Can a Scout power your house?
Scout Motors has announced two-way charging on the Traveler and Terra. Park one under the sun and it becomes the backup power plant for your home.
It's built for it
At the Traveler and Terra reveal, Scout Motors said both trucks will have bidirectional charging — power that flows out of the battery as well as in. That's the feature behind everything a Bugging Out carport does.
With the right two-way charger and a transfer switch at the house, a vehicle like that can run your home in an outage. With a solar roof over it, the sun keeps refilling it.
What Scout has announced
- Traveler (SUV) and Terra (pickup), production targeted for 2027.
- Built at Scout's plant in Blythewood, South Carolina.
- All-electric range targeted up to about 350 miles.
- Harvester range-extended version, with a small onboard gas generator that recharges the battery, targeted at about 500 miles.
- Bidirectional charging on both.
As announced by Scout Motors. Specs and features can change before the trucks reach customers.
Pick your Scout
Scout Traveler
The SUV, under a solar roof. Read →
Scout Terra
The pickup, built for the beach and the job. Read →
Scout Harvester
The version with its own generator. Read →
Scout home backup
How a Scout runs your house in an outage. Read →
Scout on the Outer Banks
Sand, salt air and storm season. Read →
The Scout and the carport, together
Everyday
The solar roof charges your Scout in the driveway. On a typical day that's roughly 60–75 miles of driving from sunshine.
Outage
The grid drops, the transfer switch isolates the house, and the Scout takes over: fridge, freezer, well pump, lights, fans, internet.
Evacuation
If the storm says go, the Scout leaves full. A Harvester adds a gas backup for the long drive inland.
After
Sunny days after the storm refill the battery while the grid is still being repaired.
A Carolina truck for the Carolina coast
We're on the Outer Banks, where 4x4s drive the beach every day and storms knock the power out. The people behind Bugging Out Solar also run Beach 4x4 and the Carolina Auto Program, where shoppers drive off-road 4x4s on the sand before they buy.
A Carolina-built electric 4x4 that drives the beach, carries the house through a hurricane and charges from the sun is about as good a fit for this coast as it gets. When Scouts reach the beach, we want them on it — and under our carports.
Scout questions
Can a Scout Traveler or Terra power a house?
Scout Motors has announced two-way (bidirectional) charging on both the Traveler SUV and the Terra pickup. That's the feature that lets a vehicle send power back out, including to a home through the right charger and transfer switch. Final details come from Scout as the trucks reach customers.
When can I buy a Scout?
Scout has said production is targeted for 2027 at its plant in Blythewood, South Carolina.
What is the Scout Harvester?
Harvester is Scout's range-extended version: the truck still drives on electric power, but carries a small gas generator that recharges the battery. Scout targets up to about 500 miles of range with it, versus up to about 350 miles for the all-electric version.
Why pair a Scout with a solar carport?
The carport keeps the Scout charged from the sun every day, and in an outage the Scout becomes your home's battery. The sun refills it, and if you need to leave, you leave full.
Ready when the lights go out
Tell us about your place and what you drive. We'll tell you straight what a Bugging Out carport would do for you.