BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — Volkswagen Group-backed Scout Motors announced on Friday a massive investment in Blythewood, South Carolina.
The company has pledged to invest $2 billion there to build its first manufacturing facility, which has the potential of creating at least 4,000 permanent jobs.
Scout Motors, a spinoff of Volkswagen, will build all-electric trucks and rugged SUVs from a facility at the Blythewood Industrial Site, off Interstate 77, according to a news release from the South Carolina Department of Commerce.
The Richland County plant is expected to occupy 1,100 acres of the 1,600-acre site.
Blythewood is a small town about 22 miles north of Columbia and 93 miles away from Charlotte.
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