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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 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. For instance, the ID.

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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 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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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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Scout Motors Teases Summer Prototype Reveal

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Scout has shown several teases , giving us small glimpses of an SUV and pickup truck, but there haven’t been any details or actual images of either. VW got ahold of the Scout name through an acquisition by its commercial truck division and announced a revival under the Scout Motors name.

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