Things are looking bleak for NEVS, which itself bought Saab Automobile when the brand went bankrupt in 2011. Still, the director believes that the last car can be driven.
The last employees at National Electric Vehicle Sweden – or NEVS – have been told they have been laid off. But according to the director, Nina Selander, there is hope.
She still believes that the employees' project Emily GT, which was built in just nine months, can be put into operation.
She says this in an interview with Sveriges Radio P4.
– It's clear that we have someone we're talking to, otherwise I wouldn't have been so positive that I still believe we'll get it sold, she tells P4 Vest.
Last week, the director was forced to lay off the last 20 employees at the factory in Trollhättan because the company's chance of survival is very small.
Still, Nina Selander believes that Trollhättan is crucial if Emily GT is to become a reality. The city was also crucial when a deal with a Lebanese buyer fell through earlier this year. Read more about it here.
– We are 85 cm out of a meter, and it is always the last part where it has to work. The prosecutor we are talking to understands that Trollhättan is important. And that makes me very happy, says Selander to P4 Vest .
Someone who, on the other hand, should not expect more is the owners of Fisker Inc. The car brand's servers have been shut down after an agreement to shut down the company earlier this year was approved by a US court.
Fisker Inc. has also gone bankrupt throughout the Nordic region. This leaves hundreds of owners with cars for which it is not only difficult to obtain spare parts. The parts are enormously expensive, and several insurance companies will not even offer the owners comprehensive insurance.
