Scout to source combustion engine for its range extender variants from Mexico During the Volkswagen Group's Q1 2025 earnings call on April 30, Volkswagen CFO Arno Antlitz confirmed that Scout will use existing combustion engines for the range extender systems in the Scout Traveler SUV and Scout Terra pickup truck produced in VW's engine plant in Silao, Mexico. Antlitz did not identify the specific engine but confirmed it would be naturally aspira...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/10

Volkswagen Annual Media Conference 2024 and Q&A: continue value over volume approach On March 13th, at 09:00 am CET, Volkswagen Group started the Annual Media Conference 2024. The event was broadcast from the Drive Forum in Berlin, where Mr. Oliver Blume (CEO of Volkswagen Group) and Mr. Arno Antlitz (CFO & COO of Volkswagen Group) conducted the proceedings, presenting the sales and financial results of the VW Group in 2023, as well as the outlo...

News  Updated at: 2024/03/15

VW Group considering Scout, Audi EV assembly plans in U.S. Separate reports from Germany and the U.S. have reported that divisions of the Volkswagen Group have been formulating their U.S. manufacturing plans in the wake of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act.Audi may build an EV plant in the U.S. to take advantage of the subsidies offered through the Inflation Reduction Act, according to Audi CEO Markus Duesmann on February 24, adding that a decisio...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/25

VW investigates unibody pickup for U.S. market On February 9 at the Chicago Auto Show, Volkswagen executives said that the company is currently investigating a pickup product for the U.S. market.Hein Schafer, SVP of product marketing and strategy, noted that VW is still investigating the new pickup product, and it is not currently in its cycle plan.Schafer also confirmed this new pickup ideation is completely separate from plans to launch the Sco...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/14

Scout Motors establishes website, teases front-end design of electric Scout SUV On November 23, Scout Motors Inc. established the brand’s online presence for the first time by launching its website, social media, and brand-owned community forum. The new Scout website included a tease shot of the front profile of new Scout SUV.Scout is the new all-electric rugged SUV brand of the Volkswagen Group, a name they inherited through acquisition of Nav...

News  Updated at: 2022/11/24

VW appoints Scott Keogh to head newly-established Scout subsidiary On July 19, Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen Group announced that Scott Keogh, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, has been appointed President and CEO of Scout, an independent company that is being established in the U.S. Pablo Di Si, Executive Chairman of Volkswagen South American Region, will assume leadership of Volkswagen Group of America, and CEO of Volkswagen ...

News  Updated at: 2022/07/20

VW to build electric Scout brand pickups, SUVs in U.S. in 2026 On May 11, the Volkswagen Group confirmed it will launch an all-electric pickup and rugged SUV (R-SUV) in the U.S. with the iconic Scout brand name.An independent company will be founded in 2022 to design, engineer, and manufacture the Scout pickup and rugged SUV in the U.S. for American customers.The first prototypes are to be unveiled in 2023, and production is scheduled to start in...

News  Updated at: 2022/05/12