Strip the Geely Galaxy Starship 7 back to its specification sheet and the character is already there: Petrol engine, 193 kW. Geely built from 2024, in the decade the industry is turning electric.
The background
The Geely Galaxy Starship 7 (Chinese: 吉利银河星舰7; pinyin: Jílì Yínhé Xīngjiàn 7) is a compact SUV manufactured by Geely Auto under the Geely Galaxy product line. The model was first introduced in October 2024 as a plug-in hybrid model called the Geely Galaxy Starship 7 EM-i and went on production in the following month. It is the first vehicle under the "Starship" (星舰; Xīngjiàn) series, and the first vehicle to utilize the NordThor EM-i 2.0 plug-in hybrid powertrain.
In 2025, Geely will introduce a battery electric model called the Geely Galaxy Starship 7 EV. The plug-in hybrid version is sold outside China as the Geely EX5 EM-i in most countries, the Geely E5 EM-i in South Africa, and the Geely Starray EM-i in Australia, Indonesia and Spain, reusing the Starray nameplate from the export model of the Geely Boyue L. Proton, which has been a subsidiary of Geely since 2017, also marketed and sold the vehicle as the Proton eMas 7 PHEV (stylised as e.MAS 7 PHEV) in Malaysia as the brand's first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
The engineering
The engine is Petrol engine; the output is 193 kW; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1610-1724 kg. That is roughly 120 horsepower per tonne: brisk everyday performance. Drive goes through a 1-speed (EM-i). The wheelbase is 2755 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
In the Geely line-up the Geely Galaxy Starship 7 has a clear place: the factory was ubl | China: Linhai, Zhejiang | Indonesia: Purwakarta, West Java ( , Starray EM-i) | Malaysia: Proton City, Tanjong Malim, Perak ( ) | Brazil: Curitiba, Paraná (Renault Geely do Br. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Kia EV6, the Hongqi Tiangong 08, the Changan Automobile Avatr 07. Its Geely stablemates include the Geely GE and the Geely Yuanjing X6.