“Saab’s Secret Project: The Emily GT, a High-Quality European Electric Car”

The Swedish car manufacturer Saab has been through many twists and turns over the past two decades. When the American concern GM began to slowly withdraw from its ownership after the turn of the millennium, a whole lot of suitors swarmed. The courtship was won by the small Dutch car company Spyker, which, however, quickly cut its teeth at the management of a large car company. And the same fate followed the Chinese consortium NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden), which took over the baton after Spyker. So Saab finally went bankrupt ten years ago – but that doesn’t mean it’s completely finished.

The team of engineers and technicians of the brand secretly worked on a brand new car, which is supposed to combine innovative technical solutions of Saab with modern technologies. The car is called the Emily GT, and it’s a (fully functional!) prototype whose roots we could trace back to 2019. That’s the year Saab was tried to be resuscitated by the Chinese company Evergrande Group – before it itself managed to go bankrupt. This secret project was put on hold, but never quite completed.

“We have finally managed to complete a secret project that the NEVS group has been working on for many years,” said project manager Peter Dahl. “In today’s world, it’s very unusual to progress the development of a car from a blank sheet of paper to running prototypes in less than 10 months, but thanks to the knowledge and passion of our team, we’ve been able to do it.”

The Swedish company NEVS, to which the project currently belongs, was able to develop the car from scratch in 10 months of pure time, although in reality the development took longer due to pandemic measures. About 350 specialists worked on the project behind closed doors, the work started sometime in December 2019 and more than three and a half years later it is finally finished.

One of the few truly promising electric cars is said to have a range of 1,000 km thanks to a large battery with a capacity of 175 kWh. The wheels are powered by four electric motors, one on each wheel, each producing 123 horsepower, for a combined output of 492 horsepower. However, there is speculation about a more powerful version of up to 653 horsepower.

Originally, the plan was to develop 20 functional prototypes, but due to the delay in the covid pandemic, only six were created. Nevertheless, the team of passionate Swedes persevered and continued to work tirelessly. The result is a high-quality European electric car, which, in addition to its attractive appearance, promises true Scandinavian quality, which is desperately missing from many available electric cars.

In conclusion, it’s fair to say that the engineers and technicians in Sweden are like one family – so it’s no surprise that a certain Christian von Koenigsegg also showed up for the test drives of the Emily GT. And he was obviously pleasantly pleased with the experience: “The drive is very relaxing, the driver can really feel the effect of the torque vectoring… I have to say that I was really impressed by the car.”