Scout Motors executives came to South Carolina Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, to show off the first vehicles — the Traveler SUV and the Terra pickup — to be made at its $2 billion electric vehicle assembly plant near Columbia. (Provided by Scout Motors)
COLUMBIA — Excitement was high as state and local lawmakers gathered late Friday for the unveiling of the first Scout Motors vehicles to be made at the Volkswagen subsidiary’s $2 billion electric vehicle assembly plant north of Columbia.
The automaker gave the public its first glimpse of the vehicles — the Traveler SUV and the Terra pickup — in a ceremony held near Nashville late last month.
Friday’s event in downtown Columbia served as something of a homecoming.
State legislators took turns climbing behind the wheel of the dark blue truck and red clay-colored SUV, taking cellphone photos of one another.