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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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Scout Motors' South Carolina Factory to Focus on Sustainability

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Volkswagen will roll out new Scout-branded EVs in the coming years, and its South Carolina factory is well underway. Jan Spies, Scout’s chief production officer, will head the efforts. He’s had a long career helping VW get new production facilities off the ground, including its plant in Chattanooga, TN. “The

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Bosch begins electric motor production in Charleston; more than $260M in new investment

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Bosch has begun production of electric motors at its Charleston, S.C. Additionally, the company plans to invest more than $260 million to expand further the production of electrification products at the site, which is expected to create at least 350 net new jobs by 2025. manufacturing facility.

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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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Redwood Materials partners with General Motors 

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Redwood Materials is partnering with General Motors to recycle the legacy automaker’s production scraps from its Ohio and Tennessee plants. Redwood Materials has been making big strides in localizing battery production in North America. The legacy automaker has had a challenging time ramping up Ultium battery production.

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Governor says Volkswagen’s new plant to build Scout EVs is coming to South Carolina

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In a Tweet earlier this morning, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has confirmed that Volkswagen Group has chosen the Eastern state as home to its new production facility to build Scout brand EVs.

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US-made Bosch EV motors are going into Rivian trucks

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Bosch on Tuesday announced the start of EV motor production at its Charleston, South Carolina, facility, with expansion plans already on deck for 2023. Production began earlier this month in a 200,000-square-foot section of an existing building at the Charleston site, Bosch said in a press release.