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Scout Motors selects South Carolina for first plant; $2B investment, 200k units per year

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Scout Motors, the recently formed independent company backed by Volkswagen Group ( earlier post , is establishing its first manufacturing plant near Columbia, South Carolina, where it will build electric next-generation trucks and rugged SUVs harkening back to the iconic Scout vehicles produced from 1960 to 1980.

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Volvo EX90 enters production in the U.S.

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Volvo's factory outside Charleston, South Carolina has now started building the brand's new electric flagship SUV – the Volvo EX90. The model delivers a fully electric range of up to 300 miles and is designed to be the.

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Polestar 3 is already on sale with a massive $7,500 purchase incentive

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Polestar’s first electric SUV, the Polestar 3 , is expected to begin rolling out in the US in the next few months. Ahead of its debut, Polestar is already offering a massive $7,500 purchase incentive on the new electric SUV. Polestar calls the new EV an “SUV for the electric age.” Both are powered by dual electric motors.

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Volkswagen's Scout to Open Research and Development Hub in Michigan

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The facility will be located in Novi, around 30 miles from Detroit. The location will also work with Scout’s production facility in South Carolina, which is currently under construction. Today’s Scout brand will build an electric pickup truck and SUV, and prototypes are expected by the end of 2024.&

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Polestar to Utilize Former Saab Plant as European R&D Facility

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seconds, a top speed of 250 kph (155 mph) and an estimated range of more than 480 km (300 miles), the automaker said. The 3 is a large SUV that utilizes the updated Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) platform responsible for some of Volvo’s larger products built in Chengdu, China, and Charleston, South Carolina.

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News: 2023 BMW XM PHEV Revealed

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Mating High-Performance Luxury SUV and a Plug. It looks more traditional four-door large SUV, but you can make up your own mind. If you aren’t familiar with the sound from BMW M models , we anticipate the XM will produce wonderful tones when not running silently up-to 30 miles on pure electricity.

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BMW’s iVision Dee Brings Sci-Fi to the Driveway

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That sophisticated new architecture is set to arrive in 2025, likely kicking off with electrified versions of the blue-chip 3-Series sedan and a small crossover SUV. Today’s electric BMWs work hard to top 480 kilometers (300 miles) of driving range. BMW is designing that 30-gigawatt factory to run entirely on carbon-free energy.

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