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On October 17, Geely Galaxy's medium-sized sedan_Galaxy E8 official map was released. It is understood that Geely Galaxy E8 is the first model of Geely Galaxy "Intelligent Pure Electric E Series", built based on the vast SEA architecture of Geely Group, and it is expected that the new car will be launched in the fourth quarter of this year.

In terms of appearance, the new car adopts the brand-new design language of "Ripple Aesthetics", and integrates sound, light, electricity and other elements, which makes the whole car feel very futuristic. Specifically speaking, the front face of the new car uses a large-area closed panel with split-type LED headlights, C-shaped lower surround decoration and other elements design, the headlight group presents an upward momentum. In addition, the new car also has a luminous matrix composed of 158 windows with a luminous area of 0.105m². Officials say the new car is currently the world's first mass-produced integrated luminous front face. The brand-new light-emitting square matrix LOGO fits above the front grille for high overall recognition.

On the side of the car body, the posture of the new car is close to that of a coupe type, the roof line is very smooth, with hidden door handle design, the overall visual effect is good. It is understood that the new car will use external AGS active air intake grille, low drag closed pneumatic rim and other low drag design, Geely Galaxy E8 drag coefficient is 0.199Cd. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 5010/1920/1465mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2925 mm.

At the rear of the car, the new car adopts a relatively simple design style as a whole. The tail lamp is designed in a through-type style and has rich lamp cavity lines, creating a good visual effect. The exaggerated diffuser design at the rear further enhances the sporty atmosphere of the vehicle.

Interior part, the most attractive thing in the new car is equipped with 45-inch 8K unbounded intelligent screen, the official said that the effective display area of this display screen size up to 1130mm * 138mm, from the left side of the driver's seat to the right side of the co-driver, almost through the entire center console. The new car will also be equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 flagship chip and Geely's brand-new vehicle system. In addition, the control area under the center console of the new car does not have integrated knobs. Instead, it is a flat panel and wireless charging design, which is a popular design form at present, while the steering wheel is a conventional design.

In terms of power, combined with the declaration information, it is expected that the new car will be equipped with lithium iron phosphate battery pack. The pre-declared model will be driven by a single motor with a maximum power of 200kW. It is expected to provide 18-inch and 19-inch rims for selection. The vehicle is equipped with a battery pack capacity of 76 kWh, a pure electric range of 665 km and a vehicle readiness weight of 2030 kg.

With the rapid development of new energy vehicles in China and the strong rise of new energy vehicle enterprises such as BYD, Geely Automobile, which lacks the matrix of new energy products, is gradually losing the first-mover advantage of its own brand, resulting in pressure on its overall sales volume. However, after entering 2023, Geely's actions in the field of new energy are becoming more and more frequent, especially since Geely Galaxy brand, Geely's transformation into new energy is obviously accelerated.

In February this year, at the new energy brand strategy conference, Geely Automobile officially released its brand-new Galaxy series brand. In the future, Galaxy series products will focus on the price range of more than 150,000 yuan and less than 300,000 yuan, among which 250,000 yuan is its more important main price. At the press conference site at that time, Geely Galaxy launched 7 products, among which, Galaxy intelligent hybrid L series launched L5, L6, L7, L9 total 4 products, River intelligent pure electric E series launched E6, E7, E8 total 3 products.

Among them, Galaxy L7 is the first mass production model of Galaxy series brand, which was launched on May 31. The car is built based on e-CMA intelligent ultra-electric architecture, positioning compact SUV, powered with four-cylinder 1.5T plug-in hybrid system; Galaxy L6 is the second model of Geely Galaxy new energy product series, and also the first car of this series. It is positioned as a compact car. It was launched on September 16. A total of 5 models were launched, with a price range of 115,800 - 149,800 yuan. It is equipped with a new generation of Lei Shen electric hybrid 8848 plug-in hybrid system.

At Geely Automobile's mid-term earnings conference in 2023, Gui Shengyue, CEO of Geely Automobile Holding Co., Ltd., said: "With the launch of Geely Galaxy products, all brands under Geely Automobile have sounded the horn of comprehensive transformation to new energy." According to the plan, Galaxy series will launch a new car every quarter, focusing on the blank of 150,000 - 300,000 yuan mass mainstream hybrid market, so as to expand Geely's competitiveness in the field of new energy.

On October 15, Geely Automobile announced that the 50000 th Galaxy L7 was officially off the line, and it took only 33 days from the launch to the 10,000 th new car off the line. With the release of Geely Galaxy E8 official map, Geely Galaxy series product matrix has been further improved, and will continue to compete with Great Wall, BYD and other manufacturers on the same stage.

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