Volkswagen Group’s electrical pickup truck and SUV impressed by the Worldwide Harvester Scout might be developed in Austria by Magna Steyr, native newspaper Kleine Zeitung reported final week.

Magna Steyr, a division of Canadian automotive components provider Magna Worldwide, is a contract producer that builds the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and a number of other different autos, together with the Fisker Ocean electrical crossover.

The corporate additionally provides growth providers, and was tapped by Mercedes for its newest G-Class, together with the upcoming electrical model. Magna Steyr additionally helped develop the Ocean crossover, and the Grenadier off-roader from the U.Okay.’s Ineos. It additionally beforehand labored on some VW Group tasks, again when it operated as Steyr-Puch.

In accordance with Kleine Zeitung, VW Group pays Magna Steyr round 450 million euros (roughly $493 million) for the event of the 2 Scout EVs, with a view to having the autos on sale within the U.S. by 2027. A rugged Audi SUV concentrating on the likes of the G-Class and Land Rover Defender may additionally be developed utilizing the Scouts’ underpinnings.

Teaser for Scout Motors electrical SUV and pickup truck

Kleine Zeitung reported that VW Group plans to restrict the Scouts to the U.S. and that Audi will goal international markets. The newspaper additionally reported that the autos can have a variety approaching 400 miles.

Manufacturing will happen at VW Group’s personal plant to be constructed close to Columbia, South Carolina, which the automaker introduced earlier this 12 months. Near $2 billion is anticipated to be invested within the website which VW Group mentioned may churn out 200,000 autos yearly.

VW Group acquired the rights to the Scout title with its buy of Navistar, a successor firm of Worldwide Harvester, in 2020. It then established the brand new firm Scout Motors within the U.S. in 2022, tasked with growth and advertising and marketing the brand new Scout EVs.

VW Group has beforehand mentioned it’s going to present a Scout idea in 2024, and that it targets a beginning worth within the $40,000 bracket. The automaker has additionally launched a pair of teaser sketches that trace at what’s to come back.