What happened to Nevs cars?
History. On 31 August 2012, NEVS acquired the main assets of the Saab Automobile bankruptcy estates. According to the agreement, NEVS will provide Panda with 150,000 9-3 sedan electric vehicles until the end of 2020. NEVS signed a battery contract with Contemporary Amperex Technology in 2017.
What happened to Nevs Saab?
The story of Saab is a sad one, at least in the ending. The company ended up bankrupt, and production due to a close. Saab’s assets became the property of National Electric Vehicle Sweden, or NEVS, a vehicle company which came to be owned by Chinese real estate giant Evergrande Group in 2019.
Is Saab making electric cars?
National Electric Vehicle Sweden has begun production of a full-electric sedan based on the old Saab 9-3 platform at its plant in the north China port city of Tianjin. The Tianjin factory can initially build 50,000 EVs a year.
Will Saab cars ever return?
This first NEVS 9-3 models have rolled off the production line in China. The Swedish car brand Saab went belly up back in 2010, after parent company General Motors shut it down after getting tired of footing the bill.
Who bought Nevs?
Koenigsegg today announced the buyback of NEVS’s 65% stake in the joint venture company Meneko that produces the Gemera 4-seater Hypercar.
Is Saab coming back to America?
The last hopes of Swedish car maker Saab ever making a comeback can now by fully laid to rest, as parent company National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has confirmed that it will not be using the brand name for its future range of vehicles. The Saab moniker will now be replaced by ‘NEVS’, confirmed the company.
What kind of car is the NEVs 9-3ev?
The NEVS 9-3EV is an electric compact executive car produced by NEVS since December 2017. The 9-3EV is a slightly modernized Saab 9-3 of the second generation after a design facelift. It was built on the same platform – GM Epsilon I platform, which was used to build, among others the Chevrolet Malibu and the Opel Vectra .
Where are the NEVs 9-3 EVs parked in Sweden?
Ten NEVS 9-3 EV cars are parked in the vehicle area of Wallhamn on Tjörn, one of Sweden’s largest ports for cargo and cargo shipments. The ten cars appear to be ready for traffic, but there is as yet no information that any of them have been registered for regular traffic in Sweden.
How old is the Saab NEVs 9-3 EV?
Some fans of the Saab brand who saw this news commented that the 9-3 technology is over 20 years old. But it’s not the same car from 20 guests ago, except that it visually looks like the old one and uses the same construction panels, but it’s a very good test platform.
What’s the range of NEVS new electric car?
There have been whispers of a range of about 300 km in the electric 9-3 that stands in the port of Tjörn but probably Nevs new electric car will surpass those figures.