Scout CEO: 160K reservations, no unsolvable problems

Despite reports saying the company could delay production until 2028 due to technical challenges, the CEO of Scout Motors, the made-in-America electric SUV and truck startup, said the plan is still to have prototype cars come “down the line” in 2027 with customer vehicles following “thereafter.”

Scott Keogh said life as a startup company producing electric vehicles from a clean sheet is a life of on-the-fly adjustments. “There are technical challenges every minute of every day,” he said at an Automotive Press Association briefing at the company's Novi, Michigan tech and engineering site. “But there are no defining ‘oh my god’ technical challenges that can't be solved.”