If the company declares bankruptcy it still does not mean that the manufacturer has to write itself off. Another carmaker to prove it is Saab which launched production of 9–3 sedans fitted with an electric powerplant. As reported by Sveriges Radio, the company will build 200 electric cars. In order not to offer any unjustified hopes Saab has not revealed any details so far. What is known is that the car can travel up to 200 km on one charge (no, there is no need to change the car after that).
Right now the engineers are working on battery improvement. The sedan will go on sale in Europe in 2015. There is no word about the price of the premiere yet. In 2011 Saab stopped car manufacturing and initiated bankruptcy proceedings. But in autumn 2012 it was purchased by the Swedish holding company National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS). The latter decided to bring the carmaker back to life instead of closing it down. In December 2013 the things started humming again and Saabs fitted with petrol-powered engines came back to the production lines. The first model to return was a rather powerful sedan 9–3 Aero equipped with 2-litre turbocharged engine producing 220 hp. However, the majority of cars are currently supplied to China, which comes as no surprise as the main NEVS stockholders are Chinese.
