BERLIN/HAMBURG – Volkswagen Group’s supervisory board will discuss plans to build a new U.S. factory at a meeting on Friday, two sources close to the matter said, with one adding the board was expected to approve the project.
The factory is a new plant for the Scout brand, according to one of the sources, which Volkswagen has said will be designed, engineered and manufactured in the U.S. with production due to start in 2026.
Volkswagen declined to comment. The automaker has previously said a decision on whether to build a plant for the brand had not yet been made.
Scott Keogh, the former VW Group of America CEO who last year was tapped to lead Scout Motors, also declined to comment.
Last week, Automotive News sibling publication Automobilwoche, citing company sources, reported that VW Group decided to build the Scout plant on its own after considering contract manufacturers Foxconn and Magna.
Volkswagen is expanding its Chattanooga plant to produce the ID. Buzz -- but the Scout brand will build off-road electric pickup trucks and SUVs that require a new platform. The Chattanooga plant does not have enough space to do it all, a source told Reuters last May.