A new path forward
2025-Chrysler-Pacifica-Hybrid As VW scouts a new path into EVs, automakers reconsider hybrids on the road to fossil-free driving CASEY WILLIAMS | Auto Reviewer AutoCasey@aol.com On Oct.
24, Scout Motors debuted its Scout SUV and Terra pickup. Originally built by International Harvester in the 1960s and ’70s, Scout is now a separate electric vehicle brand under Volkswagen.
And it’s a real truck, built on a framed chassis, that can tow more than 10,000 pounds — or run 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds. There will be fully-electric models with up to a 350-mile range but also an extended range variant offering 500 miles thanks to a gas-powered generator.
Prices will start under $60,000 when production begins in 2027. It’s the extended range variant with gasoline generator that reveals the state of today’s electric vehicles.
