The Finest Geely Ever Made - Geely Galaxy E8
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2024
- A review of the incredible new Geely Galaxy E8.
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What do you think of when you think of Geely? Owners of Volvo, Polestar and Lotus? Budget car brand with decent styling? How about supercar performance, satellite-connected technology, and 45-inch 8k screens? No? We didn't either, but that's exactly what the Galaxy E8 is bringing to the table. The first full-electric car from the Galaxy sub-brand, the E8 is the car nobody expected Geely to make, with performance and specs that will blow your mind. Still think Geely is just mainstream? Think again, because they just got interesting.
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What a machine this Geely galaxy G8 is, That price point in China must be icing on the cake.
It's beginning to look like Game Set & Match for the Chinese BEV manufacturers.
The Chinese auto market has turned into the only electric car market worth watching. Great review Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. The prices here are just astounding, and I know for a fact that Geely has factories with barely a human inside, just robots, they call them dark factories because they don't even turn on the lights. Crazy.
China buys more EVs then whole rest world combine sto that market will make better cars by the time just by it self.But cars that are screen no buttons are not for me
In 1989, I asked my father, who specialized in repairing and rewinding all types of electric motors; What is the most reliable motor? He answered me immediately and without hesitation: Chinese.
makes no sense
Haha. Nice anecdote.
@@MaticTheProto I'm not making any joke
here, nor my father was. Unless you have been hundreds of different kinds and sorts of electric motors rewinded, my father opinion is hard
to believe. But it was true .I currently hold the
position for winding and repairing the electrical generators department for the Airbus 319, 320,340 and the Boeing 737 aircraft.
@@rafidfaizals ah, now your comment makes more sense than when you first posted
1989 Tiananmen Square
I forgot what happened again?@@InsideChinaAuto
Absolutely stunning. The envy of rest of the world
It is a looker indeed.
@@InsideChinaAuto1989 Tiananmen Square
I forgot what happened again?
@@ohsnapsonbro4260grow up.
They are so so far ahead from Europe in tech, chargin speed, etc. in a reasonable price. AMAZING !!!
New e-Macan 270kW charging. This, 360kW. One costs about 3 or 4 times more than the other.
@@InsideChinaAutoExactly !! GEELY is doing superb EV tech !!
Amazingly beautiful car with luxury specs. Geely, pls bring it to Europe ASAP!
Excellent review by the way, love the subtile humor 🙂
The rear reminds me of a Taycan, which is not a bad feature. The China EV world has gone bonkers.
Glad you enjoyed the car and the review. I very much enjoyed driving this and it looks really good.
I cant say about the other chinese manufacturers but geely is gunning to be the top very well rounded products
They've got a lot of firepower and some cracking brands.
Beautiful... I hope we get it here in Panamá, I currently have a 2023 geely azkarra 4wd mild hybrid and it is as good as volvo... solid ... have it for a year now...
Nice car, they're really solid. Hope they take the Galaxy range abroad.
Mate, your production quality has really reached new levels! Really brilliant looking and sounding video, excellent detailed review, as good as anyone I’ve seen on TH-cam. Really great work! Car looks killer too! 🤣
Thank you so much. It feels great to hear that. Working on creating more visually beautiful and at the same time more engaging reviews, so this was an attempt at shaking up the recipe a little bit.
the size and variety of the Chinese auto market is overwhelming
Tell me about it. I live here and can barely keep up.
Had a Geely Monjaro for a test drive in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from a local Geely dealer. Almost baught it. Happy that I didn‘t. Waiting for the E8 now in the city to touch and test drive it, or the Zeekr 007. One of them should be the right thing
Zeekr 007 🥰
Sorry, I don't know about Kyrgyzstan, but I thought it was really cold in winter? Be careful about full EVs when it's really cold.
This is unreal. The chinese EV's are far ahead of the American and European market when its about gadgets inside the car.
Tell me about it. Every new car is full of crazy stuff.
1989 Tiananmen Square
I forgot what happened again?
@@ohsnapsonbro4260
颜色革命在中国没有存活空间。
我们中国人支持中国政府。
@@ohsnapsonbro4260
我们中国人支持中国政府。把你的嘴闭上。
@@user-lt6ke9hg8f yeah Chinese seem to be weak liars.
Beautiful car.
Thank you
You're welcome.
Well this was coming along for a while now. There was speculation that Geely intend to fully-electrify their lineup.
Geometry wasn't going to cut it in the face of domestic competition so they brought their A-game for this one.
Yeah they needed to step up on Geometry. The overall standard of the market has gone way up and cheapies don't have a huge place now when you can get a car of this standard for this price. This is their reaction.
@@InsideChinaAuto I think they were angling Geometry for fleet sales or Rideshare EVs or Taxis outside of the main Geely brand but even they didn't anticipate how fast the market would develop or the level of competition.
@possumsam2189 Definitely. Geometry still exists but they'll serve the lower end of the market.
@@InsideChinaAuto Idk, I got a feeling that outside of the Panda, the whole subbrand is going to get the chop.
you are getting better at what you do..
also very impressive car.. that is what the rest of the world do not know how good these cars are..wow
Thank you very much. I'm trying to improve bit by bit. The car, well that was just excellent.
I can't stop watching this video I've watched it 3 to 4 times already, I just love that fantastic display it just makes most other vehicles interiors look outdated already. Hopefully they've got plans for other smaller vehicles as it's rather large for me honestly, but I'm rather smitten by it I must admit.
Hopefully you'll get your hands on the Zeekr 007 with the Golden LFP Battery.
