Scout Motors, the classical off-road marque from the sixties, has been reborn arsenic an electrical conveyance institution and is gathering a caller SUV and pickup truck. The pioneering Jeep rival was brought backmost to beingness by Volkswagen successful 2022 aft the German automaker acquired Scout successful 2020 (when it merged its commercialized trucking institution Traton with Navistar). VW made erstwhile Volkswagen Group America CEO Scott Keogh caput of the caller Scout, and said it would pump $1 cardinal into the company.
Two years later, Volkswagen’s caller Scout has revealed 2 vehicles: the Traveler SUV and Terra pickup truck, which are advertised arsenic affordable electrical off-road vehicles built successful the USA. One of the large selling points: much chunky mechanical buttons and less bundle controls. Oh, and an expected starting terms nether $60,000 earlier incentives.
Scout says it volition commencement gathering the Traveler and Terra successful precocious 2026, with a afloat accumulation ramp successful 2027. Can Scout propulsion disconnected the modernized resurrection of a classical SUV and present it astatine a competitory terms constituent compared to different electrical off-roaders similar Rivian’s R1S and the upcoming $45,000 R2? Does it assistance Scout that VW is present a important capitalist successful Rivian? Follow on beneath to find retired wherever Scout is heading.
Think Scout is conscionable ripping disconnected Rivian?
Think again, says The Autopian’s Jason Torchinsky, who has a highly elaborate breakdown of the caller Terra and Traveler EVs designs, arsenic good arsenic a thorough debunking of the sentiment that they’re conscionable Rivian clones. I’ve personally work implicit a twelve comments connected our ain story accusing Scout of copying Rivian’s R1 designs. Like, you bash cognize this institution existed implicit 50 years earlier Rivian was adjacent a glimmer successful RJ Scaringe’s eye, right?
Scout’s complaint larboard looks... busy.
Scout’s Terra and Traveler EVs volition travel with the Tesla charging port, besides known arsenic NACS, close retired of the factory. Unlike different EV makers, the institution won’t person to bumble through an CCS-to-NACS adapter signifier with customers. Both Scout EVs volition travel with an 800-volt architecture, truthful charging should beryllium very fast. And arsenic you tin see, it volition person plentifulness of 120-volt plugs too!
Plugs upon plugs.Image: Abigail Bassett
Here are the caller Scout Terra motortruck and Traveler SUV.
Volkswagen is reviving the defunct brand arsenic an off-roading electrical conveyance for distinctly American tastes. At the uncover lawsuit successful Tennessee, Scout executives are truly emphasizing the mechanical, tactile controls, trying to gully a opposition to chilly, minimalist EVs with touchscreen controls. Our afloat write-up volition spell unrecorded successful conscionable a fewer minutes.
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Image: Abigail Bassett
Scout Motors is relaunching arsenic an EV-only marque — and you tin ticker the reveal.
The VW-backed company is holding an lawsuit successful Tennessee contiguous to uncover its archetypal EV concepts. You tin tune successful to the livestream done the brand’s website. And beryllium definite to instrumentality astir and work our afloat rundown aboriginal successful the evening.
Could we beryllium getting a motortruck and an SUV? Only clip volition tell.Image: Scout Motors
VW volition put up to $5 cardinal successful Rivian arsenic portion of caller EV associated venture
Volkswagen is investing $1 cardinal successful Rivian arsenic portion of a caller associated task that volition springiness the German car elephantine entree to the buzzy California EV company’s bundle and EV platform. Rivian volition person an further $4 cardinal implicit time, for a full sum of $5 billion.
The associated task volition beryllium co-owned by Rivian and VW Group, which oversees brands similar Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini, and its flagship Volkswagen. The 2 companies volition present vehicles developed from the associated task successful the “second fractional of the decade,” they announced.
Scout Motors wants to enactment the ‘mechanical’ backmost into electrical trucks
Typically, erstwhile there’s a groundbreaking ceremonial for a caller factory, each the executives enactment up with their commemorative aureate shovels and airs for photos throwing the archetypal spot of dirt.
But Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh didn’t privation to play immoderate “fake shovel games” for the groundbreaking of his company’s caller mill extracurricular Columbia, South Carolina.
Volkswagen reportedly volition resurrect Scout arsenic an off-road EV marque for the US
Volkswagen is considering resurrecting the SUV pioneer Scout arsenic an off-road electrical conveyance brand, according to TechCrunch. The marque would beryllium focused connected the US market, wherever it would apt vie with fashionable nameplates similar the Jeep Wrangler and Ford Bronco.
According to TechCrunch, VW’s committee of directors is acceptable to o.k. the program connected Wednesday. The program envisions Scout operating arsenic a subsidiary of VW, overmuch similar Audi, Skoda, Porsche, Lamborghini, and Bentley.