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10-24-2024, 09:38 PM | #1 |
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Scout debuts EV / EREV (gas-powered range extender) SUV and Pickup
Gotta say this has me very intrigued
https://www.scoutevforum.com/forum/t...-videos.10919/ New SUV & Pickup under resurrected Scout brand that has both BEV and EREV (gas-powered range extender) models. The gas-powered range extended model seems like a good alternative to going full electric or PHEV? Wish more manufacturers would go with this instead of PHEV or full BEV. |
10-25-2024, 04:32 AM | #2 |
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Looks like a Bronco.
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10-25-2024, 08:39 PM | #4 |
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Let me guess - another EV manufacturer that wants to build EVs from scratch in the US, but needs a $8B plant, won’t make it on time, and when it finally does, the car will cost $95K instead of the promised $50K... I do like the modernized retro style
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10-25-2024, 08:43 PM | #5 |
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Styling looks good. Volkswagen engineering is pretty good. Let's see it with an EA888 Evo 4 engine from the Golf R.
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10-26-2024, 10:26 AM | #7 |
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Found some more technical stuff re:the solid axle drivetrain.. https://www.theautopian.com/i-crawle...-what-i-found/
Looks like it could potentially have some serious bump steer issues. |
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10-26-2024, 03:05 PM | #9 |
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Lots of un-sprung weight bouncing around with the motor and transmission fastened to the through axle. The shocks will need to be well designed to keep things under control. I'm not a pro at suspension geometry but it looks to be better designed for off-roading vs on-roading. Then there's the whole skid plate thing, hopefully they reinforced the entire underside strong enough to prevent damage when offroading.
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It might be closer to vaporware than you think, VW plans to close three factories in Germany, cut more than $4.3 billion in costs, and lay off tons of people. The last thing they need now is another factory to build more EVs. Plus, tariff wars will cut off their access to cheap Chinese batteries and rare minerals.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a6...lant-closures/ |
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I think Stellantis will be the first to fall, with Jeep and Ram being spun off. I could see Rivian failing afterwards but being parted out (VW will likely pick up their pieces). Lucid will shut down and fade into obscurity like Fisker. Mazda or Subaru I expect to fail. Mitsubishi will likely pull out of the US., if they even keep an auto division. GM I could see failing as well. Almost all the automakers moved too quickly chasing what was always going to be a mirage. The market told them they needed to chase the margins Tesla had in 2015 without every recognizing why Tesla had the margins they had, and recognizing those margins would be short lived as competition came online. |
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Nissan has 2 main vulnerabilities. They're selling the large majority of their vehicles to fleets and bad credit buyers..that's puts them at risk if there's a sharp economic downturn, somewhat mitigated by the value their vehicles bring for the pricing. Their other vulnerability is they don't have much of a hybrid presence, which may be necessary if the tide doesn't turn on it Actually, their biggest vulnerability is their reliance on in house transmissions. We're they using ZF transmissions like many others, implementation of a hybrid or PHEV solution would be easy and quick, ZF sells it off the shelf. Using their own in house transmissions means they have to develop it all themselves. |
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It will be an interesting play out of events. I hope the company gears production more towards the range extender configurations because that is where the US EV market is headed. My opinion. |
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That said, I think a lot of what the issues at VW pertain to are high European labor costs, and a home market being flooded with Chinese product sold below cost to drive competition out of business. |
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