How did they create the prototypes?

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Hand built Alpha's, suppliers haven't been kicked off, tooling hasn't been purchased, nothing you've seen is production.
Yes and build quality will probably be better than most EVs because its a body on frame and not a unibody. Unibody have horrible build quality most of the time since its large pieces being made into one massive piece that then has to carry everything.
 

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The concepts were created by a company in California by a “gold standard“ and it wasn’t cheap to make.
 
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This is the link to the video.

Well worth a watch..

Doesn't cover the Scout, of course, but I highly suspect these guys are involved.

3D services group would never release video of current/upcoming projects.
That was a great video. Opened my eyes to what can happen when really smart people use leading edge tech and processes.
 

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The concepts were created by a company in California by a “gold standard“ and it wasn’t cheap to make.
Do you think there is a chance they were developed by VW? I had read that they have been making their own prototypes for the last several advanced models in Germany...
 

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Do you think there is a chance they were developed by VW? I had read that they have been making their own prototypes for the last several advanced models in Germany...
I have zero clue. I feel like Jamie would have said it was VW who made it. But he didn’t I think it was a contracted out company.
 

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My guess is LMC industries made them. Since they also make the Die Presses and tooling for EV makers.
 
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