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Title: BioEthanol The Saab Way


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BioEthanol The Saab Way
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The driving forces behind renewable fuels such as
BioEthanol
  • Reduce fossil CO2 emissions
  • Security Of Supply Oil demand out stripping
    supply

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Why Saab?
  • High customer relevance Saab customers
    appreciate performance, but also are keen for
    responsible consumption
  • Innovation challenges conventional thinking
  • Saab heritage for turbo high performance and
    good efficiency. BioPower utilizes the same
    recipe
  • Scandinavian brand high social responsibility
    for environment

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The Saab BioPower ApproachThe Technology
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Advantages with Ethanol as a Fuel
  • High Quality and Potent Fuel
  • 104-octane E85 better than 98-octane Gasoline
  • Greater Resistance against Knocking
  • Enables More Efficient and Optimal Combustion

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Advantages with Ethanol (E85)
  • Using and adapting existing Technology
  • Using existing Infrastructure
  • No big Capital Investments
  • Flexibility in Transient Period
  • Change Over from Gasoline without Interruptions
  • Parallel Development of Technologies for Long
    Term Perspective

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E85 Infrastructure rapidly expanded
  • By end of 2004 - 140 E85 filling stations
  • By end of 2005 - 300 E85 filling stations
  • By February 2006 - 320 E85 filling stations
  • By end of 2009 - 50 of Net work covered
    est. 2300 E85 filling stations(Mandatory
    Requirement by Swedish Government)

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Technical Content Saab 9-5 2.0t BioPower MY06
  • Modified 2.0 liter Turbo Engine
  • Experience from Saab Variable Compression Engine
  • New Control Algorithms to Saab Trionic System
  • In House Capacity and Capabilityfor Quick
    Development
  • Auto Detection and Adaptation for Fuel Quality
  • Modified Material for Fuel System and Fuel Tank
  • Engine Block Heater for Cold Starts

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Customer Highlights Saab 9-5 2.0t BioPower MY06
  • Improved social Consciousness - less Pollution of
    the Environment
  • Higher Performance 30hp and 40Nm (30 lb.ft.)
    on Ethanol
  • Faster Response when accelerating
  • Meets the Euro 4 Requirement
  • Additional Benefits in Sweden
  • 20 Tax Relief for Company Car Drivers
  • Free parking in major cities
  • Congestion Charge Relief (Stockholm)

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The Future of Saab BioPower
  • BioPower versions of our other existing engines
  • High potential with turbocharging
  • New possibilities to increase compression ratios
    for optimum power and efficiency and powertrain
    downsizing
  • Working towards usage of E100 (100 Ethanol)

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The Market Response
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Saab BioPower concept Worlds first
  • Higher Performance 30Hp and 40Nm running
    on E85
  • Same Saab Safety, Versatility, Comfort and
    Design
  • Same driving and fuel filling procedure running
    on E85

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Saab 9-5 BioPower is the 1 selling
Environmental Car in Sweden (and accounts for
80 of 9-5 sales in Sweden)
3500
Jan-Apr 2006
3259
3000
2500
2513
2000
2011
1500
1000
732
569
0
Saab 9-5
Ford Focus
Toyota Prius
Volvo V70
Volvo V50
BioPower
Flexifuel
Hybrid
Flexifuel
Flexifuel
Source BilSweden 2006-05-02
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and France
Saab BioPower at the a Tradeshow in Paris, Q1 2006
Philippe van der Meulen, MD Saab France Jacques
Chirac, President de la Republique
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Momentum also building in the USA
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Future in Europe and RoW
  • Huge Interest for Saab BioPower and Ethanol
  • Launch on a number of European markets during
    Spring 2006
  • Increasing interest for Ethanol in USA
  • Saab E85 Order Books are full
  • Best Vehicle Innovation 2006 Prize in Belgium
  • Saab will continue to lead the Premium Segment
    with the Roll-out of BioPower on other Vehicles
    in the Portfolio
  • BEST Initiative 2006 (BioEthanol for Sustainable
    Transport)

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