Pre-orders have opened for the Geely EX5 mid-sized electric SUV as a local launch for the Tesla Model Y rival nears. It’s the first vehicle that Geely – parent of Volvo, Polestar and Lotus, among others – is launching under its namesake Geely Auto brand, which hasn’t been seen here since the early 2010s. Alongside pre-orders opening, Geely’s local website now has a configurator available .
Geely’s brand is a more mass-market one than the more premium Polestar, Volvo and Zeekr. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal.
Browse now . As such, the EX5 will be a direct rival for the ever-popular Tesla Model Y, and it’s bringing a range of standard gear supported by the backing of a company that has been in Australia for many years now through its various subsidiaries. Unlike other vehicles from the Geely empire sold in Australia, the EX5 is underpinned by the Global Intelligent New Energy Architecture (GEA) currently used only by vehicles from the Geely Auto brand.
The GEA platform is a derivative of the Geely group’s Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA), which underpins vehicles like the Volvo EX30 . Unlike SEA, GEA is said to be “the world’s first four-in-one AI intelligent architecture combining ‘hardware, system, ecology, and AI” according to Geely . The EX5 is powered by an 11-in-1 “intelligent electric drive” system, which is intended to be “the lightest, smalle.