BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — Scout Motors commemorated the start of buildingandconstruction on its $2 billion electrical SUV plant in South Carolina on Thursday not with a line of individuals in fits with shovels however with a nod to the business’s gasoline-powered previous.
A fleet of old Scout cars drove a brick from the website of the previous factory in Fort Wayne, Indiana — where the rugged, blocky precursors to SUVs were constructed in the 1960s and 1970s — to the website where Volkswagen Group-backed brand-new business is attempting to restore the brandname.
Scout believes the market for its $50,000 electrical SUV isn’t with a futuristic look however rather something lookinglike how the lorries assoonas looked however with all the ecological and driving advantages of an electrical car.
“While we are honoring the hard-working heritage and the soul of Scout, we are prepared for the future when it comes to production and innovation,” stated Christian Vollmer, a member of Volkswagen’s extended executive committee.
The plant in Blythewood, South Carolina, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Columbia is anticipated to open in 2027 and use up to 4,000 individuals if Scout Motors can hit its objective of making and selling 200,000 lorries per year.
South Carolina provided $1.3 billion in rewards to Scout Motors, consistingof prepares to develop a brand-new interchange on Interstate 77 leading to the plant, a railway