SEPTEMBER 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.
SEPTEMBER 2024 Update
Another month and significant progress continues at the site. The paint shop exterior walls are starting to go in, marking the first exterior wall sections to be installed. Meanwhile, teams continue to progress on the body and assembly buildings as their footprint grows. Crews have now moved more than 15 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 57% of the steel has been installed so far. Assembly building foundations are 78% 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 and further progress on roof decking. Extensive progress has been made as the first exterior walls have now been installed.
The body shop (above) work continues at a brisk pace. 44% of the total steel has been erected, and 52% 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.
