Saab 9-3 sedan production two years after the bankruptcy restart

Nov 29 the new owner national electric vehicle Sweden AB, the Swedish car manufacturer Saab, production of the sedan 9-3 on Monday in the Trollhattan plant in Sweden again begins said (Reuters) - a spokesman for Nadeem on Friday.

The 9-3 sedan is powered by a turbocharged petrol engine and "small and modest numbers" for China and Sweden, said Nadeem spokesman Mikael Ostlund built.

This step comes after almost two years reported Saab, which had made cars since 1947, at the end of the year 2011 personal bankruptcy. General Motors co, which sold it in 2010 to Dutch sports car group Spyker was previously part of Saab.

Nadeem, 22 percent owned by the Chinese city of Qingdao by the city are investment company, which bought most of the assets of Saab last year. Ostlund reaffirms that an electric 9-3 sedan will launch is expected next year in China.

Since Nadeem acquired the assets, it has reached new agreements with the 400 suppliers for the 9-3, Ostlund said.

The vehicle, which Monday begins production similar to the last 9-3 fatty acids, which rolled out the line in Trollhattan in 2011. But Ostlund said, 9-3 can renew Nadeem, if it is started as an electric sedan in China next year.

About 600 people now work at Saab assembly plant in Trollhatten, Ostlund said. The factory workforce at that time about 3,500 by Saab bankruptcy, he added.

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Restart reported problems in Nissan leaf

TOKYO - Nissan Motor Co has received complaints from owners, that its leaf electric car occasionally posing start-a potential blow to the automaker of the aim to promote emission-free vehicles.

Japan's no. 2 automaker said on Monday it was looking for on that in the cause, the sheet air conditioning unit returned. Nissan assesses whether the glitch in a specific component or programming, was Toshitake Inoshita spokesman said.

Nissan plans no recall for now, because the topic touches not security, but will decide as to the cause of the problem identify action, he said.

"If we know the exact cause, we will decide whether to issue a service bulletin, or other steps", Inoshita said.

He added that the phenomenon in the United States and Japan, has been reported, although he no exact figure for the number of complaints.

Strive for Nissan and its French partner Renault SA leader in the emerging field of electric vehicles, the plug into an electrical outlet to supply the car batteries become, and have no tailpipe emissions.

Nissan started the paper five-seater in Japan and the United States in December. Delivered, it sold more than 3,300 units in Japan as of February and an other 452 in the United States by March.

Production at the plant of Nissan Oppama South of Tokyo, again the leaf taken, recorded on the Monday on the basis of the normal - the supplier delivered parts - for the first time in a month, because it was interrupted by a devastating earthquake that rocked Northeastern Japan on 11 March.

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Nissan restart more car factories in Japan

Nissan plans more Japanese works next resume in week, but it auto and parts production may be a few months before supplies and other elements of the auto industry of the country back to normal.

The automaker says it will continue production of parts at the five sites Monday. It then plans to vehicle production Thursday resume, as long as supplies last.

Most of the Japanese automobile industry shut down after a powerful earthquake and tsunami devastated the country earlier of this month. Nissan and other automakers have begun resuming production, but the industry is still facing rolling blackouts and infrastructure problems that can hinder it until mid or late summer.

Nissan says that that be restarted plants not in full production.

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