California Dealers Preparing To Sue VW Over Scout's Direct Sales Model The California New Car Dealers Association says Scout Motors is breaking the law by selling directly to buyers. By Christopher Smith Motor1.com
Rivian's CEO Thinks It Can Be Besties With Scout Plus, Lucid isn't scared of tax credits going away and Lotus abandons its all-EV approach. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Nov 21 2024 -
Extended-Range EVs Are The Next Big Thing. Will Drivers Plug Them In? Automakers won’t say how plug-in hybrid owners behave. Is assuming EREV owners will plug in just magical thinking? By John Voelcker Charging - Nov 19 2024 -
Scout's South Carolina Plant Could Build EVs For Volkswagen And Others Contracted manufacturing could be in the books for Scout's $2 billion facility in South Carolina. By Rob Stumpf Manufacturing / Production - Nov 5 2024 -
Just So Everyone's Clear: Scout And Rivian Are Not The Same Yes, Rivian has a joint venture with the VW Group, which revived Scout Motors for the electric era. But they're not the same vehicles. By Patrick George Design - Oct 31 2024 -
Ford F-150 Lightning Production Hits A Speed Bump Plus, Rivian confirms Scout will use its Zonal Architecture, and BYD earns more than Tesla for the first time ever. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Oct 31 2024 -
These Red And Purple States Are EV Epicenters. What If Trump Wins? North and South Carolina are seeing an EV jobs boom. But politics could change that soon—and who really wins then? By Andrew Lambrecht Industry - Oct 30 2024 -
Scout Motors Reservations Are Overwhelmingly For The 'Harvester' EREV The Scout Traveler EREV has the attention of Ford Bronco and Jeep Wrangler owners. By Suvrat Kothari News - Oct 28 2024 -
Scout Is Already Planning a Third Model—And It Could Be for Enthusiasts A two-door Scout with a removable roof? It’s not out of the question. By Jeff Perez Rumors
The Scout EVs Have One Incredible Throwback Feature I'm a fan of old American trucks, and this one decision put the Scout Terra on my list. By Mack Hogan Concepts - Oct 25 2024 -
Why Scout Motors Said No To Dealers, And Why They're Already Mad Electric vehicles have a traditional sales problem. Scout Motors doesn't want to bother with any of it, but the dealers are crying foul. By Patrick George Sales - Oct 25 2024 -
The U.S. Surpassed Europe In EV Sales Last Quarter: Report That makes the U.S. the world's second-largest electric car market, but the gap to China remains huge. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Oct 25 2024 -
Scout Motors' EV Gas Range Extender May Give It A Big Edge Plus, the Scout EV could potentially use technology from parent company Volkswagen's new joint venture with Rivian. By Patrick George Technology - Oct 25 2024 -
Scout Is Cutting Out Dealers. That's A Big Win For Consumers The Scout Traveler and Terra will be available via a direct-to-consumer factory store, akin to Tesla or Lucid. By Kevin Williams Sales - Oct 24 2024 -
Scout Traveler And Terra EVs: Prices Revealed The electric Scout off-roaders slot between the Rivian R1 and upcoming R2 models in terms of price. By Suvrat Kothari Pricing - Oct 24 2024 -
Scout Traveler And Terra: Off-Road EVs That Offer Gas Generators, Too Scout's first EVs will offer incredible off-road capability, direct-consumer sales and zero range anxiety. We're excited. By Mack Hogan Official - Oct 24 2024 -
Scout Terra And Traveler Livestream Debut Replay: Watch It Here An iconic American off-road brand will be resurrected today in an all-electric avatar. Join us at 5 P.M. EST for the livestream. By Suvrat Kothari Official - Oct 24 2024 -
Scout Motors' Electric Rebirth Kicks Off Tomorrow. Here's What We Know Plus, a new investigation into Rivian uncovers troubling labor accusations, and the U.S. is working overtime to convert car factories for EVs. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Oct 23 2024 -
Scout Motors Will Reveal Its SUV And Truck On October 24 Volkswagen is reviving the iconic Scout brand to make a line of rugged EVs. The reveal event is just around the corner. By Tim Levin News - Sep 3 2024 -
Scout Will Reveal Two EVs This Summer. What Do You Want To See? The VW Group subsidiary will soon give us the first glimpse of its retro-modern electric SUV and pickup truck. By Suvrat Kothari News - May 14 2024 -
VW Is Launching A New EV Truck Brand. Its Dealers Are Pissed They Might Get Cut Out Honda's Afeela brand with Sony faces the same problem: dealers who don't want direct sales, now or ever. By Rob Stumpf News - Apr 22 2024 -
Volkswagen's Cupra Brand Is Coming To The U.S. With Two EVs: CEO By the decade's end, the VW Group will plan a bigger electric U.S. expansion with SEAT's Cupra brand and "a new distribution model." By Patrick George Industry - Mar 21 2024 -
The Audi Q6 E-Tron May Also Have To Be Built In America To Satisfy Demand Plus, Stellantis strikes a deal with California it once fought against, and Germany's lefties and right-wingers are equally mad at Tesla. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Mar 20 2024 -
Volkswagen Group Reaffirms Internal Combustion Will Be 'Phased Out' Eventually Plus, Ford and Tesla get nailed for driver-assistance systems, and when it comes to "software-defined cars," you ain't seen nothin' yet. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Mar 13 2024 -