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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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Polestar 3 goes into production in China, production to start in South Carolina later this year – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The company has begun production of its third model, the Polestar 3 SUV, in Chengdu, China. Importantly for US buyers, production is also slated to begin in South Carolina in mid-2024. The company has successfully completed a production test series at its Carolina plant.

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Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

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Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The Ghent plant will provide important learnings to other manufacturing sites in terms of process optimisation and efficiency.

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Polestar 3 Electric SUV Will Be Manufactured In US

CleanTechnica EVs

The Polestar 3 battery electric SUV will be manufactured in South Carolina.

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Polestar 3 Electric Performance SUV to be Manufactured in the USA

EV Obssesion

Polestar, the premium electric car brand from Sweden, announces today its first all-electric SUV will be manufactured in the United States. The forthcoming Polestar 3, an aerodynamic electric performance SUV, will be manufactured alongside new Volvo vehicles at the Volvo Cars production center in Ridgeville, South Carolina.

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Polestar 3 electric SUV to be built and sold in the US

Electrek

Swedish automaker Polestar has announced that its upcoming performance SUV, the Polestar 3, will be built in the US and targeted at American consumers. The all-electric SUV will be manufactured at the Volvo Cars production center in South Carolina and supported by retail “Spaces” across the US.

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

Teslarati

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. The manufacturing facility received $1.29 billion in state incentives earlier this year.

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