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A Scout drives past a Jeep and a Ford. You might think Lyndon B. Johnson is the president. Wait. The Scout is going to a charging station.
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Volkswagen's board voted to revive an American automotive badge. It won't wear a tractor company's name. It will wear a plug.
VW has toyed with the idea of building an electric pickup in the U.S. A VW design executive posted a rendering of the upcoming ID.Buzz electric van with a bed on the back.
Volkswagen owns the rights to the International Harvester name and its legacy of early SUVs through a series of mergers and acquisitions.
The International Harvester Scout was one of the first genuine SUVs. Scouts had rugged lines. They competed with the Ford F and other early SUVs for the attention of buyers who wanted something trail-worthy.
The Scout was available as a pickup, classic hard-top SUV, and Jeep Wrangler-like convertible off-roader.
International Harvester stopped making cars in 1980 to focus on trucks and school buses. Its assets have been sold and resold over the years. They joined the Volkswagen Group.
The Wall Street Journal reported that VW may make a new electric vehicle and a pickup truck. VW's management board approved the plan on May 11. Scout will be a separate unit of VW Group in the U.S., according to a trade publication.
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The vehicles would ride on the same electric architecture. The Scout name will allow VW to cash in on the kind of nostalgia that has made the new Bronco such a hit.
The ID.Buzz was a rebirth of the classic 1960s microbu s. It doesn't have much of an off-road legacy in the U.S. The Scout name could be brought back in a hurry.
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