Geely to enter Europe with Geometry EV model

Geely Auto has signed a strategic cooperation settlement with Hungarian agency Grand Automotive Central Europe for the distribution and sale of merchandise from the Geometry model, starting with the Geometry C that may go on sale in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia within the first half of subsequent yr.

Previous to the settlement with Geely Auto, Grand Automotive Central Europe has been the importer and distributor for the Nissan model in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, in line with its web site.

“That is the primary time the Geely model enters the European Union market, and represents a major step forwards for Geely’s globalisation ambition,” stated Geely government deputy basic supervisor Xue Tao in line with Automobile Information China.

The Geometry model emerged to be the EV arm of Geely’s mainstream electrical automobiles, whereas standard inner combustion, hybrid and plug-in hybrid fashions stay underneath the Geely Auto model.

The Geometry C takes the type of a high-riding hatchback or crossover, measuring 4,432 mm lengthy, 1,833 mm huge and 1,560 mm tall with a wheelbase of two,700 mm. A single electrical motor rated at 200 PS and 310 Nm of torque drives the entrance wheels, and is obtainable in two battery specs; a 51.9 kWh battery pack that has as much as 400 km of vary, and a 61.9 kWh battery pack that allows the Geometry C to go as much as 550 km.

This got here after the Geometry A, the primary mannequin underneath the group’s electrical automobile model and which was beforehand often known as the Geely GE11.

Most up-to-date to emerge from the Geometry model is the Geometry E, a small EV crossover that’s primarily based on the EX3 Kungfu Cow and makes 82 PS from its single electrical motor. By comparability, the EX3 will get a barely extra highly effective 95 PS/180 Nm unit, and its 37 kWh litihium-ion battery allows a variety of as much as 322 km.

GALLERY: Geometry C in China