

 

[HughW]

Thanks for the link. The article mentions the range extender. That is a big deal for those of us who hope to camp far off the road in remote areas. For me, it's primarily the Mojave & Sonoran deserts, and southern Utah. With the Scout, I can arrive at a remote trailhead or campsite with as much range as a fully charged Rivian. For those driving to remote spots, range anxiety is simply prudent. The range extender and the Rivians mechanical complexties, also mentioned in the article, were major reasons I cancelled my R1S order.

 

[dleepnw]

Once they are actually produced and tested, we'll know but on paper yes the Terra/Traveler have some advantages,.

 

[Chuckles]

Edmunds makes it sound like the Harvester has the same battery as the EV. This contradicts info from Scout that mentions a smaller battery with an EV range of around 150 miles with the remaining 350 miles provided by generator-supplied electricity. Jamie@Scoutmotors answers some questions on Scout's forum.

https://scoutmotors.community.forum/threads/harvester-talk-q-a.976/#post-10618

Scout models with the range extender (Harvester option) give you an estimated 150 miles of pure battery range and 500+ miles total when the engine kicks on.​

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Our pure BEV Scout models will have estimated 350 miles of range.​

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Since we have a few years before production starts, our teams will continue on development and we will be able to give more accurate figures​

 

[mcm4ss]

I don't diss the Rivian. I like them a lot. Seems there is some DNA in the Scout. I liked the size, physical switches and PRICE of the Scout.

 

[M3_R2]

Scout Motors will use Rivian-VW software and architecture according to techcrunch.com

"Bensaid also noted how much the Scout vehicles resemble Rivian's overall design sensibility, even outside of the software. "That's fantastic," he said. "It's great validation of the Rivian product."

 

[Bkenyon53]

Edmunds makes it sound like the Harvester has the same battery as the EV. This contradicts info from Scout that mentions a smaller battery with an EV range of around 150 miles with the remaining 350 miles provided by generator-supplied electricity. Jamie@Scoutmotors answers some questions on Scout's forum.

https://scoutmotors.community.forum/threads/harvester-talk-q-a.976/#post-10618

Scout models with the range extender (Harvester option) give you an estimated 150 miles of pure battery range and 500+ miles total when the engine kicks on.​

​

Our pure BEV Scout models will have estimated 350 miles of range.​

​

Since we have a few years before production starts, our teams will continue on development and we will be able to give more accurate figures​

IMO this is optimal. (And forgive me if I'm misunderstanding how the range extender works). If it was truly 350 all electric and 500 with the range extender, then on road trips you'd only be going 150 miles between fill-ups if you couldn't charge. Having the 350 as the available mileage with the extender makes road trips more palatable.

Most of my daily driving can be done well under the 150 (back and forth to work is 36 but I do have a charging station at work).