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NEVS claims five fresh Saab vehicles coming by 2018, Autoweek

NEVS claims five fresh Saab vehicles coming by 2018

December 15, 2015

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Saab: Reminisce them? Maker of quirky little Swedish cars with peppy turbo engines? Well, they`re back(ish), with help from parent company National Electrical Vehicle Sweden . NEVS president Mattias Bergman said during Stora Bildagen, Sweden`s largest annual automotive conference, that a strongly upgraded version of the 9-3 will hit Chinese and Swedish markets in the very first half of 2017, followed by four brand-new models in two thousand eighteen — saabblog.net was there and says the company is reinventing itself to become «a supplier of sustainable mobility solutions.»

Earlier this year, NEVS announced a partnership with China `s Dongfeng, which will support the company on the construction of hybrid vehicle production and R&D in Tianjin . NEVS will use Dongfeng`s dealer network, as well. This was good news as far as financial stability goes for NEVS and Saab, tho’ the fate of the famous Swedish name was still in doubt. Now, Swedish news site SVD is reporting that the company will be able to maintain the name, which is still being used by the defense and security arm of the Saab Group.

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Electrified Saab 9-3 to become the national car of Turkey

Current Saab proprietor National Electrified Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has just announced that it will license the Saab 9-3 technology to the Turkish government, which seeks to develop a “national car.” .

The fresh 9-3 will be built in Trollhattan and assembled in Tianjin. Bergman says the 9-3 will be more of a «mobility lab» to prove the concept before the fresh models are produced. The four upcoming cars will be based on the Phoenix platform that we heard about a few years ago. The lineup will consist of a family SUV, a crossover, a compact and a midsize, all with some form of electrified powertrain.

NEVS will have an expected staff of six hundred by the beginning of the year and an investment of several billion dollars. Bergman says its effort is «presently one of the largest industrial projects in Sweden .» He also says the company is hiring at the rate of fifty people a month, but it needs to be closer to 100.

For Saab fans, and car enthusiasts in general, this is all good news, even tho’, as of now, it only affects Sweden and China . Hopefully Saab, or NEVS, or whatever it`s eventually called, actually sells some cars, a much more difficult task than simply announcing a plan to sell some cars. Then maybe, just maybe, we`ll see some Swedish/Chinese hardware come stateside.

Check out saabblog.net for the total transcript of Berman`s talk.

Jake Lingeman – Jake Lingeman is Road Test Editor at Autoweek, reviewing cars, reporting on car news, car tech and the world at large.

NEVS claims five fresh Saab vehicles coming by 2018, Autoweek

NEVS claims five fresh Saab vehicles coming by 2018

December 15, 2015

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Saab: Recall them? Maker of quirky little Swedish cars with peppy turbo engines? Well, they`re back(ish), with help from parent company National Electrical Vehicle Sweden . NEVS president Mattias Bergman said during Stora Bildagen, Sweden`s largest annual automotive conference, that a strongly upgraded version of the 9-3 will hit Chinese and Swedish markets in the very first half of 2017, followed by four brand-new models in two thousand eighteen — saabblog.net was there and says the company is reinventing itself to become «a supplier of sustainable mobility solutions.»

Earlier this year, NEVS announced a partnership with China `s Dongfeng, which will support the company on the construction of hybrid vehicle production and R&D in Tianjin . NEVS will use Dongfeng`s dealer network, as well. This was good news as far as financial stability goes for NEVS and Saab, however the fate of the famous Swedish name was still in doubt. Now, Swedish news site SVD is reporting that the company will be able to maintain the name, which is still being used by the defense and security arm of the Saab Group.

Green Cars

Electrified Saab 9-3 to become the national car of Turkey

Current Saab possessor National Electrical Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has just announced that it will license the Saab 9-3 technology to the Turkish government, which seeks to develop a “national car.” .

The fresh 9-3 will be built in Trollhattan and assembled in Tianjin. Bergman says the 9-3 will be more of a «mobility lab» to prove the concept before the fresh models are produced. The four upcoming cars will be based on the Phoenix platform that we heard about a few years ago. The lineup will consist of a family SUV, a crossover, a compact and a midsize, all with some form of electrical powertrain.

NEVS will have an expected staff of six hundred by the beginning of the year and an investment of several billion dollars. Bergman says its effort is «presently one of the largest industrial projects in Sweden .» He also says the company is hiring at the rate of fifty people a month, but it needs to be closer to 100.

For Saab fans, and car enthusiasts in general, this is all good news, even however, as of now, it only affects Sweden and China . Hopefully Saab, or NEVS, or whatever it`s eventually called, actually sells some cars, a much more difficult task than simply announcing a plan to sell some cars. Then maybe, just maybe, we`ll see some Swedish/Chinese hardware come stateside.

Check out saabblog.net for the total transcript of Berman`s talk.

Jake Lingeman – Jake Lingeman is Road Test Editor at Autoweek, reviewing cars, reporting on car news, car tech and the world at large.

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