A new beginning ...
Earlier today, a press release went out confirming my next professional role to lead the Mobility Services and Customer Journeys efforts for NEVS. A super exciting step in a world that is undergoing massive change…
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Author Michèl Annink
"Ur-EV-SAAB" returns to Trollhättan as the newest generation approaches production phase
Some 42 years ago, the first SAAB Electric Vehicle saw the light of day in Trollhättan. Developed by then SAAB-Scania, the prototype for the Swedish National Postal Service was ahead of its time in many…
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"Original EV-SAAB" to return to Trollhättan, new visual identity coming
On the same day NEVS launched a new landing page on their website www.saabcars.com, a press release was issued announcing a press viewing of the first SAAB EV, developed in 1974. The car was recently…
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NEVS Phoenix 3.x-based EV's ready in 2018
NEVS in Trollhättan received a delegation this weekend from their largest customer to date: Panda New Energy. Its owner and chairman Chao Ma visited the SAAB Museum and took part in several meetings at the…
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NEVS receives € 850M order for 20,000 EV's
Only a few weeks after the announcement of the major order for 150,000 Saab 9-3 based EV's by Panda New Energy, NEVS now confirms to have received another significant order. Chinese company Huateng wants to receive…
Read more CEO of Panda New Energy speaks out
Only four days remaining until the new year 2016 arrives… At least, if you live in a part of the world that uses the Gregorian calendar… In China, the start of their new year will…
Read more NEVS sells 150,000 9-3 EV's and services
Last week NEVS shared key elements of their new business plan. A new line-up of five EV's, with the first SAAB 9-3 based EV hitting the Chinese and Swedish markets in 2017, to be followed…
Read more The importance of always driving SAAB
In about two weeks from today, the movie ”En man som heter Ove” will hit the cinemas in Sweden. It is the screen adaptation of Fredrick Backman's novel “A man called Ove”, a book that…
Read more First NEVS EV in 2017, 4 new models coming 2018
The fact that NEVS has been very active since they exited reorganization and became debt-free earlier this year can hardly be called a secret anymore. News about new partnerships, additional shareholders, a new factory, added…
Read more Phoenix in the Netherlands: the first SAAB EV
A top speed of 70 km/h and a range of 65 km. The first 100% electric SAABs rolled off the manufacturing belt in 1974 at a cost of SEK 14 million. Only one of the…
Read more Back to the future: SAAB Car Museum celebrates 40 years of SAAB history
On Saturday 24 October, the SAAB Car Museum in Trollhättan turns 40. Back in 1975, at the initiative of SAAB-Scania's head of external relations Albert Trommer, a small exhibition in the basement of the SAAB-ANA...
Read more The NEVS masterplan for SAAB
“The only thing that is different is everything”- that's the way I would summarize what happened when newly formed National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) acquired the main assets of SAAB Automobile AB in June 2012. …
Read more Turkey to license SAAB 9-3 technology from NEVS
Following announcements from earlier this week, NEVS confirmed yesterday to have signed a new partnership with TÜBITAK, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. This cooperation includes licensing SAAB 9-3 technology and the provision…
Read more Introducing: The SAAB 9-3 Cabriolet MY14
When the first 900 Cabriolet was introduced in 1986, SAAB really turned the market for convertibles upside down. While many other luxury brands tried and produced their own as well with varying progress, SAAB's 900…
Read more Art Meets Art In Brussels
Late summer seems to be a great time for 9-5NG meetings! Only a week or so ago we covered a 9-5NG meeting in lovely Lidköping, Sweden, and now we received a submission from Saabblog.net reader…
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