The Swedish-Chinese car company Nevs say they will start building electric cars by the end of 2017. The first car gets bodywork from 9-3, which debuted in 2002.
If Nevs manages to get some car production in two years it will be with an electrified classic. The plan is for the 15 year old body from 9-3 again be built in Trollhattan, provided with a chassis that has been converted for electrification and then shipped to China, where it will be finally assembled to electric cars in a new factory in Tianjin. The new factory and an R & D center has just begun to be built, and will have a production capacity of 200 000 cars a year. The vehicles are primarily sold in China.
Nevs CEO Mattias Bergman told a business meeting on December 10 about the company’s plans. Eventually want to launch four more models. However, it is unclear where the cars will be designed and built, and whether they will be called Saab. Possibly they should be built on part of the so-called Phoenix architecture.
Nevs recruiting mainly engineers in Trollhättan. In the spring, the old Saab factory rebuilt before produktionsomstarten the end of 2017. From next year should again start hiring a car builder, says Mikael Östlund, head of communications at Nevs.
The entire initiative will cost several billion, money that will from Nevs new owner, the city of Tianjin development area, Tianjin Binhai Hi-Tech Industrial Development Area (THT), and the Beijing State Research Information Technology (SRIT).
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