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The Galaxy E8, a medium-sized sedan owned by Geely Galaxy, officially went on sale on December 16, with a total of five new models priced from 188000 yuan.

It is understood that Geely Galaxy E8 is the first model of Geely Galaxy "Intelligent Pure Electric E Series", which is based on the vast structure of Geely Group SEA. The new car is expected to be officially launched and delivered in January 2024.

In terms of appearance, the new car adopts the new design language of "ripple aesthetics" and integrates sound, light, electricity and other elements, which has a great sense of the future as a whole. Specifically, the front face of the new car uses a large area of closed panel with split LED headlights, C-shaped enclosure decoration and other elements design, headlight group shows upward momentum. In addition, the new car also has a glowing matrix of 158 windows with a luminous area of 0.105m ². Officials say the new car is the first mass-produced integrated front face in the world. The new luminous square matrix LOGO fits above the front grille with high overall recognition.

On the side of the body, the new car posture is close to a sedan car model, 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 intake grille, low wind resistance closed pneumatic rims and other low wind resistance design, Geely Galaxy E8 wind resistance coefficient is 0.199Cd. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 5010/1920/1465mm and the wheelbase is 2925mm. In the rear part, the new car as a whole adopts a relatively simple design style, the taillight is a penetrating style design, and has rich lamp cavity lines to create a good visual effect, while the rear exaggerated diffuser design further enhances the movement flavor of the vehicle.

In the interior part, the most attractive part of the new car is the 45-inch 8K unbounded wisdom bully screen, which officials say has an effective display area up to 1130mm/138mm, extending from the left side of the driver's seat to the right side of the passenger seat, almost throughout the center console. The new car will also be equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 flagship chips and Geely's new car system. In addition, the control area under the center console of the new car is not integrated with a knob, replaced by a flat panel and wireless charging design, which is a more popular design form at present, while the steering wheel is a conventional design.

In terms of power, combined with the declaration information, the new car is expected to be equipped with lithium iron phosphate battery pack, the previously declared model will be driven by a single motor, with a maximum power of 200 kilowatts, and is expected to provide 18-inch and 19-inch rims to choose from. The vehicle is equipped with a battery pack with a capacity of 76 kWh, a pure electric mileage of 665 km and a vehicle mass of 2030 kg.

After entering 2023, Geely moves more and more frequently in the field of new energy, especially from the Geely Galaxy brand, the pace of Geely's transformation of new energy is obviously accelerated. In February this year, at the new energy brand strategy conference, Geely officially launched its new Galaxy series brands. in the future, the Galaxy series products will focus on a price range of more than 150000 yuan and less than 300000 yuan, of which 250000 yuan is its more important main price. At the press conference at that time, Geely Galaxy launched seven products, among which, Galaxy Intelligent Electric Mixer L series launched L5, L6, L7, L9 a total of 4 products, he Intelligent Pure Electric E series launched E6, E7, E8 a total of 3 products. Among them, the Galaxy L7 is the first mass-produced model of the Galaxy series, which was launched on May 31. The car is based on e-CMA intelligent superelectric architecture, positioning compact SUV, and power equipped with four-cylinder 1.5T plug-in hybrid system. The Galaxy L6 is the second model in the Geely Galaxy new energy product series, and it is also the first car in the series, the positioning compact car, launched on September 16, a total of five models with a price range of 11.58-149800 yuan, equipped with the new generation of Raytheon electric mixer 8848 plug-in hybrid system.

"with the launch of Geely Galaxy products, all Geely brands have sounded the horn of all new energy transformation," Gui Shengyue, CEO of Geely Automobile Holdings Co., Ltd., said at Geely's 2023 interim results. According to the plan, the Galaxy series will launch a new car every quarter, focusing on the gap in the mainstream Volkswagen hybrid market of 15-300000 yuan, in order to expand Geely's competitiveness in the new energy field. As for whether the new car will bring new sales growth to Geely after its launch, it remains to be verified.

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