October 2024 Production Center Update

[Jamie@ScoutMotors]

Our October 2024 Production Center update is now up:

October 2024 Scout Motors Production Center Update – Scout Motors Stories

blog.scoutmotors.com

Big milestone for the Paint Shop as the final main structural steel beam went in last week:

 

[shnngns]

I love seeing the progress like that!

 

[KarlT]

Almost ready for production.

 

[pwrofgrayskull]

Thank you for putting this together! Amazing to see the progress, I love it. The double-sliding-overlap-picture thingy is especially cool.

 

[dleepnw]

so cool! thank you for sharing progress. look forward to the monthly updates

 

[Czernobog]

Very cool update! Hopefully no additional hurricanes will visit the site any time soon, though it doesn't look like there were any major setbacks from Helene.

 

[IHScout]

Exciting to see the progress. It would be great to see drone footage of the progress on a monthly basis.

 

[McNasty]

@Jamie@ScoutMotors I hope you guys do a video time lapse of the complete build. That would be so awesome.

 

[J Alynn]

@Jamie@ScoutMotors I hope you guys do a video time lapse of the complete build. That would be so awesome.

Great idea. Wish they would have done one on the earth moving portion. I swear at some point I read that the grading across the site was nearly 100 vertical feet. Imagine the work to level off what I’d guess is 80% of the site. And adding a power substation, new highway ramps and rail track extensions. Truly a Mega project. Great idea on the video!

 

[Americana82]

Our October 2024 Production Center update is now up:

October 2024 Scout Motors Production Center Update – Scout Motors Stories

blog.scoutmotors.com

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Big milestone for the Paint Shop as the final main structural steel beam went in last week:

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That overlay is really cool.

 

[nmsand]

I love how involved customers/guests/fans of scouts get to be throughout this process!

 

[pwrofgrayskull]

I love how involved customers/guests/fans of scouts get to be throughout this process!

AGREED. It’s pretty amazing!

 

[TRONZ]

Greenfield sites are the way to go. Just build exactly what you need.

 

[DBHowe]

I get the American Flag and I love it. Anybody know why the pine tree on the top beam? Maybe the building under it is the first gift of Christmas? *grin*

 

[KarlT]

I get the American Flag and I love it. Anybody know why the pine tree on the top beam? Maybe the building under it is the first gift of Christmas? *grin*
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Putting a tree on top is an old tradition of builders when the building’s skeleton is completed.

 

[DBHowe]

Putting a tree on top is an old tradition of builders when the building’s skeleton is completed.

That's awesome! I guess you really can teach an old Scout new tricks. Thanks.

 

[DBHowe]

That's awesome! I guess you really can teach an old Scout new tricks. Thanks.

Yup, and here's how it got started....

"The practice of "topping out" a new building can be traced to the ancient Scandinavian religious rite of placing a tree atop a new building to appease the tree-dwelling spirits displaced in its construction. The tradition also served a functional purpose: a pine tree was used, and after the needles had fallen off the tree, the builders knew the wood frame below had cured/dried out so they could enclose the building. Long an important component of timber frame building, it migrated initially to England and Northern Europe, thence to the Americas."

Fascinating. Now back to the build....

 

[Mark bryner]

Boy they’re moving right along. I can’t wait to see the color options and other things, the only problem I have is the service centers. I think there’s gonna be 29 in the nation. Rivian tried the same thing with service trucks going out to people that are farther away. That only lasted six months maybe that’s why I got rid of my Rivian because to get it repaired or serviced was a five hour round-trip. these are the kind of details I’m looking for and I know it’s gonna take a little bit of time. I’m willing to wait. I’ve already pre-ordered mine well maybe not pre-order but put my name on the list.

 

[McNasty]

Boy they’re moving right along. I can’t wait to see the color options and other things, the only problem I have is the service centers. I think there’s gonna be 29 in the nation. Rivian tried the same thing with service trucks going out to people that are farther away. That only lasted six months maybe that’s why I got rid of my Rivian because to get it repaired or serviced was a five hour round-trip. these are the kind of details I’m looking for and I know it’s gonna take a little bit of time. I’m willing to wait. I’ve already pre-ordered mine well maybe not pre-order but put my name on the list.

I have the memory of a goldfish, but didn't they say there's a possibility we could go to VW, Audi, Porsche, or any other brick and mortar VW umbrella service center?

 

[J Alynn]

I have the memory of a goldfish, but didn't they say there's a possibility we could go to VW, Audi, Porsche, or any other brick and mortar VW umbrella service center?

I don’t recall SM saying that. Early on a bunch of us speculated that might be the case. Scott Keogh announced online direct and like 26-30 brick and mortar studios across the country at major populous locations. Also 99.9% confirmed by Jamie that factory delivery option will be made available.