Scout Motors Reinvents as Electric Vehicle

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All the news about Scout Motors, a classic SUV brand gone electric

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Volkswagen bought Scout Motors in 2020 and invested $1 billion in the company.

VW 's new Scout has revealed two vehicles: the Traveler SUV and Terra pickup truck.

Both vehicles are body-on-frame, sitting on top a brand-new EV platform unique to Scout .

Both could start at under $60,000 (without incentives) when production begins in 2027 .

Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh didn't want to play any fake shovel games’ for the groundbreaking of his company’s new factory outside Columbia , South Carolina .

VW acquired the Scout brand through a 2020 merger of commercial trucking company Traton with Navistar , which the German automaker initially bought part of in 2016 .

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