The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the application drawing of Geely’s new MPV model this Friday. Soon after, Geely announced more information about the new car: the new car belongs to the LEVC brand of Geely Group and has the internal code name ” L380″ is quite similar to the name of the world’s largest wide-body passenger aircraft “Airbus” A380.
One of the teaser images is intended to show similarities between the car’s side lines and those of an airplane. As a new energy vehicle, the car is equipped with a closed front face and through-type light groups, and the side shape is a “bullet” style. It is expected that the official will emphasize the new car’s wind resistance coefficient and other information in the subsequent warm-up.
This car is positioned as “the world’s first space-oriented pure electric flagship car”, and the poster even shouts the slogan “Too big to hide”.
Based on information previously reported by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the car is 5316mm long, 1998mm wide, 1940mm high, and has a wheelbase of 3185mm. Judging from the optional photos, the car provides a four-row, eight-seater layout, with the fourth row of seats being flat on the floor when folded. Of course, the car also offers a six-seat version with a more conventional three-row layout.
In the application map of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the name of this car is “Yizhen Xspace”. In terms of power, the application information shows that the car uses an electric motor provided by Vair Electric Vehicle Technology (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. with a maximum power of 200kW and a maximum speed of 170km/h. The battery comes from Times Geely (Sichuan) Power Battery Co., Ltd.
Note: LEVC stands for “London Electric Vehicle Company”. It was founded in 1908 and was later acquired by Geely in 2013, becoming a high-end commercial vehicle brand under Geely Holding Group. In May this year, LEVC launched the world’s first space-oriented architecture SOA in the UK.
