A giant leap forward was achieved for China’s auto manufacturing and motorsports with single victory in a single race. The Lynk & Co Cyan Racing team WTCR victory at Marrakech becomes a new milestone in automotive history with the first Made in China vehicle to win in a global motorsport race.

At the “2019 Baidu Create”, Baidu’s Artificial Intelligence Development Conference, Li Shufu, Chairman of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding) and Robin Li, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Baidu, announced that Geely Holding and Baidu will strategically cooperate in the fields of intelligent connectivity, smart mobility, smart home, e-commerce and in other areas related to AI technology. The two parties will jointly explore the development AI applications in the automotive ecosystem, with the long term aim of accelerating the large-scale popularization of intelligent connected vehicles in China and internationally.

PROTON is a company in a hurry to go places and that mindset is embodied by its energetic Chief Executive Office, Dr. Li Chunrong. It’s been 18 months since his arrival at PROTON and vast changes are evident for all to see ranging from a flatter management structure to much-needed improvements at the cafeteria. To get a better understanding of how he has achieved so much in a short space of time, Geely Stories took five minutes of his time to ask Dr. Li about his Malaysian adventure.

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) officially released the 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report on June 17. This was the Group’s seventh Corporate Social Responsibility since it first began in 2012. In 2018, ZGH focused substantial attention towards the sustainable management methods and aligned the Group’s social responsibility strategy with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.  

Shanghai Maple Guorun, an indirect 99% owned subsidiary of Geely Automobile Holdings (HK.0175), the listed arm of Geely Auto, today announced a new joint venture partnership with LG Chem of South Korea, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electric vehicle batteries.

A joined venture was signed between Proton Edar Sdn. Bhd., the sales and marketing arm of PROTON Holdings (“PROTON”), ECARX (Hubei) Technology Co. Ltd. (“ECARX”), a connectivity company invested by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, (“ZGH”) and Altel Communications Sdn. Bhd. (“Altel”), a Malaysian-based telecommunications services provider. The three-way joint venture aims to establish a car connectivity R&D centre in Malaysia that will serve both the Malaysian market, as well as the greater ASEAN region. Shareholding of the company will be split accordingly between the three parties while key management personnel will be appointed in due course. In terms of staff, the joint venture company aims to aggressively recruit local talents.

Geely New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group’s (GCV) subsidiary brand, Yuan Cheng, launched two new zero-emission buses at a ceremony in Beijing, the F12 hydrogen fuel cell bus and C11 pure electric bus.

Daimler AG (Daimler) and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), the German and Chinese automotive groups, today announced the formation of a 50-50 globally focused joint venture to own, operate and further develop smart, the pioneer of small urban vehicles, as a leader in premium-electrified vehicles.