Any chance on flat four?

[Tyler88]

Very little info. It seems Navistar makes engines there. I'm not sure what else.

What very little I could find is they make Navistar truck engines there and no small 4 cyl engines, so whatever the 4 cylinder engine is, it is probably going to have to be made in the SC factory. While doing a quick search I do not think VW makes any engines for passenger vehicles in the US, I only saw in Mexico and in Europe, which both locations are likely going to be an issue depending on possible tariffs so the safest thing is to have the engines built in the US, though they can still be a engine design that already exists just it would have to be made in the US to avoid issues.

 

[Chuckles]

What very little I could find is they make Navistar truck engines there and no small 4 cyl engines, so whatever the 4 cylinder engine is, it is probably going to have to be made in the SC factory. While doing a quick search I do not think VW makes any engines for passenger vehicles in the US, I only saw in Mexico and in Europe, which both locations are likely going to be an issue depending on possible tariffs so the safest thing is to have the engines built in the US, though they can still be a engine design that already exists just it would have to be made in the US to avoid issues.

It costs a lot to set up an engine plant (not to mention labor costs and environmental regs). It's easier to just pay the tariffs and import them from Mexico

 

[Tyler88]

It costs a lot to set up an engine plant (not to mention labor costs and environmental regs). It's easier to just pay the tariffs and import them from Mexico

Not sure on that if it gets upped to a possible 50% tariff, I saw that floating around as a possibility.

 

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Not sure on that if it gets upped to a possible 50% tariff, I saw that floating around as a possibility.

At that point VW isn't profitable in the United States. Neither is Stellantis. Or any other car company for that matter.

 

[THil08]

Very little info. It seems Navistar makes engines there. I'm not sure what else.

Makes sense now why i couldn’t find anything that related VW engines.

 

[Sockdoc]

Very little info. It seems Navistar makes engines there. I'm not sure what else.

Interesting that Navistar is now International Motors and according to Wikipedia is the successor to the international harvester manufacturing company….

International Motors - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[THil08]

Interesting that Navistar is now International Motors and according to Wikipedia is the successor to the international harvester manufacturing company….

International Motors - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

They changed the name a few months prior to the Scout Motors Reveal if i remember correctly.

 

[Sockdoc]

Interesting that Navistar is now International Motors and according to Wikipedia is the successor to the international harvester manufacturing company….

International Motors - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Answering my own question…all diesel engines, 6 cylinders—so unless something new (yet to be announced) engine was in the works then unlikely. I was impressed with the technology of these engines though so perhaps an “upgrade” in the future. Also got me thinking about erevs for the large equipment/shipping industry.

 

[THil08]

Answering my own question…all diesel engines, 6 cylinders—so unless something new (yet to be announced) engine was in the works then unlikely. I was impressed with the technology of these engines though so perhaps an “upgrade” in the future. Also got me thinking about erevs for the large equipment/shipping industry.

The only company that i know of that does EREVs in heavy equipment like Semi-trucks would be EDISON Motors in B.C. Canada

 

[Sockdoc]

The only company that i know of that does EREVs in heavy equipment like Semi-trucks would be EDISON Motors in B.C. Canada

Nice to know about Edison. The engines they are producing would fit nicely into heavy equipment erevs. The s13 specifically which currently has an integrated transmission. Its smaller then most v6s quiet and lighter…a erev dream. Also is more efficient with consistent HP at low rpms. With it being the VW group it makes me wonder if Scout will be the proof of concept for light duty/personal use, work out the engineer quirks and potentially expand via International Motors for heavy duty/industrial uses. Just a thought and connecting some dots (whether those connections exist or not we may never know!)