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

Green Car Congress

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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Bosch begins electric motor production in Charleston; more than $260M in new investment

Green Car Congress

Bosch has begun production of electric motors at its Charleston, S.C. Additionally, the company plans to invest more than $260 million to expand further the production of electrification products at the site, which is expected to create at least 350 net new jobs by 2025. manufacturing facility.

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Governor says Volkswagen’s new plant to build Scout EVs is coming to South Carolina

Electrek

In a Tweet earlier this morning, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has confirmed that Volkswagen Group has chosen the Eastern state as home to its new production facility to build Scout brand EVs.

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Volkswagen’s Scout Motors breaks ground on $2 billion assembly plant

Teslarati

Volkswagen’s Scout Motors company broke ground on its $2 billion South Carolina assembly plant. Scout Motors’ new assembly is located in Blythewood, South Carolina. Scout Motors estimated its South Carolina plan could generate 4,000 jobs in the area.

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US-made Bosch EV motors are going into Rivian trucks

Green Car Reports

Bosch on Tuesday announced the start of EV motor production at its Charleston, South Carolina, facility, with expansion plans already on deck for 2023. Production began earlier this month in a 200,000-square-foot section of an existing building at the Charleston site, Bosch said in a press release.

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Scout Motors breaks ground on US facility where it will build its all-electric off-road trucks

Electrek

Born again truck brand Scout Motors hit a significant milestone this morning, breaking ground in Blythewood, South Carolina, the site of its future US hub for electric truck production. We’re still a ways away from the public debut of Scout’s flagship model.

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Scout Motors will unveil two flagship EVs this summer, here’s what we know so far

Baua Electric

Revived truck brand Scout Motors has set the timetable for the debut of its first-ever EVs. The current iteration of Scout Motors is derived from the beloved nameplate of off-road vehicles built by International Harvester in the ’60s and ’70s. Here’s what we know.