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Why Scout Motors Said No To Dealers, And Why They're Already Mad

The Volkswagen Group has big plans for its new by-America, for-America extended range EV subsidiary, Scout Motors. However, those plans won't include one longtime ally: its U.S. dealership network.

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The U.S. Surpassed Europe In EV Sales Last Quarter: Report

Despite all the ideological and political divisions surrounding electric vehicles, Americans are driving home battery-powered vehicles in droves.

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Scout Motors' EV Gas Range Extender May Give It A Big Edge

At Scout Motors' big debut last night, the new designed-and-built-in-America subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group showed off how it hopes to deliver on some big promises. The Scout Terra and Scout Traveler are big, rugged, retro-inspired electric vehicles packed with off-road features, physical buttons and as much vintage charm as…

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Scout Traveler And Terra EVs: Prices Revealed

Scout Motors made a big splash in Nashville on Thursday, revealing its first-ever electric vehicle concepts, the Traveler SUV and Terra pickup truck. The two models are going to be available in both battery-electric (BEV) and extended-range hybrid (EREV) configurations when they enter production in 2027.

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Scout's EVs Will Have a Gas Range-Extender Option

There are all kinds of neat details on Scout Motors' coming Traveler SUV and Terra pickup trucks. Perhaps the most eyebrow-raising is that they don't have to be all-electric. Yes, Scout has done something rare among the legions of EV upstarts—it built a hybrid of sorts.

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Scout Terra And Traveler Livestream Debut Replay: Watch It Here

Americans have a thing for big, beefy trucks and SUVs and in a few years, they might have two new ones to pick from, thanks to a legendary nameplate: Scout Motors.

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Scout Motors' Electric Rebirth Kicks Off Tomorrow. Here's What We Know

Plus, a new investigation into Rivian uncovers troubling labor accusations and the U.S. is working overtime to convert car factories for EVs.

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Scout Motors Will Reveal Its SUV And Truck On October 24

Volkswagen is reviving the iconic Scout brand to make a line of rugged EVs. The reveal event is just around the corner.

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Volkswagen's Plans For Scout Have 'Not Changed At All' After Rivian Deal

The rebooted SUV is still on track for 2026.

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Scout Will Reveal Two EVs This Summer. What Do You Want To See?

Scout Motors' retro-modern electric pickup and SUV will be revealed this summer. They will enter production in 2026.

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Volkswagen's Cupra Brand Is Coming To The U.S. With Two EVs: CEO

By the end of the decade, the Volkswagen Group will plan an even bigger electric U.S. expansion with SEAT's Cupra brand.

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The Audi Q6 E-Tron May Also Have To Be Built In America To Satisfy Demand

The Audi Q6 is such an important new EV that it may borrow production space from the new Scout factory in South Carolina.

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Scout Motors Aims To Help Volkswagen Do What It's Never Done: Conquer America

The Volkswagen Group's newest brand is a homegrown effort that runs on batteries and has big plans for trucks, SUVs and more.

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Japan's Automakers Shift Into Crisis Mode Over The EV Race

Toyota, Honda and others may have had success with hybrids now, but they're scrambling to get ready for an electric future.

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Scout Motors EV Could Be More Expensive Than We Thought, No Hybrid: CEO

It may be more than the $40,000 price tag that's been tossed around, but the Volkswagen Group has big plans for Scout Motors.

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Scout Motors' Electric Trucks Will Have Real Buttons

The Volkswagen Group's new all-American EV effort won't go big on screens, but will offer actual physical controls, buttons and hard touchpoints.

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VW's electric version of iconic vehicle to make 2024 debut

This vehicle originally ceased production in 1980, and now Volkswagen is teasing the arrival of its electric descendant.

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VW's Scout Motors Confirms Magna As 'Engineering Partner' For Off-Road EVs

CEO Scott Keogh said Magna helped get the electric SUV/pickup project off the ground but "Scout engineers are in the lead" now.

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Scout Motors Electric Pickup And SUV Will Be Developed With Magna Steyr

Plus, VW to cut administrative staff costs by a fifth.

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Volkswagen Is Spending $492M To Develop Scout EVs In Austria: Report

Said to be developed by Magna Steyr, the electric pickup and SUV are expected to arrive by late 2026.

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Scout's New Head Of Design Brings Jeep Background To Brand Reboot

Scout Motors is coming and it'll wear the stylings of chief designer Chris Benjamin when it arrives.

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Mack Trucks, Aston Martin, Scout & Mississippi: Top EV News Mar 9, 2023

This week was packed with EV news, including Mack Trucks' MD Electric, an upcoming Aston Martin EV, more details about Scout Motors' US Factory, and more.

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Volkswagen Is Making a $2 Billion Bet on This Bizarre New Vehicle

Volkswagen's Scout brand says it will build a plant near Columbia, S.C. that could create 4,000 jobs and produce 200,000 vehicles per year.

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Scout Motors Will Build Electric Trucks And SUVs In South Carolina

The VW-backed company will invest $2 billion and create around 4,000 permanent jobs at the factory that will build next-gen electric trucks and rugged SUVs.

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VW Brand Electric Pickup For US Unlikely To Happen This Decade

Volkswagen brand boss Thomas Schäfer says the rugged EV platform developed for the Scout brand is not in the company's future, at least not in this decade.

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