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Scout Motors' New Range Extended EV Truck Doesn't Have Great Towing Capacity, But Neither Do Most EV Trucks

Powersports folks live and die by towing and payload capacity, which means most EV trucks are out of the picture. Scout Motors' new range extender truck was hopefully going to be different, but its CEO just squashed that hope.

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Volkswagen Dealers Are Really Not Happy With Scout Motors

VW dealers sued Scout and Volkswagen on Tuesday in an attempt to block the brand's direct-to-consumer sales strategy.

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Scout Motors Fires Back At Report Claiming Production Delay

It’s been a little over a year since the Volkswagen Group signaled its intention to address a major gap in its North American lineup: off-roaders. From day one, Scout Motors promised to begin production of the body-on-frame Terra pickup truck and Traveler SUV in 2027. Visit the company’s website, and…

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Sometimes simple character designs make the most effective cosplays, and this group of Peak Scouts is the perfect example of that

Marshmallows for morale as well.

PC Gamer

Every Extended-Range EV Coming To America Soon

Extended-range EVs promise all the benefits of electric cars without the range anxiety. These are all the new models coming in 2026, 2027 and beyond.

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Scout's EV Factory Will Cost At Least $3 Billion

We already knew it would cost at least $2 billion. But Scout's updated figures suggest that the real number will end up above $3 billion.

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Pentagon threatens to pull military support from Boy Scouts unless they restore ‘core values’

In November, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressed opposition to Scouting America’s ‘attack on boy-friendly spaces’

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South Carolina Gave $1.3 Billion to Scout Motors. It's Already $150 Million Over Budget.

The company is backed by Volkswagen but still received considerable funding from state taxpayers.

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Scout Didn't Expect This: Nearly All Of Its 'Electric' Truck Buyers Want A Gas Engine

Scout Motors now has over 150,000 reservations. Nearly all want the range-extending gas engine, Scout CEO Scott Keogh said.

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Scout Motors EREVs Will 'Most Likely' Arrive Before Pure EVs, CEO Says

The 'Harvester' model uses a four-cylinder gas engine as a range extender. It's far more popular than the pure EV version, Scout CEO Scott Keogh says.

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Scout's Extended-Range EVs Are Front And Center In A New Dealer Lawsuit

VW, Audi and Porsche dealers say Scout isn't really an EV brand, so it needs to play by the same dealer laws as other companies.

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Tesla’s Robot Dreams Hit Reality As Musk Warns Production Will Be 'Agonizingly Slow’

Today's EV news: Tesla is headed back to production hell, Congress set to claw back EV charger funding and a new lawsuit over Scout's direct-to-consumer sales.

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Scout Motors Just Got A Big Step Closer To Bypassing Dealerships

Scout Motors is clear to sell its EVs and EREVs in Colorado directly to the consumer in Colorado. Will more states follow?

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Ford’s EV Reset Leaves A Multibillion-Dollar Hole In The Battery Industry

Plus, 16 states sue the Trump administration for freezing EV charging funds and Scout Motors gets license to sell directly to customers.

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Hegseth’s Pentagon ready to cut ties with the Boy Scouts over perceived wokeness and ‘attacking boy-friendly spaces’

Navy Secretary John Phelan reportedly said the proposal could be ‘too restrictive’

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Scout Motors' Trucks Are Finally Hitting The Road

Today on Critical Materials: Scout test mules hit the street, automakers haven't hit the data goldmine yet and BMW is mulling gas range extenders for its EVs.

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Why Audi May Turn To Scout Motors To Fix One Of Its Biggest Problems

Audi is getting into the range-extended EV game for America. Plus: Toyota will make cars for longer, with a bet on software upgrades, and Hyundai invests big.

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'Not In Our Product Roadmap': Rivian Won't Make An Extended-Range Hybrid

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shut down the idea that the EV startup will make a hybrid like the Scout SUV or Ram 1500 REV.

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Scout's Trucks Will Have Buttons: 'Mechanical Switches Give You a Connection'

Scout Motors is doing all it can to position itself as the antithesis of modern cars. Its concepts have big screens and cutting-edge technology, but the brand is intentional with how you interact with all those features. The Terra and Traveler are packed with physical controls, which Scout CEO Scott Keogh said in a recent interview,…

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‘Everything's On A Screen’: Here’s Why Scout’s New Cars Will Have Good-Old Buttons

Scout Motors’ CEO hates that “everything’s eight layers down.” Here’s how he plans to change that.

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Scout Motors Has 130,000 Reservations. Nearly All Want The Gas Engine

However, the reborn automaker’s CEO is adamant that the future is still electric.

Marie Claire

'Tis the Season for Knits, Outerwear, and Staple Trousers—Here's What's On My Wish List

It finally feels like fall in Los Angeles.

Guitar World

"My first guitar was nasty, old, and cheap. It didn’t have a name on it – they were too embarrassed to put it on, I think!” 7 electric guitar icons on the budget acoustics that shaped their early years

From Alex Lifeson to Peter Frampton, Mark Morton to Michael Schenker, we share the stories of famous guitarists' first guitars in their own words

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Koreans Are Furious Over The Hyundai ICE Raid. Tesla Could Pay The Price

We also discuss Waymo’s foray into public transit and Scout Motors’ big investment in South Carolina.

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'This Is The Right Strategy': Why Scout's CEO Doesn't Need Car Dealers

The Scout Terra truck made an unexpected appearance at Europe's largest auto show, and the brand's CEO said he's not worried about car dealers.

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