AUGUST 2024 - Blythewood, South Carolina
Welcome to our monthly progress updates on the construction of our new Scout Motors Production Center. In March 2023, we unveiled our plan for Scout Motors to build our new Scout® vehicles at a state-of-the-art factory to be built in Blythewood, South Carolina. The site, which spans a vast 1,100 acres, is strategically located about 20 minutes north and east of Columbia, South Carolina. This substantial $2–billion investment is set to revolutionize the region, creating over 4,000 permanent jobs. At peak capacity, we plan to produce 200,000 vehicles a year at the Production Center – that’s 40 per hour. We are thrilled to share our progress with you as construction continues.
The new Scout vehicles will be built on a newly designed body-on-frame electric vehicle platform. As you can see in the photo above, our Production Center’s main structures include a body shop, a paint shop, and final assembly buildings. The site also features a state-of-the-art training center for our employees and a technology center to support our future vehicles.
AUGUST 2024 Update
The effects of Tropical Storm Debby dumped more than nine inches of rain on the site during August. Despite those challenges, significant progress continues at the site.
The body shop steel construction continues and the first roof decking has started going in as well. The southern half of the paint shop steel structure has been started with the north roof decking nearly complete. Crews have moved more than 10 million cubic yards of dirt and continue grading and infrastructure additions and improvements.
This close-up of the main assembly building (above) shows the progress made in erecting steel and additional roof decking. Approximately 43% of the steel has been installed so far, up from 17% last month. Assembly building foundations are 70% complete.
When completed, the assembly building will span nearly 1.3 million square feet.
The paint shop (above) continues to progress with steel construction on the south end started and further progress on roof decking. Future equipment to be installed is also starting to arrive on-site and has to be brought into the current structure due to the size and complexity involved in the future installation.
The body shop (above) started the first steel construction last week and is moving at a brisk pace. 29% of the total steel has been erected, and 40% of the foundations have been installed.
The body shop will have more than 600 total foundations that will support 1.3 million square feet of space.
