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AC Cobra will be manufactured in Sweden

AC Cars and the Swedish company T-Engineering have reached an agreement on the production of one of the most revered sports cars of all time, the AC Cobra. The cars will be hand-built in Trollhättan, the factory where the Saab 92 and 900 Turbo models were once built.

The new AC Cobra GT Roadster will be launched in 2025. It is a lightweight carbon-fiber sports car powered by Ford’s 5.0-liter V8 engine producing 654 hp and 575 lb-ft (with turbochargers) or 454 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque. Customers can also choose a version with a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, which delivers 390 hp.

Why Trollhättan? The city, located in southwest Sweden, has a rich history of automotive innovation, engineering excellence and a skilled workforce. After Saab shut down its production in 2023, marking the end of an era in Swedish automotive manufacturing, Joachim Ågren, Country Manager for Sweden at Surplex said: “It’s difficult not to get nostalgic and shed a tear. These presses have shaped Saabs that millions of Swedes have grown up with.”

Also, some engineers and technicians, who used to work for Saab, moved to T-Engineering, and in the immediate vicinity there is also the Saab Legacy test track, which was once used for perfecting new Saab models. Now AC Cobra wants to take advantage of that and start its new chapter.

Source: T-Engineering

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Sweden will be the first country with electrified roads

The European Union has officially banned the sale of new cars with an internal combustion engine by 2035, so companies and countries are working hard on the new era of electrification. Sweden will be the first country with electrified roads, and in the next two decades the country plans to build 3,000 kilometers of modern highways.

The first section of the electric highway will be built in the next two years. The electric highway will enable the vehicle’s battery to be charged while driving on it, but it is not clear how this will be done. There are three possibilities: catenary system, inductive system and conductive system. Experts believe that this will mean longer journeys for vehicles with smaller capacity batteries. This should prevent long waits at charging stations.

According to Euronews, Sweden is a pioneer in the electrification of roads through several projects, and among these projects is an electric highway that should connect the logistics hubs between the cities of Hallsberg and Orebro, which are located between three large cities – Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo.

The research found that the size of car batteries could be reduced by 70 percent with electric roads. In doing so, it was determined that not all roads in Sweden would have to be electrified. It is estimated that it would be necessary to electrify only 25 percent of roads.

Sweden is cooperating with Germany and France regarding the construction of electric roads that Italy, Great Britain and the United States of America also intend to build.

Source: Euronews