Trollhättan Assembly Explained

Trollhättan Assembly
Location:Trollhättan, Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Industry:Automotive
Employees:347[1]
Address:Saabvägen 5, SE-461 38 Trollhättan

Trollhättan Assembly is an automobile factory in Trollhättan, Sweden. The factory opened in 1947 under the ownership of Saab AB, then passing to Saab Automobile. From 1989 to 2010, the factory was partially (1989–1999), then completely (2000–2010) owned by General Motors.[2] In 2010, Saab was sold to Spyker Cars. The plant ended production in 2011 and restarted in 2013, after the NEVS purchase of Saab Automobile. The Trollhättan complex, including the assembly, is now the sole site of all Saab engineering and manufacturing activities. After NEVS announced its closure in March 2023,[3] the factory was sold to Stenhaga Invest AB, with both Polestar and EV Electra showing interest in buying the factory.[4] [5]

It was founded on the site of Trollhättan airfield, by the aircraft manufacturer Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (Saab AB), an aircraft manufacturer since 1937 and based in Linköping, Sweden. The first automobile off the line was the Saab 92, a front-wheel drive, two-stroke, transverse-engined passenger vehicle.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Warburton. Simon. SWEDEN: NEVS sticks to autumn Saab 9-3 relaunch date. just-auto. 15 October 2013.
  2. Web site: GM Europe to Keep Sagging Saab Plant in Business. January 23, 2006. . https://web.archive.org/web/20060212080045/http://wardsauto.com/ar/auto_gm_europe_keep/index.htm . February 12, 2006.
  3. Web site: Gauthier . Michael . 12 March 2023 . Saab's Ghost Comes Back To Haunt Once Again As NEVS Goes Into "Hibernation Mode" . Carscoops.
  4. Web site: Polestar To Open New R&D Facility At Former Saab Factory. Brad. Anderson. 24 April 2023. Carscoops.
  5. Web site: Aničić . Goran . 25 January 2024 . EV Electra and the Saab Factory: Navigating the Future of the Emily GT Project . 2 February 2024 . Saab Planet . en-US.