Scout Motors Inc. is an automotive company. Although Scout is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the United's States’s Navistar International, now owned by Germany'sVolkswagen Group, it is an entirely US-based operation and acts as an independent company within the Volkswagen family. [2] The brand was established in May 2022 to produce off-road capable electric vehicles.[3] It operates independently and managed separately[4] with its own executive team. The headquarters is located in Tysons, Virginia.[1][5]
On May 11, 2022, Volkswagen AG announced the creation of a new brand, Scout, dedicated to electric vehicles, designed, developed, manufactured and marketed in the United States.[8][9] Scott Keogh, CEO of Volkswagen USA, became the first CEO of Scout Motors.[10]
Locationsedit
Factoryedit
On March 3, 2023, Scout Motors announced plans to build a $2 billion factory capable of producing 200,000 EVs a year in Blythewood, South Carolina.[11] The factory will employ up to 4,000 people[12] and it will manufacture the Scout Motor's first two vehicles: a small off-road focused SUV and a pickup truck that are scheduled to be launched in late 2026.[13]
R&Dedit
Scout Motors' announced in December 2023 that it would open its first R&D facility sometime in 2024. Scout selected Novi, Michigan as the site of the new facility. Scout Motors indicated that it expects to employ roughly 200 people once the R&D facility becomes operational.[14][15]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Tysons-based 'Scout' to make electric vehicles in South Carolina". 6 March 2023.
^"VW confirms revived Scout will be independently run brand selling EV trucks". 11 May 2022.
^Henckaerts Arnaud (12 May 2022). "Volkswagen lance une nouvelle marque aux États-Unis : Scout". Vroom.
^Shepardson, David (19 July 2022). "Volkswagen says top U.S. Executive to run new Scout company". Reuters.
^"Scout Motors selects South Carolina for production site". Scout Motors Inc. 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^Florent Ferrière (12 May 2022). "Volkswagen va relancer la marque Scout avec un pick-up électrique". Caradisiac.
^Naughton, Keith (2023-03-20). "VW Says There's Never Been a Better Time to Build an EV Factory in the US". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^Audric Doche (12 May 2022). "Volkswagen va lancer un 4x4 et un pick-up électriques !". L'Automobile Magazine.
^Daniel Golson (May 11, 2022). "Volkswagen Revives International Scout as US-Built EV Truck and SUV". CNET.
^Trop, Jaclyn (2022-07-20). "Volkswagen's US CEO steps down to lead its Scout EV brand". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^Stevens, Tim (2023-03-03). "VW-backed Scout Motors to build $2B factory in South Carolina". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
^Trainor, Chris (2023-03-07). "The Scout electric vehicle plant in the Midlands will hire 4K workers. Where will they come from?". The State. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^Stevens, Tim (2023-03-03). "How Scout Motors plans to bring rugged, retro cred to the EV era". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
^"High-Paying, High-tech Jobs Coming to Novi". Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^White, Emmet (2023-12-15). "Scout Looks North in Building Its New Vehicle R&D Facility". Autoweek. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
External linksedit
Official website
April 16, 2024
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