Volkswagen is in talks with Foxconn and Magna Steyer to build its Scout-branded electric off-road vehicles in the US.
Volkswagen appears to be moving ahead with its plan to build an electric SUV and pickup truck under the Scout brand it inherited when it bought the successor to International Harvester. IH is the company which built the original Scout in the 60s. According to a report from, sources within Volkswagen are saying the company is in talks with Foxconn about building the Scout vehicles on a contract basis.
Volkswagen said in May it planned to re-introduce the Scout off-road brand and create an independent company to build Scout-branded trucks and SUVs starting in 2026. Those vehicles will be designed, engineered, and manufactured in the United States for US customers. If you have been reading the news lately, you will know that Taiwan’s Foxconn, best known for manufacturing the iPhone for Apple and screwing Wisconsin residents out of millions of dollars after its plan to build a touchscreen factory in the Badger State turned to dust, has been getting a lot of press lately as it attempts to pivot to being a contract assembler for car companies.
It bills itself as an equal opportunity manufacturer. If you have a product that needs assembling, Foxconn will be happy to do it for you. In October it said it wanted to
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