Audi may build an electric car factory in the U.S. to take advantage of the subsidies offered through the Inflation Reduction Act, CEO Markus Duesmann told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung in an interview published Friday. He added that a decision had not yet been made.
Separately, Automotive News sibling publication Automobilwoche, citing company sources, on Friday reported that Scout, which Volkswagen Group acquired in 2021 with plans to relaunch it as an electric light-truck brand, will begin production in 2026 from a VW Group-built plant in the U.S. VW had considered contract manufacturers Foxconn and Magna but decided to build the plant on its own. "The decision to build the plant ourselves is available as a draft resolution and has thus been taken," company sources told Automobilwoche.
It was immediately unclear whether the Audi and Scout vehicles would be assembled in the same plant.