As the Saab saga continues to drag on, new reports on its matters are starting to seem like a TV show that's running out of ideas. Saab declared bankruptcy, then confirmed a number of suitors were interested in buying the company, and then its deals collapsed. Just when people thought the Swedish marque would be dead for good, here it is, back again.
Earlier today, Swedish online news site The Local reported that Saab had finally made a deal with National Electric Vehicle Sweden!
Mikaael Östlund of the National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB said, "We submitted a definitive offer on April 7 before the deadline for bids expired."
Two weeks ago, news of the deal first surfaced when we were told that National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), an all-new enterprise associated with former Volvo Trucks head Karl-Erling Trogen, had applied for a bid on out-of-administration Saab assets.
A Swedish-registered company, jointly founded by a Hong Kong-based firm specializing in alternative energy and a Japanese investment fund, NEVS declined to comment on the sum of the offer.
City manager for Trollhättan (Town of Saab HQ) Annika Wennerblom also commented earlier today that a deal has been struck. Wennerblom announced succinctly, "That's all we know at this moment."
But do we really know? Shortly after Wennerblom confirmed the deal, Trollhättan municipality Head of Information Peter Asp denied knowledge of any deal. "Annika Wennerblom had interpreted it as if it was a done deal, but that is not the case. It is unfortunate that there was a misinterpretation."
On that note, those that have been following Saab's ongoing events are left with another cliffhanger.
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