Geely Geely Geely (officially Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd) is a Chinese multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It sells passenger vehicles under the Geely Auto, Lotus, Lynk & Co, PROTON, and Volvo brands and commercial vehicles under the London EV Company and Yuan Cheng Auto brands. Geely has owned the Swedish passenger car maker Volvo Cars since 2010, when it acquired the company from Ford. It completed the acquisition of British taxi maker The London Electric Vehicle Company in 2013, and acquired a majority stake in British sports carmaker Lotus Cars in 2017. Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd
Automotive industry in China traditional "Big Four" domestic car manufacturers are SAIC Motor, Dongfeng, FAW and Chang’an. Other Chinese car manufacturers are Geely, Beijing Automotive Group, Brilliance Automotive, Guangzhou Automobile Group, Great Wall, BYD, Chery and Jianghuai (JAC). As of late 2018, several multinational manufacturers have partnerships with domestic manufacturers to make cars in China. Some are long-standing, such as the 30 years for Audi and FAW; granted, this alliance was not manufacturing cars in China until more recently. The main industry group for the Chinese automotive industry is the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会). China has its traditional “Big four” state-owned domestic