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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl Member Run Boards >> Environment >> Saabs Going Electric http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1339630013 Message started by Greens_Win on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 9:26am

Title: Saabs Going Electric
Post by Greens_Win on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 9:26am

Sustainable solutions WOO HOO

http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/asian-electric-car-consortium-to-save-saab/story-e6frfkur-1226394862809

Just shows how behind the ball Australia is due to the old parties support for old ways.

Fantastic Saab survives and now will thrive. They are brilliant cars.

Title: Re: Saabs Going Electric
Post by longweekend58 on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 10:04am

____ wrote on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 9:26am:

SAAB went broke.

Title: Re: Saabs Going Electric
Post by Quantum on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 10:13am

Saab have been known to promise much and deliver little. They were going to revolutionize the auto world 12 years ago with their variable compression ratio engine. Like every other manufacturer that had experimented with the technology, nothing came into production.

Saab, a company sold off by GM as a lost cause, isn't going to change the auto world because they have been bought by an electrical group. This will result in nothing but pr spin until they a resold in a few years time.

Title: Re: Saabs Going Electric
Post by Greens_Win on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 10:39am

Bloomberg News reported today a consortium named National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB, which is led by Japanese investment firm Sun Investment and Hong Kong-based renewable-energy power-plant builder National Modern Energy Holdings Ltd., has agreed to buy Saab and turn the company into an electric carmaker.

The National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB consortium was recently formed with the sole purpose of acquiring Saab.

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/saab-bought-by-chinese-japanese.html

The Green Revolution Continues.

Title: Re: Saabs Going Electric
Post by Deathridesahorse on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 2:50pm

Well, don't know how much I like saabs but the pathway to the future seems clear: CHANGE AHEAD!

Title: Re: Saabs Going Electric
Post by Guildford on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 4:25pm

Don't expect to see any Saab badged electric cars anytime soon. This is a cheap asset purchase made by cashed up investers. These type of purchases rarely
achieve the levels generated by the hype.

Prediction, factories are sold off very quickly.

Title: Re: Saabs Going Electric
Post by longweekend58 on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 4:52pm

Why would you expect SAAB - a failed manufacturer - to come up with viable EVs when everyone else has failed miserably?

Title: Re: Saabs Going Electric
Post by mozzaok on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 4:53pm

This Topic was moved here from Politicians Suck by mozzaok.

Title: Re: Saabs Going Electric
Post by MOTR on Jun 16^th, 2012 at 11:21am

longweekend58 wrote on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 4:52pm:

Why would you expect SAAB - a failed manufacturer - to come up with viable EVs when everyone else has failed miserably?

EVs are inevitable. The Volt is not far off being economically viable, SAAB will be followed by many. Watch the technology explode.

Title: Re: Saabs Going Electric
Post by Deathridesahorse on Jun 27^th, 2012 at 7:30pm

MOTR wrote on Jun 16^th, 2012 at 11:21am:

longweekend58 wrote on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 4:52pm:

Why would you expect SAAB - a failed manufacturer - to come up with viable EVs when everyone else has failed miserably?

EVs are inevitable. The Volt is not far off being economically viable, SAAB will be followed by many. Watch the technology explode.

I agree: tesla is releasing cheaper and cheaper models with a strategic aim of getting a name for quality!!

The technology is basically in the bag given the umbilical chord of supply concerns that accompany the fossil fuels powered modes of transport.

THE WORLD IS CHANGING: CONSOLIDATION HAPPENS AND THEN BANG YOU HAVE A NEW PARADIGM.

BYE BYE GAS GUZZLERS: GREED IS UNSUSTAINABLE!!