Zeekr Increasingly Feels Like A Polestar Do-Over As Polestar falters, this Geely-backed EV company is one to watch. Plus: Hyundai's Genesis needs hybrids to grow. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Aug 30 2024 -
Zeekr CX1E Aims Straight For The Tesla Model Y The compact crossover is part of Zeekr's plan to introduce seven new EVs by 2026. By Kevin Williams China - Jul 8 2024 -
Porsche Confirms Plan To Take Some Combustion Cars Fully Electric The German performance brand won't reverse course on EVs. Plus, the Geely brands get hit hard by new anti-China tariffs. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Jul 8 2024 -
'Tesla’s Future Relies On His Presence': Musk's $56B Pay Vote Down To The Wire How the Tesla shareholder vote tomorrow will go seems to be anyone's guess. Plus: more on the EU's China tariffs, and GM's Cruise is back. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Jun 12 2024 -
Geely Is The First Chinese Automaker To Crack The Top 10 Global Auto Sales Chart The Geely Group passed the Mercedes-Benz Group and BMW in Q1 2024. By Iulian Dnistran Industry - May 27 2024 -
Where Tesla Falls Down, Geely Picks Up With Its Zeekr Brand Constant updates have turned the Zeekr 001 into a hot seller on the Chinese market. Right now, it's the car Tesla wishes it made. By Kevin Williams China - May 8 2024 -
We Tried A Tesla 'Full-Self-Driving' Competitor From China. It's Better Than You Think Just like Tesla, the JiYue 01 uses a camera-based, vision-only design for automated driving assistance. By Kevin Williams Autonomous Vehicles - May 8 2024 -
These Five Chinese EV Brands Would Sell Like Crazy In The U.S. China has a lot of upstart EV brands, but these five could do really well here with little effort. By Kevin Williams Beijing Motor Show - May 2 2024 -
Volvo Stops Funding Polestar As Geely Prepares Bailout The two companies will continue to collaborate on R&D, manufacturing, and sales. By Suvrat Kothari Industry - Feb 1 2024 -
Geely Galaxy E8 Goes On Sale For Less Than $25,000 This reasonably-priced sedan aims to get even more Chinese drivers out out of their ICE cars, and in to EVs. By Kevin Williams China - Jan 8 2024 -
China's Zeekr Claims New LFP Battery Adds 310 Miles Of Range In 15 Minutes The pack enables 427 miles of range on the Zeekr 007 sedan. Not bad for a cheaper LFP battery. By Dan Mihalascu Battery Tech - Dec 18 2023 -
Nio And Geely Join Forces On Battery Swapping Tech The Chinese automakers will collaborate on battery swap standards, network expansion, and future battery swappable models. By Dan Mihalascu China - Nov 30 2023 -
The First Electric Pickup Truck In China Is Heading Overseas The first production run of the electric trucks for export has already come off the assembly line. By Steven Loveday China - Jul 25 2023 -
See China’s Abandoned EV Graveyard: Thousands Of Cars Rot In Huge Fields A YouTuber alleges that some Chinese carmakers are using deceptive tactics to balloon their sales numbers By Suvrat Kothari China - Jun 20 2023 -
Geely's Upcoming Tesla Rival Revealed Via Patent Images The sleek-looking EV was previewed as a concept under the new Galaxy brand. By Iulian Dnistran News - May 19 2023 -
Geely Adopts Tesla's "Giga Press" Manufacturing Technique The diecasting technique saves time and money by allowing EVs to be built with many fewer body parts. By Steven Loveday Manufacturing / Production - May 2 2023 -
Chinese Automaker Zeekr To Launch In Europe Next Year The brand is owned by Geely. By Ben O'Hare News - Apr 2 2023 -
Geely's Galaxy EV Luxury Brand Debuts Light BEV Study, L7 PHEV Galaxy will launch seven models by 2025, four long-range plug-in hybrids and three battery electric vehicles. By Dan Mihalascu China - Feb 23 2023 -
Geely Teases New Large Electric Sedan Before 2023 Debut This long, sleek sedan underpinned by the same platform used in many Volvo and Polestar models looks like it has rear-hinged doors. By Andrei Nedelea Teasers - Jan 26 2023 -
Revised Zeekr 001 Has Huge 140 KWH Battery, 641-Mile Range That’s over 1,000 km on one charge of what is the industry’s biggest battery pack in a vehicle of this type. By Andrei Nedelea News - Jan 3 2023 -
Geely Showcases SEA-M Platform Used By Waymo's Zeekr Robotaxi Derived from Geely's SEA platform, SEA-M is for future mobility products like robotaxis, multi-purpose vehicles and logistics vehicles. By Dan Mihalascu Autonomous Vehicles - Nov 18 2022 -
China: Zeekr Will Be The First Brand To Use CATL's New Qilin Batteries The upcoming Zeekr 009 will be the first model in Q1 2023, followed by the Zeekr 001 with a range of 1,000 km (622 miles) in Q2. By Mark Kane Battery Tech - Aug 28 2022 -
Geely Unveils Radar Auto RD6 Electric Pickup, May Bring It To US The first product of Geely's new Radar Auto pure electric outdoors lifestyle vehicle brand, the RD6 will enter production in Q4 2022. By Dan Mihalascu China - Jul 13 2022 -
China: Zeekr Celebrates Delivery of 20,000th Zeekr 001 Sales of the new model started over 7 months ago, back in October 2021. By Mark Kane Sales - May 29 2022 -
