
Across all of the many brands that it owns, Chinese automotive giant Geely Auto reported a huge 398 percent increase in the number of pure-electric and plug-in hybrid it sold in the first half of 2022, which accounted 18 percent of the company’s total sales volume. Revenues also went up year-over-year by 29 percent to 58.12-billion yuan ($8.5-billion), helped by the strong surge in what in China are known as “new energy vehicles” (EV, PHEV and FCV).