Updates - moving to every other month?

[Schmeegz]

going back to June of 25 there has been an update every month with the exception of December. That is, until we now missed May and July.... With all that is happening at the factory, new robots, mules, employees starting, etc... I feel like there should be an abundance of new info monthly. Just wondering if they are moving towards an every other month update schedule.
I've got that Scout itch and it NEEDS to be scratched lol.

 

[J Alynn]

going back to June of 25 there has been an update every month with the exception of December. That is, until we now missed May and July.... With all that is happening at the factory, new robots, mules, employees starting, etc... I feel like there should be an abundance of new info monthly. Just wondering if they are moving towards an every other month update schedule.
I've got that Scout itch and it NEEDS to be scratched lol.

Funny-was thinking that last night because I was thinking we should see July update within the next week or so?

 

[speedrye]

I think we'll start seeing less factory construction updates and more processes/production and vehicle updates soon. Seeing the welded body on the factory floor was awesome! While I love the updates and human-interest stories, I'm even more interested in the behind-the-scenes design stories. An in-depth story or video on how the headlight was designed, or the spare tire mount, or whatever part. They can hint at the final design while not showing it yet. I'd love to know what hurdles they faced, what worked, what didn't, what kind of testing was done, etc.

 

[cyure]

I think we'll start seeing less factory construction updates and more processes/production and vehicle updates soon. Seeing the welded body on the factory floor was awesome! While I love the updates and human-interest stories, I'm even more interested in the behind-the-scenes design stories. An in-depth story or video on how the headlight was designed, or the spare tire mount, or whatever part. They can hint at the final design while not showing it yet. I'd love to know what hurdles they faced, what worked, what didn't, what kind of testing was done, etc.

I want it all!!!

 

[J Alynn]

I think we'll start seeing less factory construction updates and more processes/production and vehicle updates soon. Seeing the welded body on the factory floor was awesome! While I love the updates and human-interest stories, I'm even more interested in the behind-the-scenes design stories. An in-depth story or video on how the headlight was designed, or the spare tire mount, or whatever part. They can hint at the final design while not showing it yet. I'd love to know what hurdles they faced, what worked, what didn't, what kind of testing was done, etc.

Exactly this and you nailed it. Getting the in-depth stories is key. To your point the other stories are great and are feel good but often I end up annoyed that I can’t get my hands on a reasonably priced and repaired Scout II or an 800 then I sulk a bit and get back to life. Like you-the design and engineering is more fascinating so long as it is presented in story mode vs tech sheets that don’t give the “story” behind start to finish. I’d still like a story on how many “faces” they played with to land on final grill and lighting configuration or a video of the bodies being 3-D printed or clays being carved.

 

[Jamie@ScoutMotors]

There will be a July update this week.

 

[jasdeep27b]

Thanks @Jamie@ScoutMotors! The updates related to the factory are always awesome to see. Is there any plans to get an update from the engineering/design team on the progress of the vehicles themselves?

 

[Jamie@ScoutMotors]

Thanks @Jamie@ScoutMotors! The updates related to the factory are always awesome to see. Is there any plans to get an update from the engineering/design team on the progress of the vehicles themselves?

We will start covering more development news soon. Because we weren't producing Scout sheet metal yet, all of our mules so far have been Frankenstein creations with whatever sheet metal we had lying around to cover them. We didn't want to mislead people by showing one vehicle and then confuse things with something that looks nothing like that. Soon there will be early, early pre-production vehicles that look like actual Scouts, and we can start to feature them in articles and videos to highlight that progress.

 

[cyure]

We will start covering more development news soon. Because we weren't producing Scout sheet metal yet, all of our mules so far have been Frankenstein creations with whatever sheet metal we had lying around to cover them. We didn't want to mislead people by showing one vehicle and then confuse things with something that looks nothing like that. Soon there will be early, early pre-production vehicles that look like actual Scouts, and we can start to feature them in articles and videos to highlight that progress.

I. Can’t. Wait.

 

[OleScout]

Exactly this and you nailed it. Getting the in-depth stories is key. To your point the other stories are great and are feel good but often I end up annoyed that I can’t get my hands on a reasonably priced and repaired Scout II or an 800 then I sulk a bit and get back to life. Like you-the design and engineering is more fascinating so long as it is presented in story mode vs tech sheets that don’t give the “story” behind start to finish. I’d still like a story on how many “faces” they played with to land on final grill and lighting configuration or a video of the bodies being 3-D printed or clays being carved.

Agreed, I'm sure there was alot of discussion surrounding th headlight design as well. In addition, curious to know if we'll have multiple front grill designs available at launch as the Scout II had several over the years...

 

[cyure]

Agreed, I'm sure there was alot of discussion surrounding th headlight design as well. In addition, curious to know if we'll have multiple front grill designs available at launch as the Scout II had several over the years...
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They are going to need to add chapters to the Scout Encyclopedia and reprint it.

 

[Abrust]

There will be a July update this week.

4 days left for that update. Need my fix! Hope it has mule pics, production timeline updates, and everything!!