For this Design Review we go back to 2006 to examine the Saab Aero-X, a concept car that introduced the new design language used on the last production models from the Swedish automaker. The Aero-X was launched at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show where it stood out amongst the most impressive exhibits...
NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) and Koenigsegg will also form a joint venture company "to expand into new market segments". NEVS will contribute €150 million ($238 million) in starting capital for the new firm and hold a 65 per cent stake. Koenigsegg will own the rest of the company by contributing its "intellectual property, technology licenses, and product design"...
General Motors has issued a recall for the 2006-2011 model-year Saab 9-3 and 9-5 as part of the ongoing Takata airbag campaign. Affected vehicles are fitted with potentially faulty driver-side front airbags that are susceptible to degradation as a result of moisture intrusion...
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has officially received approval to build the 9-3 EV at a facility in Tianjin, China. The company, which acquired the assets of Saab Automotive in 2012, became the first joint venture company with international backing to be approved for production by the Chinese National Development Reform Commission (NRDC)...
The NEVS 9-3 and NEVS 9-3X concepts have been revealed ahead of their debut later this month. Externally, the NEVS 9-3 models are distinguished from their Saab 9-3 forebears via a new bonnet, grille, slim LED headlights, front and rear bumpers, and tail-light designs. The company hasn't provided many details about the revived 9-3's drivetrain, except to say the car will have a driving range of around 300 kilometres...
New Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has officially conceded defeat in its battle to regain rights to the Saab name for use on its cars. Overnight, the Chinese-backed car maker announced that from 2017 it will begin producing vehicles based on the Saab 9-3 platform, including an electric vehicle. Mattias Bergman, president of NEVS, tried to paint this latest news in a positive light...
It may have a multi billion-dollar supply deal and four all-new models in the wings, but National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) won’t be using the Saab name to market them. That’s according to industry journal Automotive News, which reports this week that Swedish aerospace company Saab AB is no longer entertaining any potential for the Saab brand to be used by NEVS, which bought the failed car maker’s assets in early 2012...
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), the owner of the assets of Saab Automobile, has signed a deal with China’s Panda New Energy Co. that will see it deliver 150,000 Saab 9-3 EVs to the company by the end of 2020. The agreement, which will also see it deliver 100,000 other electric vehicle products and services from companies associated with NEVS and its owners, is worth 68 billion yuan ($17 billion) to NEVS...
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), the owner of the assets of Saab Automobile, has announced plans to release four all-new vehicles in 2018. Speaking at Sweden’s largest annual automotive conference, Stora Bildagen, NEVS president Mattias Bergman revealed the company’s intention to launch its first electric vehicle based on “significantly upgraded” Saab 9-3 technology in 2017 before introducing four new models based on Saab’s EV-optimised Phoenix platform the following year...
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has licensed the Saab 9-3 to Turkey to use as the basis of its new national car project. Fikri Isik, Turkey's science, industry and technology minister, told TRT, Turkey's government-backed national television network: "We bought Saab 9-3’s intellectual property rights, but not its name...
In a statement released earlier this week, Saab owner NEVS (New Electric Vehicle Sweden) and Dongfeng confirmed that they had signed a long-term "strategic co-operation agreement ... to achieve global industrial synergies". As part of the agreement, Dongfeng will help Saab develop and bring to production "new energy" vehicles, a term often used in China to describe pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars...
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has told a Swedish court that it is in negotiations with two Asian parts manufacturers. The court petition, which was filed overnight, claims that one of these Asian original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) is willing purchase a majority shareholding in NEVS...
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has been granted creditor protection by a Swedish court, as negotiations with other car makers drag on. On Thursday, Swedish time, NEVS had its initial application for bankruptcy protection rejected. According to Reuters, NEVS’ plans to secure funding were dismissed because they were "vague and completely undocumented"...
Cash-strapped car maker National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has revealed a Saab 9-3 EV prototype produced at its plant in Trollhatten. The unveiling of the 9-3 EV – one of a series of prototypes built in May – marks the beginning of the next phase in NEVS’ plan to mass-produce an electric model based on the old Saab 9-3...
NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden), owner of Saab, has narrowly avoided bankruptcy proceedings and has confirmed that it is still seeking a partner to ensure its long-term future. Last week NEVS confirmed that one of its suppliers, Labo Test, agreed to withdraw a bankruptcy petition lodged with the Swedish government...
Mahindra and Mahindra is keeping quiet on speculation that it is considering buying a stake in perennially embattled car-maker Saab. The Indian commercial vehicle and tractor manufacturer this week surfaced as a potential saviour for the recently revived Swedish brand, as its Hong Kong-based majority owner continues to search for additional cash to keep the fledgling company afloat...
The new owner of Saab has been forced to halt vehicle production after running into financial trouble. The Chinese company National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) - which restarted production of the Saab 9-3 in Trollhattan, Sweden, last year after acquiring the bankrupt car maker - confirmed overnight a "short-term cash problem" meant it needed to temporarily idle its operations...
The 2014 Saab 9-3 Aero sedan has been unveiled by the Swedish brand's new owner, National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), ahead of its international launch on December 10...
Series production of Saab vehicles has restarted at the former Swedish brand's Trollhattan assembly plant under the control of new owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS). Production of the petrol-powered Saab 9-3 Aero sedan resumes today, more than two and a half years after volume production at the Swedish plant ceased in April 2011, eight months before Saab filed for bankruptcy in December that year...
The first Saab-badged vehicle built under the control of new owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has rolled of the production line at the former Swedish brand's Trollhattan assembly plant. The first pre-production car to be built under NEVS ownership, the silver Saab 9-3 sedan is the first Saab model to leave the plant since Trollhattan shut its gates in April 2011 ahead of Saab filing for bankruptcy eight months later...
