Just out of curiosity, I'm wondering whether Scout Motors collaborates with academic researchers in areas such as mechanical engineering, user experience, safety, AI, and Human Factors. If so, do they disclose which universities they work with? There is some great work being done at these institutes.
Scout collaborating with researchers?
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They have mentioned Univ of South Carolina and several technical schools in info I’ve read but seems like it’s more for hiring and talent than it is for research
As part of VAG, and as a startup. I would suspect they are not spending a ton of money on research - but rather siphoning tech from the rest of the group. Honestly, it is/was part of an old problem within VAG. Legacy bred a culture where each brand in the group wanted their own independent lines over common platform parts. Using common platform parts would reduce their individual domains. Scout on the other hand is already a deep hole the group is throwing money into - so they need to dip to the common platform parts bin as much as possible to get production rolling as quickly and economically as possible. That said, as Scout shows what is possible - eventually the other brands will be forced to cut some of the fat in their domains and do the same for VAG to stay viable.
VW is going to hold the lions share of research money and grant work. I had a few research partners when I was at UTK that worked with VW on a variety of composite and thermomechanical work---- Proof
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