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NEVS and ICONIQ to jointly develop electric vehicles

National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) is teaming up with Chinese EV startup ICONIQ to jointly develop vehicles.

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ICONIQ president Alan Wu and NEVS chairman Kai Johan Jiang.

The partnership will see the brands cooperate on shared technologies with vehicles to be developed under each brand. Manufacturing for ICONIQ will take place in NEVS’ joint venture manufacturing facility in Tianjin, China – which recently gained its EV production licence –  while NEVS will also use its Trollhättan facility.

The cooperation was agreed during the Shanghai Auto Show lately, where ICONIQ unveiled its Seven electric MPV, which starts production in 2019. NEVS has also announced it is to develop an E-segment EV commuter vehicle, with production to start in 2020.

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Natalie Middleton

Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for nearly 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day. Natalie edits all the Fleet World websites and newsletters, and loves to hear about any latest industry news - or gossip.