The old SAAB 9-3 has risen from the dead! The platform, now owned by National Electric Vehicles Sweden (NEVS) is being used as the basis for a "new" electric vehicle.  The 9-3EV has gone into production in Tianjin China in a factory that can assemble up to 50,000 units a year. Further manufacturing facilities are being set up in Trollhättan, Sweden and a new facility in Shanghai China.

Back in January, Evergrande Groupe, an investor in Faraday Future, purchased a 51% stake in NEVS for $930 million.  Evergrande is being tight lipped about the cars and no details have yet been released for range, power, battery size, or even On Sale dates.

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Exterior aged well.

I like the look of this car. I wonder if they will go in-wheel hub motors since it is an existing ICE platform. Gonna be very interesting to see how they do the EV power train in this old / new car.

https://www.nevs.com/en/

They are sure secretive on their web site to give any info about their power train or any other car info. So grey. Weird

It's aged pretty well. I wish they could do the 9-5 also.  That was a handsome and unique looking sedan. 

No, I don't think they'll do wheel hub motors. It's probably just an electric setup to the front wheels and batteries in the trunk/fuel tank area. 

3 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

It's aged pretty well. I wish they could do the 9-5 also.  That was a handsome and unique looking sedan. 

No, I don't think they'll do wheel hub motors. It's probably just an electric setup to the front wheels and batteries in the trunk/fuel tank area. 

WOW, Guess this answers their electric Power train.

https://www.proteanelectric.com/nevs-evergrande-acquires-british-automotive-technology-company-protean-electric/

NEVs has bought Protean Electric, world leader in in-wheel hub motors. Seems they will use their tech through out their auto line up.

https://www.proteanelectric.com/nevs-evergrande-acquires-british-automotive-technology-company-protean-electric/

It will for sure give them plenty of room for battery packs and a very solid AWD Powertrain.

EXCITEMENT!

I just hope they build a CUV / Truck ASAP! 

They aged well because you never see them on the road, there are so few out there it is like it never existed.  

They better price these cheap because I can't imagine a 10+ year old 9-3 with some batteries stuffed in it is anywhere near as good as a Tesla Model 3.  Unless they are selling these at less than $35k with a 200+ mile range this is dead on arrival.

I had an Uber X driver w a very clean 9-3 wagon recently.  Neat looking cars. 

Still looks better than some of the EVs I’ve seen...

 

Like most have said- it aged pretty well...

On 7/9/2019 at 11:30 PM, daves87rs said:

Still looks better than some of the EVs I’ve seen...

 

Like most have said- it aged pretty well...

Yes, it did.