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Scout Motors picked a site in suburban Columbia, S.C. for its $2 billion factory in part because it was ready to go. Gov. Henry McMaster signed a $1.3 billion incentive package for the project into law Monday.

The transaction includes two dealerships, one selling Cadillac, and the other selling Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Infiniti and Honda from separate showrooms.

Troy Poston will take over as head of U.S. sales for Subaru of America effective April 1, succeeding Jeff Walters, who moves to the automaker's top U.S. job with the retirement of longtime CEO Tom Doll.

Battery packs can cost tens of thousands of dollars and represent up to 50 percent of an EV's price tag, often making it uneconomical to replace them.

VW is attempting to sell its Russian factory in Kaluga, south of Moscow.

Audi CEO Markus Duesmann says the automaker's transition to EVs in China is "a challenge" for the VW Group subsidiary. The shift to cleaner technologies presents more than one dilemma for Germany's largest automakers.