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VW's Scout confirms $40,000 electric SUV, plans $2B South Carolina plant

Green Car Reports

Volkswagen's new Scout Motors EV division on Friday confirmed that its first model will be a $40,000 electric SUV to be built at a new $2 billion factory near Columbia, South Carolina.

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Tesla opening new distribution center in South Carolina

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Tesla is set to open a new distribution center in a 251-thousand-square-foot warehouse in Greenville County, South Carolina, as announced by the automaker this week. The firm also adds that Tesla plans to open the facility in Fox Hill Business Park Building 3, a warehouse with a total of 251,100 square feet.

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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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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. Volkswagen did not elaborate more on its upcoming $40k electric SUV under the Scout name.

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Volvo to build electric XC90 and its battery packs in South Carolina in 2022

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Volvo revealed in October, amid the preview of the upcoming XC40 Recharge electric crossover, that an electric version of its next-generation XC90 SUV will be built at Volvo’s plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina, near Charleston.

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Polestar 3 electric SUV due in 2022: Mach-E, Model Y rival will be US-built

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Polestar has announced that its first all-electric SUV, called Polestar 3, is due in 2022 and will be built in the U.S. The company won’t be building a new factory, however; it plans to build the Polestar 3 for U.S. customers alongside Volvo Cars vehicles at Ridgeville, South Carolina.

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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. Scout’s $40,000 SUV will be built in a new factory in South Carolina.

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