Interest in Scout The CEO of Scout Motors has shared some information that might make prospective buyers want to pull the trigger sooner. It looks like Scout is shaping up to be a brand that will have products that rival the established players in the industry, and it seems that the interest reaches beyond the borders of California. Potential customers are taking an interest in its range extenders, which Scout claims make up the bulk of its over 200,000-strong reservation list. With that being said, no official specifications have been shared with the public yet, but the brand’s CEO said something that’s about the cars and not the brand’s situation in other areas. “Phenomenal” Speaking with The Drive, the CEO of Scout Motors, Scott Keogh, said, “The specs of having something that’s 1,000 lb-ft of torque, 800 horsepower, 500 miles of range, is a pretty phenomenal solution, and I think that’s why people are jumping here,” he said when talking about the Harvester’s extended-range electric powertrain for the Traveler SUV. Because of the CEO’s statement, this will be the first time that we’ve ever logged a report about Scout and horsepower or torque. Up until this point, no official specs have been revealed by Scout, and we’re getting more headlines about the hot water that Scout is in or what kind of legal fight it’s conducting at the moment, but this is great news to see. With 800 horsepower and 1,000 lb-ft of torque, that puts the Traveler SUV up there in terms of power, torque, and, you could argue, capability. Beyond that, the model looks like it could even stack up against similar Chinese SUVs. 800 Horsepower, 3.5 seconds Back when the brand was hyping up the model, Scout touted that the zero-to-sixty time was set at about 3.5 seconds. There was no horsepower figure attached to this number, but now we do. In addition to the power of the motors, the battery pack with the gasoline engine will also be capable of 500 miles of range. The Harvester powertrain utilizes a gasoline engine from the Volkswagen Group’s portfolio. Scout has yet to confirm which engine it is at this time. Apart from that, there is also no mention of battery size. Current claims put the electric-only range at 150 miles, so the battery size is likely to exceed the 20 kW of a modern plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle and my best guess would some where in the ballpark of around 40 kW or so.
