Conflicting information in the Nevs soup – where is the Swedish-developed electric car Emily GT built?

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There will be no electric car manufacturing in Trollhättan, but in Italy, says the buyer of the electric car Emily GT first. Shortly thereafter, he takes everything back and claims that nothing is ready.

When Canadian EV Electra bought two electric car projects from Swedish Nevs in December, it became big news. At the time, it was said that the production of the Emily GT electric car would take place in Saab’s old factories in Trollhättan – but Jihad Mohammad informs the website Carup that it is clear that it will end up abroad.

– The engineers are based in Trollhättan. But the production ends up in Italy, it is already signed, says Jihad Mohammed, CEO of EV Electra, to Carup, in an article published on Wednesday at 13:50.

According to the site, the decision is due, among other things, to the fact that the Swedish factory was in worse condition than previously thought and that the owner does not want to sell it.

New announcement: nothing is clear

But on Thursday morning, new information applies. For SVT Nyheter, Jihad Mohammad refutes the information and says that it has not been decided yet. When asked when the decision will be made, he replies that it will happen at the end of the month.

Around midnight on Wednesday evening, Jihad Mohammad also wrote on Linkedin that EV Electra submitted an offer to buy a factory in Italy and that the deal was approved on Wednesday. He points out that it is not the Maserati factory, an Italian sports car manufacturer.

– I promised my team not to give more details, because our investors want to know before everyone else. Then a press release will be sent out that clarifies all the question marks, he writes.

In the past, Jihad Mohammad has also mentioned the Netherlands, Austria and Finland as possible manufacturing countries, in cooperation with local contract manufacturers.

Nevs, who developed the Emily GT, bought most of Saab’s bankruptcy estate in 2012. But in recent years they have had major financial problems and last year the majority of employees were laid off and the company was put on hiatus.