Volkswagen Group will launch an all-electric pick-up and rugged SUV (“R-SUV”) in the USA. The choice of the Board of Administration was confirmed by the Supervisory Board of the Volkswagen Group earlier this week.
The autos will likely be designed, engineered, and manufactured within the US for American clients. To this finish, a separate, impartial firm will likely be established within the US this yr because the Volkswagen Group strikes the robust iconic US model Worldwide Scout into the electrical automobile area.
The primary prototypes are to be unveiled subsequent yr, and manufacturing is scheduled to begin in 2026. The electrified Scout model will likely be constructed upon a brand new technical platform idea which brings new pickup and RUV credibility past the prevailing Volkswagen Group portfolio.
After Volkswagen’s profitable turnaround within the US, we at the moment are taking the chance to additional strengthen our place in one of the crucial important progress markets for EVs. Electrification supplies a historic alternative to enter the extremely enticing pick-up and R-SUV phase as a Group, underscoring our ambition to turn out to be a related participant within the US market.
—Herbert Diess, CEO Volkswagen AG
Success within the R-SUV & pick-up segments is a key lever to growing profitability within the US and reaching the focused market share of 10%, Volkswagen mentioned. The Volkswagen Group is thus persevering with to increase its presence systematically in one of the crucial important international progress markets.
The corporate we are going to set up this yr will likely be a separate unit and model inside the Volkswagen Group to be managed independently. This aligns with the brand new Group steering mannequin—small models that act agilely and have entry to our tech platforms to leverage synergies.
—Arno Antlitz, CFO Volkswagen AG
The unique Worldwide Harvester Scout was first produced by Worldwide Harvester in 1960 as a competitor to the Jeep. A second technology (Scout II) was launched in 1971; manufacturing stopped in 1980. Worldwide, which manufactured agricultural and development gear, garden and backyard gear, family gear and extra along with vehicles and vans, started promoting off its separate divisions in 1982. By 1986, Worldwide grew to become solely a truck and engine producer and reorganized as Navistar.
Volkswagen AG acquired Navistar in 2020; in 2021 Navistar grew to become an entirely owned subsidiary of Traton—the business automobile subsidiary of Volkswagen AG.
