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Nevs Emily GT rescuer buys manufacturing facility in Italy; first EVs due this yr

The Nevs Emily GT, a 621-mile electrical saloon developed by former Saab engineers in Sweden, may enter manufacturing throughout the subsequent few years.

The mission was rescued from a financially enforced ‘hibernation’ final December by Canadian start-up EV Electra, and its CEO has now claimed to have purchased a manufacturing facility in Italy. 

CEO Jihad Mohammad posted on LinkedIn: “Yes, we did make a suggestion to purchase an automotive manufacturing facility in Italy and at last it was accredited yesterday (not the Maserati manufacturing facility), and on this new venue we’ll construct electrical automobiles that can make everybody shocked.

“We have greater than [a] few fashions now, after a number of acquisitions that occurred in [the] final two months, and yet one more is going on this week that can enable us to be on prime of our sport.

“I promised my team not to give more details, since our investors need to know before everyone else. Then an official press release will clear all the questions.”

It continues to be unsure whether or not these ‘surprising’ EV Electra manufacturing automobiles shall be Emily GTs – of which EV Electra has previewed 4 variants (a saloon, capturing brake, coupé and cabriolet) – or its personal fashions. 

In a separate publish as we speak that includes a rendering of the Nostrum supercar (beforehand referred to as the Quds), Mohammad wrote: “Next week, we start choosing our dealers that we will work with everywhere so we can announce them in May, and they will start having show cars in June. Delivery to customers as promised will start in August 2024 for 2025 models.”

It seems that Mohammad’s beforehand said want to supply automobiles at Saab’s outdated dwelling in Trollhättan is not going to occur, having didn’t agree a cope with the manufacturing facility’s new proprietor, Swedish funding firm Stenhaga Invest. 

At one level, the EV Electra CEO had even prompt {that a} new manufacturing facility could possibly be constructed alongside the outdated one.

He has additionally hinted on LinkedIn that EV Electra is investigating enterprise of some sort in China.

The Nevs acquisition

Following the 2023 buyout, Nevs CEO Nina Selander hailed EV Electra’s acquisition of the Emily GT – in addition to the Nevs Pons autonomous pod – as a “realisation of shared dreams” and a “profound moment”.

The two corporations’ joint assertion added that EV Electra would quickly start assembling its first automobiles at a manufacturing facility in Turkey.

EV Electra founder and CEO Jihad Mohammad stated on the time: “We could have automobiles popping out of Trollhättan once more.

“We did this acquisition absolutely conscious that we might want to again it all through improvement to mass manufacturing.