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China's Geely Automobile and its Swedish sister company Volvo Cars will abandon merger plans but launch a new entity to combine their powertrain operations and expand cooperation on electric ...
Geely's first car, the Geely Haoqing, rolled off the assembly line in Linhai, Zhejiang on 8 August 1998. However, Geely did not obtain its national production license until 9 November 2001, which delayed mass production until 2002. [30] By 2002, the brand was ranked among the top ten in the Chinese automobile market. [30]
Geely transferred its 11.3% stake in Zeekr Intelligent Technology (Zeekr) to Geely Automobile Holdings (Geely Auto), increasing Geely Auto's ownership in Zeekr to 62.8%. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Zeekr then acquired a 20% stake in Lynk & Co from Geely Auto for 3.6 billion yuan and an additional 30% from Volvo Cars for 5.4 billion yuan, securing a 51% ...
Volvo Cars will merge its engine development and manufacturing assets with those of parent Geely, creating a division to supply in-house brands Lotus, LEVC, Lynk and Proton, and also potential ...
Hangzhou-based Geely, which also owns a 9.7% stake in Daimler, said earlier this year it was considering options for Volvo, including an IPO and stock market listing.
Polestar's showroom in Oslo, Norway. In October 2017, Volvo Cars and Geely Holding announced that Polestar would become a standalone brand focusing on electric cars. [27] The brand introduced the Polestar 1 on 17 October 2017, a 2+2 coupé inspired by Volvo's Concept Coupé introduced in 2013, which includes influences from the Volvo P1800.
Because Zhejiang Geely Holding already owns Volvo Cars, a stake in truckmaker AB Volvo (VOLVb.ST), and 49.9 percent of Malaysian automaker Proton, German executives fear any wide-ranging ...
In February 2020, Volvo and Geely announced that they had started formal discussions about a merger of business. Geely had owned 100% of Volvo, but Volvo Cars had largely been allowed autonomy with its resources. [47] These merger talks were later halted, and 18% of Volvo Cars shares were listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange in October ...