Scout Motors
Scout Motors is an electric vehicle startup based in the United States that aims to sell vehicles directly to consumers, bypassing...
Facts
- HQ
- Charlotte, North Carolina, US
- Sectors
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
- Founded
- 2022
- Employees
- 1469
- Stage
- startup
Washington Auto Dealers Sue Scout Motors Over Direct-to-Consumer EV Sales Model
Washington auto dealers have filed a lawsuit against Scout Motors, challenging the company's direct-to-consumer sales approach and defending existing franchise laws.
Melinda Lewison, Bezos family office representative, leaves Slate Auto board as $1.4B EV startup readies first truck in late 2026
Melinda Lewison, who represented Jeff Bezos’s family office on Slate Auto’s board, has resigned months before the EV startup— which has raised $1.4 billion citing Bezos’s association— is due to begin producing an affordable electric truck in late 2026 in Warsaw, Indiana. Her departure follows a March CEO change and raises questions about Bezos’s ongoing, largely implicit involvement.
