" they have some company strategy of "not talk much"" - That'll be the Chinese input then!
If they are really going to bring something out in Spring, I suppose we should be anticipating some news very soon... I have to confess to being a bit excited! (but I still bet it's a hybrid). Like you I too plan to never buy an ICEV again - but, for me, that will rule out hybrids as well. MW On 25 Feb 2014, at 12:32, Hoegberg wrote: > Yes, very interesting, I have owned several SAABs and I also really like them > and I also consider buying a new one if electric, I decided 10 years ago to > never buy a new fossil fueled car again.. > > So I have been waiting, and waiting.. > The "1-litre" Demo-car almost got me to rethinkthis! as it would have made > global use of bio-diesel possible! But then they did not go on and actually > produce it when I wanted it, so I had to wait another decade. ..Again.. > > > SAAB, yes we will se how this goes on, they have some company strategy of > "not talk much" before they can actually sell/produce stuff. I really hope > they are not to late in to the game now. But Besides beeing a half-Swedish > company :-) they have an other advantage over some others, they have the > Battery production unit. So they dont have to pay a full market price. If you > want to see it that way. > > > Plugin/BEV > Here in Sweden the distances are long and a plugin version is probably what > most need, so even if many trips is just 15-80 km each day, some are not.. > > But you can always have 2 cars and use the older almost free/cheap fossil one > for that 1 day (or less) in a week that you need to do something unusual. > > But the taxes is high on diesel cars, so therefore BEV is not a perfect > solution. > > > /John > > > > > ---------------------------------------- >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:35:29 +0000 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [EVDL] SAAB Returns From the Dead - Now an Full EV? >> >> I don't remember hearing about this on the list and I received some news >> about it this morning that has prompted me to pen this message... >> >> Of particular interest to EU (and Chinese, apparently) readers, SAAB (cars, >> as opposed to the military aircraft arm) went bust a couple of years ago >> after being bought by GM (enough said!). It was finally bought by a >> Swedish/Chinese company called National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS). >> >> Old news, I know, but what is new(ish) news is that their first new SAAB >> (albeit still fossil fuelled) came off the production line in Trollhattan in >> December and NEVS are saying the first all-electric one will be available by >> spring... Absolutely nothing on their website about specs etc so it'll >> probably be a hybrid after all the hoop-la. >> >> I have always been a fan of the brand and owned one for a few years (a 9-3 >> turbo soft-top). I would seriously consider an all-EV one should they ever >> sell one, sell it in RHD, of course and if it was compatible with a Model S >> in terms of practicality - specifically 1/ range and 2/ fast-charge capable. >> >> More here... >> http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/381379-saab-production-restarts-in-sweden/ >> >> .... and here ... http://www.saabcars.com >> >> MW > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140226/12f1183d/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
