The Geely Galaxy E8 is a 4-door fastback sedan from Geely, built from 2024, in the decade the industry is turning electric.
Where it came from
The Geely Galaxy E8 (Chinese: 吉利银河E8; pinyin: Jílì Yínhé E8) is a battery electric mid-size sedan manufactured by the Chinese car manufacturer Geely Auto under the Geely Galaxy marque. The E8 is the Geely Galaxy marque's third model, after the L7 SUV and L6 sedan. It is also the brand's first battery electric vehicle. The plug-in hybrid version of the E8 is the Galaxy Starshine 8.
Under the skin
200–475 kW (272–646 PS is the published figure. It weighs 1905-2150 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 105 horsepower — brisk everyday performance. The wheelbase is 2925 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Qiantang, Hangzhou, China. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Kia EV6, the Alfa Romeo Junior, the Mini Aceman — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Geely catalogue sit the Geely GE and the Geely Yuanjing X6.