Scout EV And Pickup Will not Be Based mostly On VW’s MEB Platform, Will Be True Off-Roaders, Says Report

The upcoming SUV and pickup offered below the Scout identify is not going to be rebadged Volkswagens, in response to a submit from a outstanding Scout fanatic who claims he spoke to the Scout Motors crew.

Jeff Bade, whom Autoblog refers to as a outstanding member of the classic Scout group, not too long ago posted about his expertise on Fb. He claimed that the crew shared some particulars concerning the upcoming electrical automobiles and requested him (and quite a few different lovers) about their views on what a contemporary Scout needs to be like.

“This crew is particular,” Bade wrote, claiming that he had been given some privileged data. “What I can say is that Group and Historical past are crucial to them. The Aftermarket can also be crucial to them so we’ll all be capable to customise and work on our vans, this isn’t going to comply with a Tesla philosophy.”

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Bade wrote, extra particularly, that “that is an AMERICAN truck” and that it’ll not be a “rebranded or variation of something within the VAG line.” Recommendations that the automobiles could be primarily based on the MEB “skateboard platform are usually not true,” he claims.

That signifies that the Scout automobiles is not going to share their underpinnings with the likes of the ID.4, which is now being constructed at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Nor will or not it’s a reprise of the idea proposed by the ID. Buggy.

That may make growing these automobiles a really giant enterprise, which can clarify why Scott Keogh stepped down as the top of Volkswagen Group North America to guide Scout. Additionally it is, nevertheless, a technique that would appear to run counter to Volkswagen’s over arching plan to maneuver all EVs onto a single platform. That’s a long-term plan, although, and Audi and Porsche are at the moment engaged on their very own structure, the PPE platform.

With the recognition of SUVs, it may not be a foul thought to have a extra utilitarian electrical platform kicking round to share with the remainder of the group. Certainly, Bade means that Scout “can and can share expertise,” which is in some ways how VW approached the design of the unique Touareg.

The fanatic additional concedes that Scout’s automobiles received’t be precisely the identical because the Worldwide Harvester SUVs lovers care so deeply about, however he insists that the renewed model is working to make a succesful off-roader that incorporates “the correct quantity of outdated and new.”

That is, after all, not official data and, whereas we now have no particular motive be skeptical about Bade’s data, even when he’s reporting the reality, it’s nonetheless very early within the improvement course of and Scout’s ambitions might not all come true. Nonetheless, he paints an attractive image.