Foxconn Rumored To Partner Up With Volkswagen For Scout Revival

The Scout revival is still happening, but it might have some help from a pretty big cell phone and electronics manufacturer – Foxconn.

In a report from Automotive News, Volkswagen is in talks with Foxconn for assistance in bringing back the Scout brand in full EV form. You’ll recall that Volkswagen recently announced intentions to revive the former International Scout moniker, but aside from a teaser image and feedback forum, the brand hasn’t done much else.

For those unfamiliar, Foxconn is a Taiwanese cellphone manufacturer. The brand famously is one of the main contractors that produce the Apple iPhone, but it appears cell phone manufacturing isn’t its only forte. Foxconn has put its hands in the EV pot, partnering with Fisker, and Lordstown Motors. Foxconn has even shown off its own proof-of-concept EV truck models, but with no concrete plans for production. Some speculate that a partnership with VW could give Foxconn a breakthrough in the EV space.

Neither company responded to any outlet’s call for comment on this potential tie-up. For what it’s worth, VW insisted the Scout brand would be designed, engineered, and manufactured in the US. It’s not clear how that claim would slot into a plan for a Taiwanese cellphone to collaborate with VW on the Scout brand’s revival.

If the collaboration with VW doesn’t happen, there are also rumors that Foxconn could partner up with Magna Steyr to get a hold in the EV space.

Nothing is final, the EVs from the VW Scout revival aren’t expected to be on roads until 2026.

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