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Scout Motors Slams Car Dealers: 'Burdensome Restrictions'

Today on Critical Materials: Scout calls dealers a burdensome restriction, Tesla Robotaxi expansion is wild and NHTSA pick wants to accelerate self-driving.

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‘It’s Naive' To Anchor EV Plans On Tax Credits: Scout Motors CEO

The American automaker backed by the Volkswagen Group has a few aces up its sleeve to help it tackle changing policies.

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Hyundai's Tariff Strategy: 'Sell Like Hell'

The current state of the auto industry feels a lot like a scene from The Office—automakers are putting on a brave face while trying to hide the fact that they secretly shaking in their boots over tariffs. I'll tell you this much: Hyundai is pulling off the brave act so…

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Scout's EVs And 'Harvester' EREV Will Use Two Different Battery Types

Automakers in the U.S. are on track to launch a flood of electric and electrified cars over the next few years. Some of them will be high-tech software-defined vehicles. Others will be retro-modern EVs designed to reflect both the past and the future. Scout Motors belongs to the latter category.

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Scout Range Extender Will Be A Non-Turbo Four-Cylinder, Offer 500-Mile Range

The revival of the Scout Motors brand under Volkswagen is one of the most exciting developments on the U.S. electric vehicle scene, but we still don’t know a whole lot about its upcoming vehicles. We’ve seen what they will look like, but very little in the way of technical information…

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Tesla Cybertruck's FSD Crash Raises Red Flags For Robotaxi Launch

Over the past few days, at least two Tesla Cybertruck owners learned the hard way that their stainless steel behemoths equipped with the Full-Self Driving (FSD) software are anything but self-driving.

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Scout Motors' effort to directly sell its electric SUVs where they'll make them stalls

Legislation to let Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors sell its electric SUVs directly to people in South Carolina, where the vehicles will be built, has stalled after fierce opposition from traditional automobile dealers

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Scout's Home State Blocks Direct EV Sales. This Bill Might Change That

Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors broke ground on its new $2 billion electric vehicle plant in South Carolina last year. That factory is expected to roll out EV and EREV trucks and SUVs in the 2027-2028 timeframe. Scout also wants to skip the dealers and sell directly to you through an online…

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EV maker Scout Motors wants to sell directly to buyers but can't do it in its home state

Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors is making a massive bet in the electric SUV market

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Other EV Companies Ditched Dealers. Polestar Is All-In On Them

At this point, it's no secret that car dealers in the United States haven't exactly welcomed electric vehicles with open arms.

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Ford To Build EREV SUVs, Super Duty Trucks As EV Plans Shift

Despite pickup trucks being wildly popular in the U.S., the ones running on pure battery power are struggling to strike a chord with the masses. They tend to be more expensive than their gas-powered counterparts and buyers don’t seem convinced by their towing and hauling capabilities.

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Aptera Says It’s Close To a Solar-Powered EV. But I Have Questions

The year was 2006. Electric cars were nothing more than vaporware, or just promising but limited one-off science experiments like the General Motors EV1 or Toyota RAV4 EV—and even those had been shelved years ago. The Tesla Roadster was still years away. Still, climate change was on everyone’s minds, as…

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General Motors Sounds The Alarm On Trump's Tariffs

To our American readers: Welcome to a new week. You officially have a new president, and he's promised a lot of change over the next four years. Many of his policies target the U.S. auto industry, which is now sweating over the sheer uncertainty that President Donald Trump's plan for tariffs…

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Elon Musk, Who Wants To End EV Subsidies, Is Mad Tesla Was Denied Subsidies

Elon Musk is no stranger to being critical of the government. The quick-typing CEO has found his political voice in recent months, quickly forming a fruitful alliance with President-elect Donald Trump. He's even used his influence to call for the ending of the electric vehicle tax credit, something which Trump…

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Why CES is getting predictable, and the 3 products that managed to stand out

With a focus on AI, the narrative felt all too familiar this year.

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The Car Dealership Model Is Starting To Crack Like Never Before

Here we go again.

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Scout Motors Is 'Highly Confident' It'll Win Battle With Dealers

Dealers are already organizing against Scout Motors. The reborn off-road brand plans to sell its electrified trucks directly to consumers when they launch in 2027, with transparent pricing, digital orders and company-owned stores. The model has been extraordinarily successful for Tesla, and is winning fans for brands like Rivian and…

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California Dealers Preparing to Sue VW Over Scout's Direct Sales Model

Scout Motors hasn't unveiled a production vehicle yet, but Volkswagen dealers in California are already threatening to sue the new manufacturer. Apparently, they aren't happy about the company's plan to nix the traditional dealership model and sell directly to buyers.

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The top 10 concept cars of 2024, as selected by Wallpaper’s Transport Editor

We round up our favourite forays into futuristic design with this collection of concepts and design studies showcasing the transport of tomorrow

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What Happens If Trump Blows Up The EV Tax Credit

Donald Trump is only the second president in U.S. history to get elected for nonconsecutive terms. And he may be the first voted into the country’s highest office under the assumption that he would not follow through on his wildest campaign promises.

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Revived Scout Motors reveals two all-electric utility vehicle concepts

As Scout throws the covers off its debut Traveler SUV and Terra truck concepts, Wallpaper* speaks to its chief design officer Chris Benjamin about the reborn brand

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Scout's South Carolina Plant Could Build EVs For Volkswagen And Others

Scout Motors, the off-road, U.S.-centric brand spun off from Volkswagen, is getting ready to root itself in South Carolina. When its $2 billion Palmetto State plant comes online in 2027, it's working to set the brand up for success—and not just with its own two introductory trucks.

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Just So Everyone's Clear: Scout And Rivian Are Not The Same

What an age of miracles we find ourselves in. The internet is the greatest tool for disseminating information that humanity has ever created, but it also allows anybody to just instantly broadcast whatever is on their mind at any given moment, regardless of how true it is or not. That does…

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These Red And Purple States Are EV Epicenters. What If Trump Wins?

When one thinks of American technology and innovation, Silicon Valley is usually the first place that comes to mind. But in recent years, another region of the United States is going all-in on EVs, challenging the West Coast’s sector dominance. That’s the Carolinas.

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Scout Motors Reservations Are Overwhelmingly For The 'Harvester' EREV

Scout Motors' new electric vehicle concepts are aiming to blend old-school charm with new-age tech.

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