The Geely EX2 electrical hatchback was the best-selling rider car successful China successful 2025, and its accomplishment Down Under sees it articulation the mid-size Geely Starray EM-i plug-in hybrid and EX5 electrical SUVs.

While it's the archetypal hatch offered by Geely Australia, it uses the aforesaid level arsenic its showroom siblings, successful a five-door, five-seat layout with a azygous electrical centrifugal and rear-wheel drive. It'll instrumentality connected rivals specified arsenic the BYD Dolphin, MG 4 EV Urban and GAC Aion UT.

If you're unfamiliar with Geely, you whitethorn cognize immoderate of the automotive brands it owns, including Volvo, Lotus, Polestar and Zeekr, each of which person a beingness successful Australia. It besides owns a 50:50 involvement successful Smart, with Mercedes-Benz owning the different half.

Geely launched vehicles nether its ain factory-backed cognition successful Australia successful 2025, having antecedently been offered present betwixt 2011 and 2014 done a backstage importer.

Under its factory-backed operation, Geely present has astir 43 dealers crossed Australia.

The exemplary lineup sees 2 EX2 grades offered from launch, with the entry-level EX2 Complete offering up to 252km of scope connected a azygous charge, portion the up-spec EX2 Inspire brings much power, faster charging and a longer claimed scope of 345km.

The EX2 whitethorn beryllium fashionable successful China, but hatchbacks nary longer merchantability successful the immense numbers they erstwhile did successful Australia. Helping its lawsuit is its accomplishment aft EVs achieved grounds marketplace stock locally, with astir 1 successful 4 caller vehicles sold successful June being electric.

Yet its lawsuit successful the hatchback conception is strengthened by pricing that rivals galore hybrid and petrol alternatives contempt the EX2 being an EV, portion besides offering competitory driving range, interior abstraction and features specified arsenic multi-link rear suspension, designed to amended handling and rear-seat comfort.

Pricing

Drivetrains and Efficiency

The EX2 is offered with a single-motor powertrain and rear-wheel drive, differing from galore of its rivals which person a front-wheel thrust configuration, portion each of the 2 exemplary grades features antithetic powerfulness outputs and artillery sizes.

It uses the aforesaid Global Intelligent Electric Architecture (GIEA) arsenic the EX5 and Starray EM-i already sold here, with a 400V electrical architecture, up to 80kW DC accelerated charging and vehicle-to-load (V2L) capability.

It besides comes modular with MacPherson-type strut beforehand suspension and multi-link rear suspension, electrical powerfulness steering and 4 thrust modes (Eco, Comfort, Sport and Snow).

Dimensions

The EX2 is simply a tiny five-seat hatchback.

The EX2 has some a 'frunk' front-trunk arsenic good arsenic under-seat retention successful the 2nd row, and includes a luggage screen for the footwear area.

Servicing and Warranty

Geely offers a seven-year, unlimited-kilometre conveyance warranty, positive an eight-year warranty for the high-voltage battery.

Service pricing has yet to beryllium announced.

Safety

The Geely EX2 has yet to beryllium rated by information authorities ANCAP and Euro NCAP.

Standard information instrumentality crossed the scope includes:

• Seven airbags (front, side, curtain and centre)
• Rear parking sensors
• Rear-view camera
• Autonomous exigency braking
• Adaptive cruise control
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Driver fatigue alert
• Evasive Manoeuvre Assist
• Front cross-traffic alert
• Lane-keep assist
• Automatic lane-change assist
• Emergency lane-keep assist
• Rear cross-traffic assist
• Safe exit warning
• Traffic motion information

The EX2 Inspire adds:

• Surround-view show with transparent view
• Individual tyre unit monitoring

Standard Equipment

The Geely EX2 is offered successful Complete and Inspire exemplary grades.

The entry-level Complete comes modular with:

• 16-inch alloy wheels with covers
• Tyre repair kit
• Automatic LED headlights
• Automatic high-beam
• LED daytime moving lights
• Rear LED fog lights
• Rear spoiler
• Hill descent control
• Privacy glass
• Heated, power-folding exterior mirrors
• Keyless introduction and start
• Automatic clime control
• 8.8-inch integer instrumentality cluster
• 14.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system
• Satellite navigation
• Wireless Apple CarPlay
• Two USB-A ports and 1 USB-C port
• Geely Connected Services (from August 2026):
• • Voice Assistant
  • 4G web connection
  • Live postulation for outer navigation
  • Over-the-air updates
  • Geely Application Store
  • Online media streaming
  • Remote conveyance functions
• Four-speaker dependable system
• Leatherette upholstery
• Six-way powerfulness driver's seat
• Four-way powerfulness beforehand rider seat
• Front centre armrest
• 60:40 split-fold rear seat
• ISOFIX child-seat anchors (outer rear seats)
• Top-tether anchorages

The EX2 Inspire adds:

• 16-inch alloy wheels
• Contrasting achromatic roof
• Power tailgate
• Rain-sensing wipers
• Heated steering wheel
• Heated beforehand seats
• Six-speaker dependable system
• 15W wireless smartphone charger
• Ambient compartment lighting
• Multi-colour ambient lighting

Colours

The EX2 is disposable successful six exterior colours crossed some exemplary grades, with Moon White arsenic the modular finish. Nebula Beige, Star Silver, Aurora Green, Comet Grey and Nova Pink each outgo an further $600.

The Inspire exemplary besides comes modular with a contrasting achromatic roof.

Horizon Grey is the modular interior colour crossed the range, portion Inspire buyers tin besides take Skyline White astatine nary further cost, careless of exterior colour.

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