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Scout Brand To Bypass Volkswagen Dealers, Add Range Extender Engines

December 1, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, erev, scout motors, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:23:28 +0000

The new Scout brand from Volkswagen Group is setting off alarm bells at Volkswagen dealers in America. That’s because the brand intends to cut them out of the sales process completely and offer customers a 100% online direct sales model. To make that happen, Scout Motors will rely on a … [continued]

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The Solid-State EV Battery Journey Has Only Just Begun

October 29, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, green economy, innovation, lithium-ion batteries, quantumscape, rivian, scout motors, solid state, solid state battery research, startups, usa, volkswagen (vw)

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 02:51:53 +0000

The California startup QuantumScape is one key step closer to commercial-scale production of its new solid state EV battery, featuring the only known self-assembling anode fabrication process in the auto industry.

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Scout Motors Banks On One Weird Trick To Sell More Electric Vehicles

October 28, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, electric pickups, electric suv, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev sales, extended range, green economy, scout brand, scout motors, v2x, volkswagen (vw)

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:15:06 +0000

The new electric vehicles from Scout Motors parlay dials, buttons, and switches into a rugged 1970s-era DIY off-grid vibe with 21st century V2X capability and other modern electronic systems.

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Deep Red State Catches Electric Heat Pump Fever, Bigly

July 18, 2024 admin clean transport, decarbonization, deep decarbonization, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, esg, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, Manufacturing, scout motors, SOUTH CAROLINA, usa, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:47:33 +0000

In yet another sign that the electrification trend is widening and deepening, the new Scout Motors electric vehicle factory in South Carolina will apply new heat pump technology to help decarbonize its HVAC system.

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Volkswagen Picks Canada For New Battery Factory

March 16, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, scout motors, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 03:00:26 +0000

Volkswagen has decided to build a battery factory in Canada for electric cars made in America. But has the ground shifted under its feet?

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Scout Chooses South Carolina For New Factory

March 7, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, green economy, Manufacturing, scout motors, SOUTH CAROLINA, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 23:35:18 +0000

Scout Motors is an independent US company backed by Volkswagen Group whose board of directors includes Dr. Gernot Doellner, the head of group strategy at Volkswagen AG, and Peter Bosch, the member of the Bentley Motors board responsible for manufacturing. Its CEO is Scott Keogh, formerly head of Volkswagen of America. In a press release […]