August 2025 - 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, targeted to create 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 2025 Update
This close-up of the main assembly building (above) shows continued progress made in erecting steel and additional roof decking. Heavy steel installation is complete and roofing finishing material has started installation.
When completed, the assembly building will span nearly 1.3 million square feet.
(BELOW) You get a sense of the scale of the assembly building in the photo below. Crews are laying the foundation pads for the assembly lines before concrete floors go in. Water management remains a challenge until the building is watertight.
In the paint shop (above), most work has moved inside with the continued installation of paint equipment, conveyor systems and more.
Progress continues (below) on the paint shop conveyor system with the structure of one of our paint booths coming to life.
The body shop (above) work continues at a brisk pace. Exterior work is starting to wrap up with final roofing material and exterior wall finishes going in.
The body shop will cover more than 1.3 million square feet of space when complete.
Below progress continues on the body shop interior with floors about 60% complete and HVAC and the first lifts being installed.
Lastly, the above photo shows continued progress on the railroad connection across I-77 that will connect the factory to existing raillines in the area.
