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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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Volkswagen’s Scout to build $40K electric SUV in South Carolina

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The EV division of Volkswagen’s Scout Motors brand officially announced that its first electric vehicle would be a $40,000 SUV. The all-electric Scout SUV will be built in a new $2 billion factory in South Carolina. Scout plans to build trucks and rugged SUVs in its South Carolina factory.

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

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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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Volkswagen’s Scout Motor CEO teases details on upcoming electric vehicles 

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Volkswagen’s Scout Motor CEO recently teased some details about the revived company’s upcoming electric vehicles (EVs). Scout Motor is expected to help Volkswagen break into the United States electric pickup truck market, but it doesn’t want to stop there. The company is also developing an all-electric SUV.

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Volkswagen’s $40k Scout SUV mule debut slated for Q3 2024

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Scout CEO Scott Keogh recently shared that the first all-electric Scout SUV mules are expected to debut by the third quarter of 2024. Volkswagen plans for Scout to release an SUV and a pickup truck in the United States to penetrate the market. car market in the future with eclectic electric vehicles (EVs) like the ID.

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

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Revived truck brand Scout Motors has set the timetable for the debut of its first-ever EVs. This summer, the public will catch a glimpse of an all-electric pickup and an SUV the Volkswagen sub-brand has been developing since its recent inception. Here’s what we know.

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Volkswagen’s Scout brand to invest $11M in Detroit

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Volkswagen’s Scout Motors Inc. Scout Motor’s R&D Center in Detroit and its new factory in South Carolina will open simultaneously in 2026. The automaker’s South Carolina facility will produce Scout’s all-electric SUV and pickup truck. plans to invest $11 million in Detroit.

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