Volkswagen Group will construct its personal manufacturing plant within the U.S. for its new Scout model, firm sources advised Automotive Information Europe sister publication Automobilwoche.
The automaker was contemplating utilizing contract producers Foxconn or Magna to construct the automobiles.
Nonetheless, these plans are off the desk.
“The choice to construct the plant ourselves has been taken,” firm sources stated.
VW owns the rights to the Scout model and needs to revive it for the U.S. market as an electrical model.
The beginning of manufacturing is deliberate for 2026.
Initially, an electrical pickup and an off-road SUV will roll off the manufacturing line.
VW Group’s Audi model might also construct a manufacturing unit within the U.S. to reap the benefits of subsidies supplied by the Inflation Discount Act, Audi CEO Markus Duesmann advised the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in feedback that have been later confirmed by the corporate.