Monday, May 20, 2024

New "Saab" is not to be built in Sweden anyway

That was the plan. But now there will be nothing of the Emily GT that the people behind the remnants of Saab had to develop in just 9 months. At least not in Sweden.

If you think the Emily GT looks a lot like the last real Saab models built before the brand went bankrupt in 2012, you're not entirely wrong.

The designer behind the Emily GT also drew the lines for a large number of Saab models. The designer Simon Padian was also on the salary list at the now closed NEVS.

NEVS developed the car in just 9 months, but never reached series production. However, the EV Electra will change that.

It just won't be at the old Saab factory in Trollhättan. Otherwise, that was the plan. But EV Electra mastermind Jihad Mohammed couldn't get his way.

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He was not allowed to buy the Swedish factory, which was recently bought by a Swedish billionaire, Svante Andersson.

Jihad Mohammed also claims that the Trollhättan factory is not in the condition he had hoped for. But if it is built, it must be Emily GT. Therefore, says Jihad Mohammed, he has bought a car factory in Italy.

– The engineers are based in Trollhättan. But the production ends in Italy, the contract has already been signed, says Jihad Mohammad to Carup .

As the Emily GT plans were saved, things looked bleak for the remnants of NEVS, which was owned by the now defunct Chinese real estate company Evergrande Group.

In February last year, NEVS – or National Electric Vehicle Sweden – fired 320 of the remaining 340 employees. On 1 December 2023, NEVS could announce that it had found a copper. Read more about it here .

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