SUV and Pickup—First Two Fashions from All-new Automobile Firm
North American automotive journalists have been invited to Nashville, Tennessee. for the world reveal of the all-new, all-electric Scout Traveler SUV and Terra pickup. No driving these two hand-built prototypes (they seemed almost manufacturing prepared) as their launch date might be “in late 2027.”
Why the two-year delay because the specs, designs, options and capabilities of those two very fashionable EVs could be successful now? Fairly easy. The Scout manufacturing heart continues to be within the development section in Blythewood (close to Columbia), South Carolina. The plant will embody 1,100 acres and make use of roughly 4,000 with what Scout says are wages and advantages 40% greater than the typical within the surrounding space.
What’s Scout Motors?
Scout Motors, established in Might 2022, is owned by the Volkswagen Group, which obtained the Scout model as a part of its buy of the American truck producer Navistar Worldwide in 2021. Scout Motors is a US-based operation with its headquarters in Virginia, analysis and improvement places of work in Michigan, and manufacturing in South Carolina.
Ideas Revealed
The Scout Traveler SUV and Scout Terra pickup have been launched because the reimagined sucessors to the unique Scouts constructed by Worldwide Harvester from 1961-80. Scott Keogh, CEO and president, stated: “Scout has made a instrument for in the present day that’s absolutely succesful as a playground for patrons to mess around with. They are going to be automobiles for work, play and for every thing in-between…which can be..rugged, versatile automobiles able to off-road journey and household responsibility.”
With a launch date of two years from now, the 2 ideas proven may change. Due to this fact, take what we all know up to now and assume the ultimate variations might be someplace shut of their specs and capabilities. Clear Fleet Report will do information updates when extra is understood.
Scout Traveler SUV
- Twin electrical motors driving all 4 wheels
- Torque: 1,000 pound-feet/Horsepower: N/A
- 0-60 mph: 3.5 seconds
- 350 all-electric mile vary (estimated by Scout)
- 7,000- pound tow score
- 2,000-pound payload
- Curb weight: N/A
- 148-inches lengthy; 77-inches excessive; 91-inches broad
- Strong rear axle
- Physique-on-frame development
- Air suspension optionally available
- Entrance and rear mechanical lockers for off-road driving
- 35-inch tires; 1-foot of floor clearance; 3-feet of water fording functionality
- Cut up tailgate
Scout Terra Pickup
- Twin electrical motors driving all 4 wheels
- Torque: 1,000 pound-feet/Horsepower: N/A
- 0-60 mph: 3.5 seconds
- 350 all-electric mile vary estimated by Scout
- 500 miles of vary with the optionally available built-in, gasoline-powered vary extender generator completely on the Harvester mannequin
- 10,000-pound tow score
- 2,000-pound payload
- Curb weight: N/A
- 229-inches lengthy; 77-inches excessive; 91-inches broad
- Strong rear axle
- Physique on body development
- Air suspension optionally available
- 5.5-foot pickup mattress with 120V and USB-C shops, one 240V outlet
- Entrance and rear mechanical lockers for off-road driving
- 35-inch tires; 1-foot of floor clearance; 3-feet of water fording functionality
Charging
- Battery kind and measurement TBA
- Charging: 350 kW functionality
- 800-volt system
- Bi-directional charging succesful
- North American Charging Commonplace (NACS)
Options: Inside
- Seating for 5 adults with a flat rear ground
- Twin LED shows
- Knobs and contact controls for the UX (Consumer Expertise) digital interface
- Sturdy and sustainable supplies
- Entrance bench seat accessible
Options: Exterior
- Stroll-up and walk-away, entrance and rear, lighting sequences
- Cabana folding high or glass roof choices
- LED lights
Pricing
Pricing targets are round $60,000, plus supply charge and taxes. With buy and tax incentives the worth will get near $50,000. Clearly loads can change in two years, but when Scout can ship something near what we noticed on the idea reveal occasion, they may have a winner on their arms.
Pre-orders are being taken, for a $100 refundable deposit, at ScoutMotors.com.
Scout-to-Client Gross sales and Service Mannequin
The Scout-to-Client gross sales and repair mannequin is designed to create a one-to-one buyer relationship for a constant, quick, straightforward and predictable expertise coping with Scout.
This begins with their announcement of not going the normal and traditional gross sales route with franchised sellers, however are adopting a direct-to-customer gross sales mannequin. There might be 100 Scout “areas” by 2032 with 85%+ of them inside 200 miles of focused consumers. These services will largely be stand-alone buildings and also will have service facilities with factory-trained technicians.
Cody Thacker, VP progress, stated there might be “clear pricing” by means of their direct gross sales course of. He gave “auto shopping for is gradual and cumbersome, there’s a lack of belief, and it’s irritating” as the premise for having extra management over the gross sales course of. The areas might be staffed with product specialists to information shoppers by means of the acquisition course of, however won’t full any on-site gross sales as that may all be achieved by the client digitally through pc.
Service additionally might be digitized. Stuart Dixon, senior director, digital merchandise, advised us homeowners will make the most of “AI with a subsequent query menu to find out car points.” Via the Scout Motors on-line service portal and cell app, homeowners will have the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot many car points, after which schedule a service appointment. For homeowners exterior the 200-mile radius of a location, Scout may have cell technicians go to the proprietor’s residence.
The Scout Buyer
Ryan Decker, head of technique, advised us, “Scout might be reaching an eight-day-a-week individual that matches one in every of three megatrend advertising and marketing classes. “First, we now have noticed the place individuals, after being cooped-up throughout the pandemic, at the moment are eager to get away and do new issues that embody the outside.” Second. “America is without doubt one of the solely international locations on the planet that’s de-urbanizing, the place individuals are shifting away from megacities and to midsize cities and even small cities.” Final. “The third development we now have noticed is digital detox, for the shortage of a greater phrases. That is every thing from vinyl file gamers and limiting social media time.”
Decker, summing up, stated: “Placing all these three issues collectively factors to individuals sometimes needing a extra succesful car. The model intent and brass tacks of the product chops are what you actually need to ship upon. Scout will do this.”
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Story by John Faulkner. Photographs by John Faulkner and Scout.
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