Gasoline-Electric MPH South Carolina 
Green Car Congress
JUNE 11, 2020
The X5 xDrive45e is built at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW Group’s largest global production plant. liter 4-cylinder TwinPower turbocharged motor) BMW’s latest eDrive technology and a larger, more advanced high-voltage electric battery. 0 to 60 mph acceleration time is 5.3 seconds, 1.2 seconds faster than before.
Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 28, 2024
for the world reveal of the all-new, all-electric Scout Traveler SUV and Terra pickup. The Scout production center is still in the construction phase in Blythewood (near Columbia), South Carolina. Scout Traveler SUV Dual electric motors driving all four wheels Torque: 1,000 pound-feet/Horsepower: N/A 0-60 mph: 3.5
Charged EVs
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Scout Motors, the startup electric-truck maker owned by Volkswagen, took the wraps off concepts for its first two 4×4 models outside Nashville on Thursday evening. It’s not a plug-in hybrid but a range-extended EV, meaning the gasoline engine powers a generator that recharges the battery, but cannot power the wheels mechanically.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2011
Hyper-miler Wayne Gerdes and his colleague Chris Bernius, driving a factory-standard 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid ( earlier post ), aim to set a new record for lowest fuel consumption in a gasoline hybrid car while driving an 8,000-mile route through all 48 adjoining states of the US.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 22, 2018
Volvo Cars revealed the new S60 mid-size premium sports sedan at the company’s new—and first—US manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina. Volvo’s proven T5 and T6 gasoline engines will be available at launch. The new Charleston plant was officially inaugurated concurrent with the reveal of the S60.
Baua Electric
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Scout Motors, the startup electric-truck maker owned by Volkswagen, took the wraps off concepts for its first two 4×4 models outside Nashville on Thursday evening. It’s not a plug-in hybrid but a range-extended EV, meaning the gasoline engine powers a generator that recharges the battery, but cannot power the wheels mechanically.
Baua Electric
OCTOBER 24, 2024
We are in Nashville, Tennessee, where Scout Motors shared details of its first SUV, the Traveler, and its all-electric pickup truck, the Terra. We know the two flagship models will be built at a new Scout production facility in the US, specifically in South Carolina. The first EV model, seen above, is the Traveler SUV.
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