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Manufacturing 2025: KEOGH, SCOTT
PRESIDENT AND CEO, SCOUT MOTORS, TYSONS
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Manufacturing 2025: KEOGH, SCOTT
PRESIDENT AND CEO, SCOUT MOTORS, TYSONS
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Keogh leads German parent company Volkswagen’s electric truck and sport utility vehicle division, a job he took in 2022 after serving as president and CEO for Volkswagen of America for four years.
Scout is a revamp of the iconic Scout all-terrain vehicle brand produced by International Harvester from 1961 to 1980. In 2021, Volkswagen acquired the rights to Scout’s name after buying Navistar International, which succeeded International Harvester, for $3.7 billion.
Volkswagen announced in 2023 plans to build a $2 billion Scout manufacturing plant near Columbia, South Carolina, bringing at least 4,000 jobs. In 2024, Scout broke ground on the plant, and initial production is targeted to begin in 2027.
Although headquartered in Tysons, Scout is looking to move its U.S. headquarters soon, with rumors swirling that South Carolina may be its new home. In June, Keogh said in an interview with the Carolina Business Review that the headquarters will employ about 1,000 people.
“We’re going to have to convince an awful lot of people to say, ‘This is going to be a great place to raise your family,’” he said.
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