VW’s Scout confirms $40,000 electric SUV, plans $2B South Carolina plant

Teaser for Scout Motors electric SUV and pickup truckVolkswagen's new Scout Motors EV division on Friday confirmed that its first model will be a $40,000 electric SUV to be built at a new $2 billion factory near Columbia, South Carolina. Scout, which plans to build rugged EVs inspired by the classic International Harvester Scout SUV produced from 1960 to 1980, said in a press release that the...