Evergrande is new main owner of NEVS

Chinese property developer Evergrande has acquired 51% of shares of NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) in a bid to help the smart car firm develop green mobility solutions. Evergrande’s business covers technology, real estate, health and cultural tourism. The deal is expected to help NEVS develop a second car manufacturing plant in Shanghai which will be used to develop electric vehicles and transport solutions. Currently, NEVS has a manufacturing plant in Tianjin, China, and Trollhättan, Sweden
January 22, 2019 Read time: 1 min

Chinese property developer Evergrande has acquired 51% of shares of NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) in a bid to help the smart car firm develop green mobility solutions.  

Evergrande’s business covers technology, real estate, health and cultural tourism.

The deal is expected to help NEVS develop a second car manufacturing plant in Shanghai which will be used to develop electric vehicles and transport solutions.

Currently, NEVS has a manufacturing plant in Tianjin, China, and Trollhättan, Sweden.

National Modern Energy Holding, a company owned by the founder of NEVS Kai Johan Jiang, will have the remaining 49% of the shares.

In September 2018, NEVS began utilising Phantom Auto’s %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external teleoperation false http://www.itsinternational.com/sections/general/products/nevs-utilises-phantom-auto-technology-to-improve-av-safety/ false false%>system to help improve safety for passengers in its electric autonomous vehicles. 

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