23 June 2015, Beijing. On June 23, 2015, Geely Holding Group and Chairman Eric Li had the honour of welcoming H.M. King Philippe and H.M. Queen Mathilde of Belgium on a visit to Geely University in Beijing. The King and Queen’s stopover was part of an official state visit to China to mark the 40th anniversary…
20 March 2015, Beijing. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (“Geely Group”) today officially delivered an initial fleet of 20 Geely GC9 sedans to China’s Diplomatic Service Bureau. The vehicles were provided as part of an agreement reached in October 2014, under which Geely Group will provide the Bureau with 50 units of its flagship sedan to serve…
26 March 2015, Coventry, UK. Geely announces today that it will invest £250m to build a new state-of the-art research, development and assembly facility for the London Taxi Company as the group prepares for the introduction of the next generation London Black Cab. The investment will see the construction of a new purpose-built facility in…
11 March 2015 Coventry, UK. The London Taxi Company which produces the world famous Black Cab has today announced the appointment of Carl-Peter Forster as new Chairman of the Board. Mr. Forster is the Chief Advisor for the firm’s parent company, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group on a range of issues and is a member of…
Prime Minster Impressed with Geely’s Continual Investment and Improvement Li learned more about Geely post Volvo takeover 20 November 2014, Hangzhou China. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group was visited by the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on November 20th. The prime minister had previously attended a global internet forum earlier in the day which was held…
First 50 Shanghai made London Taxis Arrive in Shanghai Gold Colour has been selected to highlight the quality of the vehicles London Taxi Fleet Will Expand to 200 Units in Early 2015 14 October 2014, Shanghai/London. The first fifty Shanghai produced London Taxis have been signed over to local taxi fleet operator Shanghai Qiang Sheng…
Geely joins the Fortune 500 list for the third year running Strong income growth helped the company move up 11 places in 2014 Zhejiang Geely Holding Group now ranked at 466th position 25 July 2014, Hangzhou, China. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (herein after referred to as Geely) is pleased to announce that the company has…
President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China and First Lady Madame Peng Liyuan, joined by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, visited the Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) facilities in Ghent, Belgium today. Attending the President’s and the King and Queen’s visit were, among others, Håkan Samuelsson, President & CEO of Volvo…
18 March 2014, Beijing. The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Group) announced Tuesday that they have signed a strategic agreement under which Geely Group will have access to a 20 billion yuan credit facility from China Exim Bank. Geely Group intends to use the net proceeds from…
28 February 2014, Hangzhou, China/London, UK. Hazelwood and UK based Emerald Automotive has been wholly acquired by the Chinese automotive giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Group). The acquisition, announced today in London, is the culmination of twelve months’ work between the two companies in planning a series of light-weight, range-extended, electric urban vehicles, based…
