It's one of the most recognised names in sports and racing cars. Throughout its seventy year history, the brand stayed true to its roots. Now a part of the Geely family, Lotus looks ahead to the next seventy years.
During Chinese New Year when the vast majority of Chinese families are busy gathering to celebrate the new year, Geely’s global family came together for one of its most ambitious projects to date – a global procurement program to source medical materials to fight the Coronavirus that is sweeping China.
On the front lines of the preventing and controlling the coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan are not only the doctors and nurses in the hospital, there are also the volunteer drivers in the CaoCao emergency epidemic prevention and control fleet. Doing their part to help their hometown fight the epidemic, the drivers of the emergency fleet hold themselves at the ready 24 hours a day in order to provide free mobility services to their communities.
A London black cab driver’s delight with his new electric mount. After launching two years ago, we talk with a London cabbie to hear about his experience with his electric London taxi.
When the partnership between Geely and PROTON was forged, many wondered the degree to which their daily operations will be affected and how they will be integrated into the larger Geely network. Luckily for PROTON, Geely Executive Vice President of Design, Peter Horbury, prefers to play the role of a guide, nurturing PROTON Design to be all that they could be, with the ultimate aim of taking Malaysian design to the global stage.
Demystifying Geely’s global development, we talk to CEO of CEVT China Euro Vehicle Technology, a global innovation centre for Geely and the birthplace of the Compact Modular Architecture.
Unveiling some of the secrets behind Geely's development speed are Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) experts from CEVT; Sofia Ore, Dag Thuvesen and Anders Werner. In this article they talk about how through the innovative use of super computers and virtual reality, they were able to substantially shorten the lead time in the development process of vehicles within the Geely family.
Since partnering with Geely, PROTON Design has become part of a global network of studio. With access to more resources than ever, PROTON design chief, Azlan Othman has been entrusted with the task of crafting PROTON's new visual identity, while maintaining the brand's Malaysian heritage.
Rich in coal, poor in oil, and low on gas, that’s the situation for China today. While burning raw coal is extremely unsustainable, converted into methanol, it becomes a potent clean storage of energy and fuel. Exploring ways of building a more sustainable mobility ecosystem, Geely has become a leader in methanol fuel technology.
Geely's involvement in Malaysia has not only been brand deep through PROTON. The partnership between the two has extended beyond the brand, down to PROTON's suppliers transforming the entire Malaysian automotive manufacturing ecosystem.
