EV Electra considers manufacturing electric cars in Trollhättan

There is renewed hope that electric cars will be produced at the former Saab factory in Trollhättan in the future. The electric vehicle manufacturer EV Electra has bought the rights to the Emily GT project from NEVS - and could produce the sporty electric saloon in Trollhättan.

The startup EV Electra is taking over the Emily GT project presented in May 2023 from the Saab successor company National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), which belongs to the Chinese group Evergrande, a sporty electric saloon with four 90 kW wheel motors and a range of more than 1,000 kilometres with a 175 kWh battery.

EV Electra is planning to produce the Emily GT in Trollhättan: “We will have cars coming out of Trollhättan again. We did this acquisition fully aware that we will need to back it all the way through development to mass production,” Jihad Mohammad, founder and CEO of EV Electra, is quoted as saying in a statement from NEVS.

The model is to be marketed under the name EV Electra Emily GT. Further details will be published at a later date. EV Electra is also acquiring PONS from NEVS, a previously unknown project for an autonomous urban mobility system.

EV Electra is referred to as a Canadian company in NEVS’ press release, but according to Wikipedia, it is headquartered in Lebanon. The company’s business strategy apparently mainly involves acquisitions: Two years ago, EV Electra announced an investment of over 500 million US dollars in the acquisition of a majority stake in Detroit Electric.

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