Faraday investor Evergrande buys 51% of NEVS
Chinese corporation Evergrande Health Industry Group – Faraday Future’s disputed investor – has made a major investment in Chinese-owned National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) formerly Saab. Evergrande acquired a majority of NEVS shares at 51 per cent for a price of 930 million US dollars.
Evergrande Group is China’s third-largest property developer by sales. The Group has bought control of the electric vehicle maker through its subsidiary Evergrande Health, bolstering Group founder’s ambition to diversify from real estate into the rapidly growing EV industry. The company already owns 31 % of Californian EV startup Faraday Futures after initially settling for 45% stake, but more about that later.
The latest EV company that Evergrande has bought into, National Electric Vehicle Sweden, is itself entirely Chinese-owned despite having “Sweden” in its name. NEVS initial purchase of Saab bankrupt estate would have licensed the company to use the Saab brand and its griffin logo on vehicles assembled in China. However, the Saab legacy continued to be difficult as NEVS filed for bankruptcy protection in 2014.
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许家印赴瑞典视察
恒大NEVS是一家全球性电动汽车公司，于2012年成功收购了有75年历史底蕴的欧洲老牌车企——瑞典萨博的核心资产及知识产权。继承萨博“人车合一、贴地飞行”的品牌基因及源于北欧的深厚技术底蕴。位于瑞典的恒大NEVS电动智能汽车研发中心拥有超500人的全球研发团队和多元化的国际管理团队，员工超1800人，被誉为新能源汽车的技术圣地。
许家印与恒大NEVS高管在瑞典总部前合影
特别值得一提的是，恒大NEVS此前已与全球“超跑之王”柯尼塞格签订合作协议，双方将组建一家致力于研发和生产制造世界最顶级新能源汽车的合资公司。可以预见的是，继承了“萨博”强大造车功底的恒大NEVS与柯尼塞格在超跑界的顶尖技术，恒大有望打造出让特斯拉也望尘莫及的世界顶级电动汽车，让中国汽车企业登上世界舞台的中央。
Evergrande Group, one of China’s real estate giants, is seeking to expand its portfolio with a move into auto manufacturing, The Paper reported. Evergrande Health, a subsidiary of the group, said in an announcement on Tuesday that it has acquired a 51% stake in NEVS, a Sweden-based global electric car company, for $930 million, after winning the support of a majority of its board members. In 2012, NEVS acquired the core assets and intellectual property of Sweden’s 75-year-old Saab Automobile AB. It now operates one of the world’s best electric smart car R&D centers and has a global team of… Read more »
北京时间1月15日晚间，中国著名地产商许家印的恒大集团旗下在香港(专题)的上市公司恒大健康发布公告，宣布斥资9.3亿美元收购瑞典汽车制造商NEVS（National Electric Vehicle Sweden，国能电动汽车瑞典有限公司）。恒大集团作为中国著名地产企业控股新能源汽车行业这样的跨界引起瞩目。
根据NEVS创始人蒋大龙披露的细节，恒大对于此次收购相当果决。双方接洽的时间还不足半个月。公开信息显示，9.3亿美元款项中的第一期4.3亿美元已经再消息公布当天完成支付，后续款项也将在1月31日前支付。
在此次收购NEVS股权之前，恒大在电动汽车领域的布局早已开始。2018年9月下旬，恒大以144.9亿元人民币(专题)（1人民币约合0.148美元）出资中国广汇集团，成为广汇集团的第二大股东。而这家公司是全球最大的汽车经销企业。这意味着，恒大已完成新能源汽车产业链布局。
国家层面，新能源技术作为未来全球汽车行业发展的战略高地，中国寄希望于企业通过资本运作争取更多“弯道超车”的机会，赢得大国之间的博弈。
而对于地产巨头恒大而言，将NEVS招致麾下也只是进军汽车行业的开始，毕竟NEVS在中国还未量产。老牌车企实力如何还需要市场口碑的检验。
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Evergrand boss NEVS founder Kai Johan Jiang has a holding company that held 43 percent of NEVS shares to date. 30 percent was owned by the Chinese Tianjin BHIDA, while the remaining 27 percent was held by State Research Information Technology Co., part of the Chinese telecom giant China Unicorn. Forget about that tricky construction, because the Chinese Evergrande Group now takes a 51 percent stake in NEVS. The remaining 49 percent will be owned by Kai Johan Jiang and his holding company. In the more than six years that NEVS exists, it has planted a factory in Tianjin, China.… Read more »
Now NEVS is primarily owned by Evergrand Health, which has a controlling share at 51% for a price of 930 million US dollars (816 million euros). The first installment of 430 million dollars has already been paid while the remainder of the transaction will be completed by the end of January, according to the press release.
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