With a trademark name like Scout, one would certainly anticipate that a large, off-roader pick-up would certainly be constructed in the USA, also if the business that has it is German. Volkswagen has actually simply validated that the all-electric lorry will certainly be created at a brand-new, from-the-ground-up VW-owned plant in the United state and also will certainly introduce in 2026 with a vehicle and also most likely be adhered to with an SUV.
In VW-speak, a business declaration claims, “The choice to bring up the plant ourselves is offered as a draft resolution and also has actually therefore been made.” To put it simply, it’s a main go, according to a report in Automobilwoche, which claims it had actually gained from business circles that VW is no more thinking about Foxconn or Magna for making its Precursor in America.
The Scout name was gotten in 2021 by VW, yet its background go back to the 1960 s, when International Farmer Company (IHC) constructed the Precursor as a rival to the prominent Jeep brand name. In 2014 the Germans called Scott Keogh, that after that was head of Volkswagen of America, to run the brand-new marque. Keogh previously supervised of Audi of America.
Automobilwoche had actually reported in November that the carmaker remained in talks with Foxconn, which has actually increased right into structure electrical lorries for automobile brand names, and also Magna International subsidiary Magna Steyr, regarding partnering on a joint plant. Those propositions were evidently scuttled.
Along with the Precursor brand name, Volkswagen has indicated that it intends to make Audi EVs in the united state, likewise at the brand-new plant.
