Saab Automobile AB was a car manufacturer founded in Sweden in 1945 when its parent company, Saab AB, began a project to design a small automobile. The first production model, the Saab 92, launched in 1949. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and production stopped in 2014.
SCOTT27
Drift Dynamo
Saab who? Volvo have taken the momentum and changed everything they have actually made the Swedish motor industry something to aspire to. They have now brought well renowned Swedish craftsmanship (not the flat pack variety) to the automotive landscape.
Saab needs a sugar daddy. You can't just sell an electrified version of a 20 year old platform and think people will be interested. They need to follow Volvo's lead.
Saab needs a sugar daddy. You can't just sell an electrified version of a 20 year old platform and think people will be interested. They need to follow Volvo's lead.
Cashmere
RPM Ruler
IMO, This is a huge win for NEVS considering China is currently the largest EV market in the world.
SAAB successor NEVS receives China’s approval for new electric car factory with capacity of 200,000 units per year
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), the China-backed firm that bought SAAB’s assets out of bankruptcy in 2012, has been trying to position itself has a major player in the electric vehicle industry.
The company is one step closer now that it received today an electric vehicle production license for its 200,000 units per year car factory in Tianjin, China.
NEVS is the first joint venture company with investors from outside China, though the company obviously has strong ties in the country, that is granted a New Energy Passenger Vehicle Project investment approval.
The Chinese National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) is requiring approval for new investments in car production in the country, but the government is trying to make it easier for foreign carmakers to invest especially in electric car production.
NEVS says that the plant in Tianjin is still under construction, but it should be “up and running at the end of 2017, with the capacity of 200 000 electric passenger vehicles yearly.”
The company already has an important order that will enable them to secure demand for the first 3 years. Panda New Energy, a new energy vehicle leasing company in China, ordered 150 000 9-3 Sedan electric vehicles in 2015. The deal could be worth as much as $12 billion according to the company.
It will be delivered over the next 3 years so NEVS already sold over 25% of its annual capacity for that period.
The former SAAB is finding an important market in China with large fleet orders for electric vehicles. NEVS also signed a framework deal worth about 8.5 billion crowns ($1 billion) with China Volant Industry Co. (Volinco) for 20,000 electric cars last year.
If NEVS delivers on its plans (see infographic below), the company could become a major player in the EV industry within the next few years. Let’s see.
https://www.nevs.com/en/media/press-releases/nevs-receives-electric-vehicle-production-lic/
slicknick
Driving Dynamics Pro
Absolutely zero relation to the late Saab, the factory is not even in the same location. It's in Tianjin, China for crying out loudIMO, This is a huge win for NEVS considering China is currently the largest EV market in the world.
SAAB successor NEVS receives China’s approval for new electric car factory with capacity of 200,000 units per year
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), the China-backed firm that bought SAAB’s assets out of bankruptcy in 2012, has been trying to position itself has a major player in the electric vehicle industry.
The company is one step closer now that it received today an electric vehicle production license for its 200,000 units per year car factory in Tianjin, China.
NEVS is the first joint venture company with investors from outside China, though the company obviously has strong ties in the country, that is granted a New Energy Passenger Vehicle Project investment approval.
The Chinese National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) is requiring approval for new investments in car production in the country, but the government is trying to make it easier for foreign carmakers to invest especially in electric car production.
NEVS says that the plant in Tianjin is still under construction, but it should be “up and running at the end of 2017, with the capacity of 200 000 electric passenger vehicles yearly.”
The company already has an important order that will enable them to secure demand for the first 3 years. Panda New Energy, a new energy vehicle leasing company in China, ordered 150 000 9-3 Sedan electric vehicles in 2015. The deal could be worth as much as $12 billion according to the company.
It will be delivered over the next 3 years so NEVS already sold over 25% of its annual capacity for that period.
The former SAAB is finding an important market in China with large fleet orders for electric vehicles. NEVS also signed a framework deal worth about 8.5 billion crowns ($1 billion) with China Volant Industry Co. (Volinco) for 20,000 electric cars last year.
If NEVS delivers on its plans (see infographic below), the company could become a major player in the EV industry within the next few years. Let’s see.
https://www.nevs.com/en/media/press-releases/nevs-receives-electric-vehicle-production-lic/
Cashmere
RPM Ruler
NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) bought out all of Saab's assets before bankruptcy. many employees and execs moved from SAAB to NEVS and also built an Electric Saab 9-3 in 2014:
While the name may have changed to NEVS, they still have lots of SAAB employees and carry a connection with the brand as stated on their site:
The engineers are using the same buimdings as before
And about the plant. They still have the production plant i Trollhättan.
