Saab / Nevs

[eSaab]

Good news they are now pressing coachworks for the EV's .

[Super-E]

According to "saabblog", the EV should arrive in the second quarter of 2014.

http://saabblog.net/2014/02/07/saab-ev- ... rtal-2014/

If you have a closer look on the picture of the presentation you will see "9-3 EV Sedan/Wagon", which really indicates a "first of category"

But some basic information would be very interesting to know:

- size of battery pack?
- pure EV or PHEV?
- chargeing specifications -> Type 2, xy kW? DC chargeing?
- real timeline of distribution?
- priceing?

Maybe this information is somewhere burried in sweedish blogs, but it seems they keep their lips tight...

@eSaab: it would be very helpful, if you would post the required information directly - if you spot it somewere - instead of posting links in sweedish language. As we keep this thread in english just for you, it would be nice if you could sumarize them in return.

[eSaab]

I don't know so much more, Saab are not so open about the new EV's, hopefully they will speak out with some more information soon. (a few weeks or more)

Here is some not confirmed information : That the electric car will initially have a range of around 200 km others say "Im Aftonbladet ist von 280 Kilometern" (saabblog.net/2014/02/11/saab-9-3-ev-im-aftonbladet/#comment-92493)
But with these new and good batteries hopfully more, we'll see.


And some details differ on the inside from the petrol cars.

[liftboy]

Basically very interesting, but do you mean 20 or 200 miles?

[silberstrom]

I found some critical comment about it:
"Why Saab's Chinese Electric Vehicles Are Not Real"
http://www.plugincars.com/why-saab-chin ... 29035.html

[eSaab]

Strangely enough here are some information about testdriving the new EV's from "saabsunited" (thus they are not real) :

http://www.saabsunited.com/2014/02/prod ... -cars.html

That sounds promising!

[silberstrom]

There is not much new info. But if somebody drove the car its good news. Lets hope the best.

[Super-E]

Hi eSaab,

I normaly do not care about range claims. I am just keen in facts. So the battery capacity (favorable the nominal and usable one) as well as the chargeing technology are the key facts. A car of this size needs 15-25kWh/100km depending on seasons and driving speed. To achieve 200/280km (real/optimistic) you need a 40kWh battery (usable capa).

So if you are able to talk to people within the team, you might find out about this. On the other hand - all BMW preseries EVs had batteries bigger than 30kWhs. So its not granted this prototype houses already the final size (to the better, or worse)..

[eSaab]

Hi super-E
I'm afraid I can not find any new information, but their old EV from 2007 had 35,5 kWh, so Nevs new EV will hopefully be better than that!
We will have to wait until Saab publish new facts about their New EV, not long now a few weeks perhaps?

[eSaab]

More info:
http://www.insideevs.com/200-electric-s ... 170-miles/