South Carolina Gave Scout $1.3B, yet Taxpayers Can't Buy Its EVs in SC
(carscoops.com)
Despite the state of South Carolina giving VW-owned Scout Motors $1.3 billion to build its $2 bn plant in Blythewood, 18 miles (29 km) north of Columbia, the state’s residents won’t be legally able to buy any of the vehicles built on its doorstep. Even the estimated 4,000 people filling the jobs Scout says it will create at the plant won’t be able to buy one.
Despite the state of South Carolina giving VW-owned Scout Motors $1.3 billion to build its $2 bn plant in Blythewood, 18 miles (29 km) north of Columbia, the state’s residents won’t be legally able to buy any of the vehicles built on its doorstep. Even the estimated 4,000 people filling the jobs Scout says it will create at the plant won’t be able to buy one.