Scout Motors has given the public its first look at the vehicles South Carolina taxpayers are spending $1.3 billion to help build — an electrified revival of the iconic International Harvester brand that introduced Americans to a rugged-yet- fashionable SUV more than six decades ago. The Volkswagen-backed carmaker showed off prototypes of its new Traveler SUV and Terra truck at an event Oct.
24 near Nashville. The vehicles are being designed and engineered in Michigan and will be built starting in 2027 at a $2 billion, 1,100-acre manufacturing campus in Blythewood, outside of Columbia. A classic Scout was parked on the Statehouse grounds for a 2023 event announcing the automaker's $2 billion Midlands investment.
South Carolina offered a record billion dollar-plus incentives package to land the automaker, which has promised to employ 4,000 workers. “Two years in the making, the day has finally come to share the next generation of Scout vehicles with the world,” Scott Keogh, president and CEO of Scout Motors, said in a written statement. “The original core idea — rugged, versatile vehicles capable of off-road adventure and family duty — is more relevant than ever.
" The new vehicles are inspired by the design of the original Scouts built by International Harvester from 1961 to 1980. Groundbreaking: Scout Motors gets rolling on $2B electric vehicle plant in Blythewood The Nashville debut is a nod to Scout's past and future — Music City is about halfway between Blyth.
