JULY 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.
July 2024 Update
As you can see above, significant progress has been made, and the first roof decking sections started going in.
Last month, progress continued on steel construction, with the body shop remaining the only building yet to go vertical with steel. This month, the first steel went up on the body shop building, and roof decking has started on both the paint shop and the assembly building. Crews have moved more than 8 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 the start of roof decking. Approximately 26% of the steel has been installed so far, up from 10% last month. Assembly building foundations are up to 63% installed.
When completed, the assembly building will span nearly 1.3 million square feet.
The paint shop (above) continues to progress with further steel construction and the first 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) saw the first steel construction start this past month. The brisk pace this month resulted in 15% of the total steel already erected and 39% of the foundations installed.
The body shop will have more than 600 total foundations that will support 1.3 million square feet of space.
