National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS) has unveiled two electric vehicle concepts – the 9-3 and 9-3X – based on a Saab-engineered platform, which will be used in a city mobility pilot program that is supported by the Tianjin Binhai Hi-tech Industrial Development Area (THT) in China.
The company, which acquired the assets of the bankrupt Swedish marque, is not legally allowed to use the Saab trademark on its vehicles, although the models’ names used here are reminiscent of those from Saab. Therefore, these vehicles are badged as NEVS models on the front grille, at the back and on the alloy wheels.
However, the 9-3 and 9-3X aren’t just rebadged models, as NEVS has given them some significant updates like new headlights and taillights, a bigger front grille with blue accents, and cameras replace the side mirrors. The latter is conceptual, and the production version should revert back to a conventional setup.
According to the company, the vehicles are capable of offering an all-electric range of up to 300 km, and will be equipped with features such as remote monitoring and control via smartphone and a digital car key via a smartphone app. There’s also something called an Always Clean Air Cabin (ACAC) filtration system, which not only offers a filter efficiency up to 99%, but can also reduce the hazardous particle levels for PM 2.5 from 500 to 50 µg/m3 in less than a minute.
More than 150,000 units of the 9-3 series have been reportedly ordered by several Chinese companies, NEVS claims, adding that the EVs have passed through rigorous comfort, ride and handling testing, with a market launch set to take place in 2018.
Moving forward, the company is expected to introduce four new all-electric vehicles, built on the Phoenix platform. This includes a “sporty urban SUV” (compact SUV), an “urban adventurer” (mid-sized crossover), a “distinctive family SUV” (mid-sized SUV) and an “active all-rounder” (mid-sized “fastback”).
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Proton should snag this FSP…oh wai
Still waiting for our Proton and Perodua to come out with EV and PHEV. Everybody now moving towards EV. Look at this dead company, come out with EV, already got 150,000 orders.
Since Proton is a dead company also, it should plan an EV car as this is the future. Until 2017, the Proton engineers as well as the DRB engineers all tidur. Got no vision. Got no planning. It does not take a genius to figure out that the market now is EV.
Confirm dun get electrocuted?
If got electrocuted confirm has recall?
EV cars won’t cost below RM100K and Malaysians won’t buy it custom it’s Proton
*Because…I hate autocorrect
Bashers dun differentiate between concept and prod
I like the statement – There’s also something called an Always Clean Air Cabin (ACAC) cabin filtration system, which not only offers a filter efficiency up to 99%, but can also reduce the hazardous particle levels for PM 2.5 from 500 to 50 µg/m3 in less than a minute.
I can only understand :-
1)filter efficiency up to 99%
2)reduce the hazardous particle levels but I don’t understand “for PM 2.5 from 500 to 50 µg/m3 in less than a minute”.
Maybe john/Kunta or someone wiser can help explain this!?
Looks like china car… oh wai
Toyota Panasonic air filter bagus.