BLYTHEWOOD, SC—Scout Motors Inc., a new subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, plans to build an assembly plant here, with production starting in 2026. The $2 billion facility, located approximately 20 miles north of Columbia on a 1,600-acre site located next to I-77, will have the ability to produce more than 200,000 electric pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles a year.

“We’re honored to partner with South Carolina to usher in this new era,” says Scott Keogh, president and CEO of Scout Motors. “Scout has been an American icon since introducing an SUV in 1960. It's the vehicle that took your family on a camping trip, that gave access to the great outdoors and that showed up on the job site every morning.