Though its part of the future cars.
(If there are any. The competition is stiff. But so it was for Saab and these people dont quit.
I wish them luck but wouldnt hold my breath...)
slicknick
Driving Dynamics Pro
Cashmere
RPM Ruler
NEVS 9-3, 9-3X are Saab-derived EVs for China
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) have been working on creating EVs based on its Saab assets for years. We heard back in 2015 that we'd have an EV based on the 9-3 this year, and now we're finally getting to see the results. NEVS has unveiled its 9-3 and 9-3X EV concepts, which it will use in a mobility project in Tianjin, China.
NEVS is showing the 9-3 EVs at CES Asia in Shanghai on June 7-9, where it will also provide more details about the cars, its Tianjin project, and future plans for the brand. As for Tianjin, NEVS will provide the cars and the services for carsharing and ride-hailing programs in the city. For that project, NEVS is collaborating with Tianjin Binhai Hi-tech Industrial Development Area (THT), which is the industrial park where its shared factory (with joint venture partner Dongfeng) and R&D center are located.
NEVS President Mattias Bergman says, "We are excited by this great opportunity to develop smart, sustainable mobility solutions together with a progressive city as Tianjin, and develop them in full scale with real people in real life situations, with the vision to create a future integrated urban mobility solution."
As for the 9-3 EVs, they're not much different in appearance from the GM-era Saabs, but they have NEVS badging (NEVS doesn't have rights to the Saab trademark). They have a driving range of about 186 miles, offer in-car Wi-Fi, smartphone connectivity, and can get over-the-air software updates. NEVS says the cars are equipped with a "world-class" cabin air filter, which helps keep harmful particulates out of the car (important in the polluted urban centers China is working to improve). They're being built in China, and are expected to hit the roads there in 2018.
Look familiar? NEVS 9-3, 9-3X are Saab-derived EVs for China
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) have been working on creating EVs based on its Saab assets for years. We heard back in 2015 that we'd have an EV based on the 9-3 this year, and now we're finally getting to see the results. NEVS has unveiled its 9-3 and 9-3X EV concepts, which it will use in a mobility project in Tianjin, China.
NEVS is showing the 9-3 EVs at CES Asia in Shanghai on June 7-9, where it will also provide more details about the cars, its Tianjin project, and future plans for the brand. As for Tianjin, NEVS will provide the cars and the services for carsharing and ride-hailing programs in the city. For that project, NEVS is collaborating with Tianjin Binhai Hi-tech Industrial Development Area (THT), which is the industrial park where its shared factory (with joint venture partner Dongfeng) and R&D center are located.
NEVS President Mattias Bergman says, "We are excited by this great opportunity to develop smart, sustainable mobility solutions together with a progressive city as Tianjin, and develop them in full scale with real people in real life situations, with the vision to create a future integrated urban mobility solution."
As for the 9-3 EVs, they're not much different in appearance from the GM-era Saabs, but they have NEVS badging (NEVS doesn't have rights to the Saab trademark). They have a driving range of about 186 miles, offer in-car Wi-Fi, smartphone connectivity, and can get over-the-air software updates. NEVS says the cars are equipped with a "world-class" cabin air filter, which helps keep harmful particulates out of the car (important in the polluted urban centers China is working to improve). They're being built in China, and are expected to hit the roads there in 2018.
Look familiar? NEVS 9-3, 9-3X are Saab-derived EVs for China
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
Do you live in China?
slicknick
Driving Dynamics Pro
Is it specifically for the Chinese market? I thought it would sell in other markets too somehow
Wunderkind
Chicane Challenger
Nobody misses Saab except some Scandanavians. Most of them have moved onto to Volvos anyway. So glad the arrogant Swedes refused to sell Saab to the Chinese at the time or the Chinese would be losing hundreds of millions of dollars keeping the company afloat now.
Fringe brands like Saab, TVR, Bristol should be consigned to the dustbin of automotive history and never be thought of again, NEVER! It’s publications like autocar that keep trying to resurrect them every now and then.
Fringe brands like Saab, TVR, Bristol should be consigned to the dustbin of automotive history and never be thought of again, NEVER! It’s publications like autocar that keep trying to resurrect them every now and then.
hovabongZA
Tire Trailblazer
They would have made good electric cars, if they were still around.
Wunderkind
Chicane Challenger
Some brands deserve to die, and SAAB is one of them.
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