The Volkswagen Group's new Scout Motors EV brand kicks off with an electric pickup truck and SUV launching in 2027.
Electric vehicles are inseparable from newness, whether it’s new tech, new designs, or new companies like Rivian, Lucid, and Tesla. But the Volkswagen Group’s new EV-only brand also relies heavily on the past.
Related Old-school inside and out With their relentlessly square exteriors, the Traveler and Terra certainly capture the look of the old International Scout. But the similarities are more than skin deep because, like the original Scout and other trucks of its era, the Scout EVs feature body-on-frame construction, mechanical four-wheel-drive systems, and solid rear axles.
Gas-truck capability The Scout EVs are unlike anything else in the VW Group portfolio, and that’s because they offer capability unlike anything from the automaker’s existing brands. Scout promises a maximum towing capacity of 10,000 pounds for the Terra pickup — surpassing most gasoline midsize pickups — and 7,000 pounds for the Traveler SUV. Both models also boast a 2,000-pound payload capacity.
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