NEVS wants to show SAAB EV

Things are happening in Trollhättan! NEVS has announced that it will present the Saab EV to the public for the first time tomorrow.

NEVS SAAB 9-3 © 2014 saabblog.net
NEVS SAAB 9-3 © 2014 saabblog.net

There are four pre-series models of the electric car exist, the Saab EV is based on the 9-3. The range is specified by the manufacturer with approximately 200 kilometers. As part of the Alliansloppet, a race on roller skis, the Saab EV will be on display in Trollhättan on Hansenplatsen from tomorrow.

NEVS is one of the main sponsors of the event. The Alliansloppet is a very popular sporting event, participants from all over Scandinavia travel to Trollhättan.

What makes NEVS out of the event is unknown. It will probably only be a matter for the regional press, but maybe the event will be used to make a big impact on the Saab EV. We certainly can be curious. The body of the electric car is similar to the well-known Saab 9-3 from NEVS, with the difference that batteries were integrated into the underbody and the electric car should therefore build slightly higher. Whether the Saab EV will show changes to the well-known model in the design, we remember a announced update, is not known.

NEVS may issue a press release on the first presentation of the Saab EV, but more likely are reports and pictures about the regional newspaper. Whatever happens, it's exciting and we stay tuned.

Text & image: tom@saabblog.net

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FRP
FRP
9 years earlier

I can't get the news on the official NEVS website .... is there anything upset?

Wolfi Saab
Wolfi Saab
9 years earlier
Reply to  FRP

Go back it came ein.auch synonymous ne nege nevs because of the new prototype I ask me only why an electric motor needs an air filter? But ok there is a sign of life and I am happy when it finally goes uphill more I hope soon from Tom!

Matthias from the Upper Palatinate
Matthias from the Upper Palatinate
9 years earlier

Better an end in horror than horror without end. I no longer believe in NEVS and currently not in a future for Saab as a car brand. What strikes me: For some time now, you have been seeing Opel and BMW advertising on the blog ...

Heiko
Heiko
9 years earlier

Completed contracts with investors and a ready Phoenix platform I would rather like a 9-3 with electric motor.

Mr. Nordmann
Mr. Nordmann
9 years earlier

Does NEVS only want to sell Saab's in the Greater Trollhättan area?
Why doesn't NEVS invite the national and international press?
Sorry, but with NEVS it will not work.
Hope that soon an experienced car maker joins Saab, who understands the brand and brings enough money and also has experience in marketing.

Skywalker
Skywalker
9 years earlier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YUvHwUVr1M
... everything just scratches? Saab is fighting to survive, dies the longest death in small steps. But still hopes for the revival, like We supporters of the Saab brand.

TT
TT
9 years earlier

No matter if the EV is well done or not. I think after all the obituaries of the past days and weeks in the press, it is now very important for NEVS to hear a sign of life. Whether it is with the EV is on another sheet. In China you will not be able to sell it without public support, and we have many alternatives from well-known manufacturers. Since it is an old, rebuilt to EV, 9-3 with battered name Saab not a rip off. Interesting, of course, will be the price. But to sell something you have to build it first. And in the area is well known at the time again low tide in Trollhättan.

Thorsten Ziehm
9 years earlier

On the one hand it is nice to hear a sign of life from SAAB, on the other hand this action also looks like a panicked quick shot shortly before the end….

Fits somehow not to the current situation.

Joachim
Joachim
9 years earlier

I guess not much will change, as you can see with this link, other than that it has a different logo (in this case)….
http://www.autoforum.cz/bleskovky/baic-q60fb-c1-kopie-saabu-9-3-pristizena-v-cine/

Steve
Steve
9 years earlier
Reply to  Joachim

Due to the large number of parts that are really identical, this is more the Chinese version of the E_Vehicle - without a logo! To recreate all of this is far too time-consuming. They have to be original parts!

Detlef Rudolf
Detlef Rudolf
9 years earlier

Perhaps this electric version will initially be offered together with the gasoline / diesel engine under the new investor - until the PHOENIX models with a new design follow later.

Another option for the model already produced under NEVS would be advantageous for the bridging time.

Greif08
Greif08
9 years earlier

I do not see any sense in it either! Why this idea?

KG-930
KG-930
9 years earlier
Reply to  Greif08

Conversely, why should you hide it behind the factory fence?
No matter what happens now it would be a pity if no one sees what has been developed so far.

tmn
tmn
9 years earlier
Reply to  Greif08

To send a sign of life?!… Maybe nevs understood something, even if little.
And seriously: I have lately talk to my engineer at bmw .. the design of the i3 is controversial. Performance and innovation as well as materials are good. But that is not enough.
VW and the e-Golf? Gentlemen ... Saab can do more, even if the design is from the last decade: it is still more appealing than Wolfsburg and Ingoldstadt uniform design. Let’s surprise you and see what comes tomorrow.

Daniel
Daniel
9 years earlier

The i3 is more like a small car with a refreshing design. The 9-3 a sedan with a design from the last decade. This affects me as a kind of quick shot. As a basis to test the EV technology it is ok. If you had money again, you could redesign the shell around the drive. Only I do not believe in it. The only manufacturer of the well-deserved success has to transplant the drive into an existing body and not to develop body to the drive (as it would be sensible) is probably VW with the e-Golf.

Saabfan
Saabfan
9 years earlier
Reply to  Daniel

Ditto: The only sensible: Saab production as ever and then possibly in the same body implant an electric motor as an option.

saab_owl
saab_owl
9 years earlier
Reply to  Daniel

Refreshing design? Well, it's a matter of taste. The i3 doesn't appeal to me at all, this strange belt line that slides down from the B-pillar ... After the pot-bellied pig 1 and the crappy GT line, a new handle next to it. There was a time when I liked the entire BMW range, e30 / 32/34. Owned at least one by everyone. It's been a long time. I might like the design of the i8, however. Otherwise, as Tom already writes. The 200 KM should be practical.

GP362
GP362
9 years earlier
Reply to  Daniel

Whether an e-drive in a sedan with 200 Km range makes sense, let's face it. But with any (existing) vehicle you have to start to bring the technology on the road. If NEVS gets the turn, hopefully it will not stay that way. The infinite announcements of the German manufacturers are also no fame.
But I prefer to sit in an “old” SAAB than in a new Golf!

SAABY65
SAABY65
9 years earlier

Sorry that I'm a spoilsport - but with a range of 200 km this is not competitive - there have to be another 200 km (Tesla level) to waste a thought (otherwise I can also buy Renault / VW, etc.) ..)

Love EV's and SAAB
Love EV's and SAAB
9 years earlier

Nice, want one !!!

Steffen Geiger
Steffen Geiger
9 years earlier

Already bizarre. There scarcely a manufacturer at all ends and corners and is nevertheless always good for a surprise. Had not thought that before any takeover messages once again comes such a sign of life. As a matter of fact. It remains exciting.

FRP
FRP
9 years earlier

I buy one