When Saab met its demise within the early 2010s, New Electrical Automobile Sweden (NEVS) bought its property. Below new possession, the agency was engaged on an electrical model of the Saab 9-3, creatively named the NEVS 9-3EV. It provided round 175 horsepower and 190 miles of vary. The 9-3EV’s preliminary deliveries commenced in late 2018, however the automotive by no means made it to the mass manufacturing stage.
Early the next yr, China-based Evergrande Group bought a majority stake within the NEVS. Evergrande Group additionally bought $2 billion in Faraday Future again in 2018. In 2020, the company needed to boost its affect within the EV area, so it fully acquired NEVS.
At across the identical time, Evergrande Group confronted a collection of economic woes and needed to promote NEVS. To forestall chapter, NEVS introduced that it might enter “hibernation mode” and lay off its workers. This implies the agency will lay off round 95 % of its staff.
However NEVS additionally needed to showcase considered one of its tasks as a testomony to its engineering skills: the Emily GT. Whereas working at NEVS, the crew of ex-Saab engineers had been decided to create a very completely different sort of electrical automotive. Powered by an enormous 175-kilowatt-hour battery pack, the NEVS Emily GT has a spread concentrating on the 600-mile mark.
With a battery of that measurement, 600 miles might definitely be a sensible determine. However vary is not its solely weapon. Somewhat, the Emily GT contains a quad motor setup utilizing in-wheel electrical motors. Every motor can produce 120 horsepower, totaling 480 for the whole automotive.
Whereas 480 horsepower is a strong energy determine, the motors’ most spectacular attribute is their torque vectoring skills. The Emily GT provides true torque vectoring, permitting for unbelievable dealing with simply not attainable in most autos of its demeanor. Furthermore, by transferring the motors to contained in the wheels, effectivity can enhance because of the decreased mechanical friction.
The Emily GT demonstrates that efficiency and effectivity can arrive in the identical package deal.