Writing | Zhang Ruichen
Editor | Wu Xianzhi
On the evening of February 23, 2023, under the introduction of Geely Auto CEO Gan Jiayue, Geely’s new high-end new energy series – “Galaxy” was officially released, and the global launch ceremony of the first model L7 of the Galaxy was held.
Gan Jiayue said that the Galaxy series will launch two major layouts of “new energy architecture for car manufacturing”, among which the Geely Galaxy “intelligent electric hybrid” architecture L series covers the intelligent electric hybrid products from A0 level to B level; the Geely Galaxy “intelligent pure electric” architecture E series covers the intelligent pure electric products from A level to D level.
And will launch 7 new products within the next two years, the first electric hybrid SUV Galaxy L7 will begin delivery in the second quarter of this year, and will also bring E6, E7, E7, and L9, L6, and L5.
Looking back on the many years of development of Geely Auto, from Geely itself to its sub-brand Geometry, to the independent brands of Zeekr and Lynk & Co, it is undoubtedly stepping towards the transformation of new energy development step by step, but the gap between the active mainstream interval of 150,000 to 300,000 yuan is still vacant. Galaxy, a branch series belonging to Geely, is perfecting the track of Geely Auto between 150,000 to 300,000 yuan, although the price range of the Galaxy series was not specifically announced at the press conference, but the Galaxy series products will definitely be an important part of strengthening the overall product matrix.
Although the content of the press conference was rich, many places seemed a bit lengthy, and it was difficult to capture the attention of ordinary consumers, so we will introduce the more detailed content for you simply.
The new logo of Geely Galaxy
The shield logo of Geely Auto has evolved into a graphic composed of six rounded rectangles in the Galaxy series. Isn’t this just grinding the original Geely logo flat and stretching it into a rectangle? However, this simple graphic and line are more acceptable to me. Gan Jiayue also said that the new logo represents the digital vision of binary code with the rhythm of two colors, but as an amateur, I didn’t understand the beauty of this binary code.
Shield of God battery safety system# Geely Auto and a leading global battery company establish a joint venture, which has achieved good results in the scale production of battery cell technology and the upgrading of thermal diffusion technology. At present, the safety issues of the battery module system are more worthy of attention. Therefore, Geely brings the “Shield of God” battery safety system.
Geely has achieved “eight-fold God Shield and eight-level protection” in the Shield of God Battery Safety System, including a non-flammable and non-explosive cell layer, a PACK layer protected by tank-level battery structure, a submarine-like vehicle safety protection architecture layer, an extremely rigorous design layer, a full-scene extreme working conditions test layer, a maternal and child-level human electromagnetic safety monitoring health layer, BMS 3.0’s intelligent management layer, and the big data layer of Start Intelligent Calculation.
Geely Auto’s new Raytheon Electric Hybrid 8848
The brand-new Raytheon Electric Hybrid is determined to climb the peak of technology, and the new hybrid is named Raytheon Electric Hybrid 8848, which has evolved in three major aspects.
Firstly, Geely Auto’s Raytheon Electric Hybrid carried is currently the highest heat efficiency (44.26%) hybrid engine B-Plus among mass-produced models, and the torque has also been greatly improved.
Secondly, the new generation Raytheon Electric Hybrid brings 8 new intelligent controls, namely, intelligent power management, intelligent driving management, intelligent energy recovery, intelligent power management, intelligent NVH management, intelligent energy management, intelligent thermal management, and intelligent health management.
### Third, the new generation of Thunderbolt hybrid electric vehicle brings three levels of electric drive, which is full-range and can output desired power at full speed. In an electric car speed test, the three-level electric drive model of the new Thunderbolt hybrid electric vehicle ranked first with a top speed of 228 kilometers per hour. The two-wheel drive model has a combined power output of 287 kW, and a super-performance version with a combined power output of 488 kW will be launched later.
Intelligent driving of Geely Galaxy
Geely Galaxy is equipped with a new self-developed full-stack NOS operating system for intelligent driving. It uses advanced perception hardware, integrates centimeter-level positioning and fast-updating high-definition maps, and, combined with supercomputing training and closed-loop big data, makes intelligent driving more stable, safe and trustworthy.
With the addition of Geely’s “integrated sky and earth” version of the Galaxy Intelligent Driving Solution, it can quickly stop in the face of stationary targets during 90 km/h high-speed cruising and meet the L3 level assisted driving.
It is expected that by 2025, Geely will complete the networking of 72 low-orbit satellites, achieving global positioning capability without blind spots for Geely’s Galaxy Intelligent Driving. In the future, Geely’s Galaxy Intelligent Driving will also be equipped with leading technologies such as cross-layer memory parking, high-speed emergency antelope obstacle avoidance, and low-speed exploration and crossing.
Leapfrog development, Galaxy L7 aims to be the first choice in its class
The Galaxy L7 will be equipped with the aforementioned Shield of God battery safety system, Thunderbolt hybrid electric vehicle 8848, and Galaxy NOS technology, which enables it to achieve a score of 6.9 seconds for 0-100 kilometers per hour acceleration and support catapult starting. It also has a fuel consumption of 5.23 liters per 100 kilometers and a comprehensive cruising range of up to 1370 kilometers. In addition, the Galaxy L7 comes standard with a flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip and Galaxy NOS, bringing unprecedented breakthroughs in speed, interaction, ecology, and intelligent cockpit experience. According to Ganjiayue, the car-machine system operation of the Galaxy series models is very simple and easy to use, and can be learned in seconds, which is basically the same as the feeling we use our smartphones now.In terms of body design, as the first product in the Geely Galactica series, L7 is built on the world-class E-CMA architecture, with a length, width, and height of 4700/1905/1685mm, and a wheelbase reaching 2785mm. The co-driver screen is pushed inward by 165mm, releasing a maximum legroom of 630mm. Together with the super long wheelbase of 2785mm, even a tall person with a leg length of 1.8 meters can easily lie flat in the co-driver seat.
Safety is also a top priority for the Geely Galactica L7. It uses the only top-mounted safety airbag among its peers, along with a folding layout and a waterfall-like airbag that rapidly ejects downward after popping out toward the windshield, reducing the ejection time from 0.06 seconds to 0.04 seconds. It is worth noting that at a speed of 120 km/h, this 0.02-second difference can provide an additional 0.5 meters of safety space for passengers.
Finally, the Geely Galactica L7 utilizes a one-piece hot-formed boron steel door ring that further strengthens the closed “cage” frame structure of the body to provide high torsional stiffness and compression resistance, similar to the role of a roll cage on a race car. In addition, the front longitudinal beam adopts the “cloverleaf concept” for energy dissipation protection. In the bottom battery area, a four-long and four-wide body structure is used to improve the overall safety of the vehicle.
Finally, at the end of the press conference, Geely and the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee jointly launched the Geely Galactica Asian Games Assistance Program, and the Geely L7 was officially included as a support vehicle for the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games.
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