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If the engine cooling system and the battery cooling system use the same chemical coolant, then that would help production. The engine will require oil and gasoline fills at some assembly station along the line, so there is complexity added there. And the engine/generator will need to be tested...

Horsepower (watts) is horsepower (watts). While steady state cruising could be supported by 100 HP, any incline, towing requirements will need much more power. The Scouts are going to be well over 5,000 pounds. While we don't yet know the minimum SOC the generator will keep the battery charged...

OP, what do you think Scout's concept is for their planned engine/generator "module" that fits in the space between the rear axle and bumper. I can't think of any existing VW 4-cyliner that would fit. If they have one, it will have to lay flat and have the generator integrated into the engine...

Hope is not an option here. Heat management HAS to be solved. For those who reserved a Harvester, you will be waiting a much longer time to get your trucks. I do not see Scout solving all the engineering challenges for the planned placement in the short time the company has left to deliver...

The Harvester needs to lose the frunk and add a trunk in the bed of the pickup like the Honda Ridgeline pioneered. The Traveler with a trunk in the rear may be over kill, and difficult to access when the rear hatch area is loaded with gear.

I still say the engine/generator will end up in the front. I do not see how a 4-cylinder engine that needs to make at least 250 HP, with a generator attached to it, will fit in the small space between the rear axle and bumper. So, I agree with you, putting the engine/generator up front avoids...

Nope, the OP is still suggesting a series hybrid, but with the engine and generator in the front space of the vehicle rather than underneath between the rear axle and bumper.

When my current pickup ages out in a few years, at this stage in life I can see buying one of these if it is $20K with the EV tax credit in place. I need a pickup at this point just to go to the dump every few weeks and to transport petroleum fuels for my ICE-powered equipment. All local travel...

Integrated in-tank fuel filters are common industry practice these days. I have a 19-year-old car with 400,000+ miles on it with an in-tank fuel filter integrated with the fuel pickup. I've never had to replace the filter. The engineering is just better.

The battery chemistry has most to do with cost and energy density. I doubt there is much difference in instantaneous current delivery between Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) and Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC). The lower-cost, less energy dense LFP does better with short, numerous...

The EREV range is a total of 500 miles. 150 miles in BEV only mode, or 500 miles in hybrid mode, meaning the generator increases the range by 350 miles (consuming the 15 gallons of gasoline stored on-board in the fuel tank). These approximate numbers have been stated by the Scout Company CEO on...

I figured it out. Scout should move the Harvester to the frunk (where it belongs) and create a trunk in the bed (a la the Ridgeline) and call it the "Bedunk" for the Terra and the "Brunk" for the Traveler.

I never said anything about the preproduction prototype sounding like the final delivered product. I said issuing a video of the product in its current development state indicates how immature the design is 2-years out from delivery in late 2027. Obviously, the drivetrain in the prototype is...

And it's why I have said we really don't want to see the sausage being made. The Bronco MIC top is the perfect example. I think Scout should throttleback on the pressers and just go about it's business of building the factory and get the product rolling out the door. I still think the better...

I was just reviewing the pics of each vehicle. I just don't see how a est. 250HP 4-cylinder engine with generator fit between the rear axle and bumper.

And what would anyone do about it if the information they receive is not to their liking? ?

It's not automotive Couture.

Watching the sausage being made is something you really don't want. None of us has any influence on the design of the Scouts at this point. Don't kid yourself.

HAVING been through the Bronco reintroduction experience as an early resevationist, this Scout trip is Deja Vu all over again. My hopes are that no world pandemic will plague us again. Now that I realize the Harvester is an afterthought, my Spidysense is telling me to cash out. I think the...

Having had a pickup in my personal fleet for all but 8 years of my 46-year driving life, I've had a small, single-cab 7' bed, a full-size single cab 8' bed, and currently, a mid-size 5.5' bed. Each truck fit my needs and use case at the time in my life I needed them. I'll need to replace my...