Reserved a Scout EV

[bad Chad]

I don’t know why I bother to post?   I have to assume my post was not read, based on the the subsequent posts of others.

[Ncdan]

I don’t know why I bother to post?   I have to assume my post was not read, based on the the subsequent posts of others.

Sorry if members here, including myself, missed an important aspect of your post. Please feel free to enlighten everyone as to what we apparently didn’t understand?

[bad Chad]

Sure thing Dan. Refer to post 18 of this thread.   Perhaps I expected to much, I’ll strive to be obvious in future posts.

[Bulldog9]

VW/Scout have invested billions in Rivian.  VW was having big software issues, Rivian is a power house in the type of software VW needs, and VW in turn  gives Rivian much needed scale to drive their purchasing costs down.   If you look at the Scout next to a Riven RS1 squint just a little, and you won't be able to tell a difference.   Not implying that's anything but a good thing for both companies.

The Scout and Rivian are completely different vehicles. Different batteries, different platforms. The Scouts are a body on frame affair with solid rear axle and front/rear lockers. They will due to Rivian/VW partnership undoubtedly share some components, but according to https://insideevs.com/news/739419/scout-rivian-design-volkswagen/ they are different. Can't escape the similarities though, you can only do so much with square boxes.

Will be interesting to see how things develop. Earliest production is supposed to be 2027-2028. They just broke ground for the new factory in SC.

[rocker59]

VW/Scout have invested billions in Rivian.  VW was having big software issues, Rivian is a power house in the type of software VW needs, and VW in turn  gives Rivian much needed scale to drive their purchasing costs down.   If you look at the Scout next to a Riven RS1 squint just a little, and you won't be able to tell a difference.   Not implying that's anything but a good thing for both companies.

Silhouette similarities are coincidental.  Rivian is unibody.  Scout is body on frame.

VW/Scout is accessing software from Rivian, but the two vehicles' hardware is not interchangeable. 

They're two different takes on the segment.





https://insideevs.com/news/739419/scout-rivian-design-volkswagen/