Welcome back to EV News Daily.

Today, Scout Reservations, Rivian R2 pricing, and Bev's beat gas guzzlers on pricing.

Plus, stay tuned.

Later in the show, I'll tell you why.

Ford boss Jim Farley says today's BEV technology falls short.

Over on our podcast today, EV News China, we are talking about flash charging versus swapping, the Zika

009 refresh and conflict slowing down delivery of Chinese EVs overseas. Let's get into it. Scout Motors,

Volkswagen's US off-road spin-off now counts more than 160,000 refundable, reservations $100 down for its

ladder frame traveller SUV and its terror pickup. They also confirmed previous media reports,

which at the time were fiercely denied that the cars would be with customers later than hoped. According to Reuters on the 4th of

March last week, CEO Scott Keio was speaking at an automotive press association event in Detroit

and confirmed to those present that he expects the products to be in customers' hands in

2028. Well, the total reservation number has grown by 30,000 since October 2025. That works out at

roughly 7,500 reservations a month. The catch sits in the small print. The reservations are

non-binding and fully refundable. The bigger shift sits in the power train mix.

87% of reservation holders, that's about 139,000 people,

have chosen the gas-assisted extended range hybrid over the pure B-EV,

battery electric vehicle version.

They're calling it the Harvester version, the range

extender with a gas engine, not up front. I think they're going to put that under the bed

somewhere. Look, the placing doesn't so much matter. More as the data point, 80% favoring,

87% an EREV variant. Now, last October, it was 80%. So as time goes on and more people put

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