Lotus Tech Growth Strategy
GEELY HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN TRANSFORMING AND ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF AUTO BRANDS
Geely's auto brand development track record
2004
Geely Auto - the first Chinese
automaker listed on HKEX
Examples of growing and accelerating auto brands
2016
Unveiled high-end Lynk & Co
brand
2017
LYNK&C
Acquired 8.2% stake and 15.6%
voting rights in Volvo AB and
became the single largest
shareholder
2010
Acquired 100% of Volvo Car
Corporation from Ford
Motor Company
Sales volume (unit, k)
VOLVO
O
2017
Acquired 51% stake in Lotus
374
2018
VOLVO
VOLVO GROUP
Founded Polestar with Volvo
2019
polestar
Formed JV with Daimler to
own, operate and
develop Smart
smart
Mercedes-Benz
2021
Acquired 34% stake in Renault
Korea
RENAULT
2022
Lotus Tech launched Eletre, its
first lifestyle luxury BEV¹ SUV
LOTUS
LOTUS
Chairman Eric Li acquired 9.7%
stake in Daimler AG and became the
single largest shareholder
2010
Mercedes-Benz
Sales volume (unit, k)
2020
Launched SEA¹, world's first
open-source BEV architecture
that sets the foundation of Lotus
Tech's EPA¹ platform
development
LOTUS
2021
Established BEV-focused
subsidiary Zeekr
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VOLVO
Sales volume (unit, k)
615
1.6x
2022
L\N(&C3
180
30.0x
10
polestar
52
5.2x
20202
2022
Sales volume (unit, k)
ZEEKR
6
72
12.0x
ZEEKR
20172
2022
20212
2022
Source: Geely company filings, news releases, public information
1. BEV: Battery Electric Vehicles; SEA: Sustainable Experience Architecture; EPA: Electrical Performance Architecture
2. Initial delivery year; Polestar started delivery in July 2020; Lynk & Co started delivery in December 2017; Zeekr started delivery in October 2021
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