Geely Black Cab, in Fengjing, Shanghai, and exported semi-complete knock-down kits for assembly in the UK. In 2009, Geely bought Drivetrain Systems International Pty Ltd, a global transmission developer headquartered in Australia. ZGH sells passenger cars under five marques currently: Geely Auto, Lynk & Co, PROTON, Lotus, Volvo, and Polestar, Volvo's Electric Performance Vehicle Subsidiary. Many of Geely's early products were based on the Xiali, a variant of the 1987 Daihatsu Charade. Models such as the Haoqing (豪情) (five-door), Merrie (美日) (five-door), Uliou (优利欧) (four-door), and Urban Nanny (van and pick-up truck) have Charade bases, but feature a more prominent chromed
London EV Company London EV Company London EV Company Limited (LEVC, formerly The London Taxi Corporation Limited trading as The London Taxi Company) is an automotive engineering company with its headquarters near Coventry, United Kingdom, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese automaker Geely. The company is famous for its London black taxicabs. Geely's involvement in British taxicab production dated to 2006 when it partnered with LEVC's predecessor The London Taxi Company, and its parent Manganese Bronze Holdings, in the creation of a China-based taxicab manufacturing joint venture. In 2009 Geely bought shares in Manganese Bronze Holdings. In 2012 Manganese Bronze Holdings entered