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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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Polestar 3 production kicks off in China, US builds will soon follow

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The Polestar 3 has officially begun production in Chengdu, China, before its first deliveries. The third bespoke model, which is also Polestar’s first electric SUV, has a lot riding on its success in multiple markets. The Polestar 3 is a new SUV from the Geely-owned EV brand, initially announced in October 2022.

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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. “The design of the product is, I would say, 85, 90, 95 percent of the way there. Volkswagen plans for Scout to release an SUV and a pickup truck in the United States to penetrate the market.

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Scout Motors Will Build Electric Trucks And SUVs In South Carolina

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Production is expected to begin by the end of 2026 at a new factory that will have a maximum capacity of over 200,000 vehicles a year.

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

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Scout aims to build a new Research and Development (R&D) Center in suburban Detroit, which is expected to create 200 jobs in the area. Scout Motor’s R&D Center in Detroit and its new factory in South Carolina will open simultaneously in 2026. Scout will launch an all-electric SUV in the United States market.

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Volkswagen Group to build first non-European battery gigafactory in Canada

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The plant will produce sustainable unified cells, with start of production planned for 2027. The decision to expand the PowerCo cell production ramp-up from Europe to Canada is further evidence of the growth strategy of the Group in North America. In addition to its ramped-up assembly of the all-electric ID.4

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Volkswagen partners up for Scout EV development with $492 million deal

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The EV brand will get both an electric pickup and an SUV, and they’re expected to be introduced in the U.S. in early 2027, with series production for the vehicles expected to be ready by the end of 2026. although Volkswagen now plans to build the vehicle itself at an upcoming South Carolina plant.