For comparability, Mini offered 162,789 Coopers (three-door, five-door and Convertible) globally in 2025. There’s a worth distinction, positive, however it’s an eye-opening quantity. In the UK, Geely plans to promote 100,000 automobiles per yr by 2030, however solely a portion of these will likely be EX2s; final yr, it offered 4.1 million automobiles globally.
Michael Yang, Geely Auto UK’s boss, suggests that ought to demand, situations and funds align, Geely might use its UK manufacturing base to construct automobiles regionally. The agency lately mooted it might construct automobiles in Volvo’s US manufacturing unit to bypass import tariffs, so the thought is not past the realms of chance.
Building the automobiles is one factor, however creating them is one other. Alongside its international R&D amenities, Geely has constructed itself a brand new security centre and wind tunnel complicated at a value of greater than £200 million. Many automotive firms have wind tunnels, however most do not have three in the identical constructing.
Geely has one for 155mph gusts, temperature ranges of -40deg C to +60deg C, and solar and rain simulation; one for 124mph gusts and altitude simulation of greater than 5200 metres; and the third as a spare.
In the identical constructing you’ll discover local weather rooms to bake, soak and freeze automobiles to see what occurs to them. Geely is not holding all of that to itself, although it says the amenities will likely be ‘shared’ with others.