Look forward to that one regards John
Ps where was you filming that Loved that Bridge 🌉
Always good to have you back John. It's a cracking car. I mean they can't go much bigger than this so I'd say the next one will almost certainly be smaller, but will it be quite as good. Let's see. I'm really trying to get a 007 so hopefully soon, let's see.
Bridge was filmed in my wife's hometown north of Xi'an where we're staying currently with the little one. Quite some sights to see here. Honestly the day I filmed the bridge was the cleanest I've ever seen the air there so I'll hope for another decent day next car I get there.
Seriously considering buying one of these!
Definitely worth your time if it's the kind of car you're after. Very impressive.
Great review. Congratulations on the baba.
Thank you very much. Adds an extra flavour to life.
Thanks for the video now my wife's favorite car Hopefully coming to Australia soon
Hope it is. They really should take Geely abroad more.
Wow! Simply elegant
It's a lovely car.
I love it. If this comes to the uk for 45 to 50k depending on spec then I'll snap it up over the ps4. Currently drive a ps2. I'm impressed with geely group cars. I really like this, especially in a darker colour.
It's a great car this and the chassis is excellent. Didn't really see any difference between this and the 001 that the PS4 is based on, although I suspect Polestar will have made the steering more feelsome like they did on the wonderful PS2. I envy you. I love driving that car.
This car is superb. Tesla has no hope.
Not sure they can keep up the pace of new cars to be honest. Highland took all that time and now nobody wants it, they only want Model Y.
@@InsideChinaAuto Once Chinese electric cars start to sell in Europe, it's only a matter of time before they come to the U.S. The big three can't continue to bribe the government to starve off the inevitable. They're time is limited.
Very good spec's and interior and exterior design
The whole package
Quite amazing I have to confess
I was impressed too. Didn't expect that from a Geely.
The Skoda Superb of the Geely stable☺️ Great video and good to have you back… How much cheaper can these EVs get
Cheers Mark. Also great to see you in the comments again, thanks for being a loyal viewer. Got more stuff coming up and am trying to be more consistent now things with the baby are stabilising. Aiming for at least one a week.
Somwhow all Chines cars when lend in europe are are 50-100% more expensive
World class vehicle
It's a really good car. Deserves a bigger audience than it has now, but maybe it will get it eventually.
Congratulations for the added baby seat test ;D
Haha, cheers mate. Maybe eventually the baby will start reviewing them.
super editing
Glad you liked it.
That game would actually be great to play with the actual car’s steering while and pedals
It would. You can use a game controller though at least, so I'm told.
🔥🔥🔥
Well exactly.
This seems priced similarly to the new Xiaomi SU7? Look forward to your review of SU7.
Think it's a bit cheaper but certainly looking forward to trying the SU7 myself, see if it lives up to the hype.
It’s a shame we will not get these cars in the US. 😢
It is. Just Rams and Camrys for you guys.
Imagine if Geely did the thing similar with what honda did to their civic, the TYPE R just imagine a dedicated racing division or tuning division for Geely brands that would be cool
I think they already have Cyan Racing as their Racing division.
They should definitely do that. More Cyan editions, get some help from Lotus, just imagine. Stunning.
With chassis tuning by Lotus, a performance version of this would be very interesting
Hi Mark .
That's some car isn't it ?,Love the Amazing Display,Wow 😮 I don't think it is going to be long before they start catching up to Tesla in Software, What do you think ?
The race is on, certainly. I'd say there are things this car can do that Tesla don't have in their cars, but Tesla are really strong on their software I believe, ease of use and so on, but they can be caught. As for FSD-like tech, I honestly think some brands are there already. Will have to test the Geely satellite-connected stuff when I get a chance.
Tesla’s software is uncompetitive in China. China's large number of lidar autonomous driving solutions are much ahead of Tesla's pure vision solution.
legendary
Quite the compliment.
Beautiful Xi'an after snow.
Not quite Xi'an but same province. Was such a stunning day for filming.
Pretty sure it was Geely who tried to make the first sports coupe in the PRC, the Beauty Leopard?
They should team up with others to to make a redux to show how far Chinese tech and manufacture have come since the 90s.
They should also make a new Beauty Leopard for the 3rd decade based on SEA. That would be nice.
I do like many of the Chinese EVs but I do not like the common fastback look of nearly all of them, probably due to aerodynamics. However, I saw the YangWang U7 which stands out among all these EVs.
Fastback seems to be the style of EV saloons, started by Tesla with the S. I don't mind it if done right. As for the U7, not sure myself. Looks a bit pointy at the front.
Geely and their brands seems to be moving from strength to strength, Volvo, Smart, Polestar and Zeekr products seem to be unanimously very well received even by the more critical EU and US press, the new Lotus products seem to be objectively very good (despite not being a 'true' Lotus) and their China-specific models are similarly as good. Honestly i wouldnt be surprised if in 10 years the Geely group is seen as equal to big legacy conglomerates such as Stellantis/VAG/Daimler etc
As a car enthusiast who also likes tech, its absolutely wild to see how far the chinese car manufacturers have advanced in the last 10 years. Say what you want about China and their politics, but their car manufacturers are pumping out some incredibly impressive stuff.
They're making all the right steps it seems. Astute management. Not easy at all. Maybe one or two too many brands, but they're keeping their identities well.
@@InsideChinaAuto agreed about the brands, they need to work hard to differentiate them to avoid cannibalisation, eg Lynk&Co and Zeekr could probably be merged - then they need to work hard to give Volvo, Polestar and Lotus distinct market positions
I don't know. I'm not one that's very interested in screens but the overall interior seems nice, but rather like a Zeekr in many ways. The round knob and small buttons in the center console look like they came from Volvo's last generation (current SPA cars like XC90 and XC60). I'm not sure the purpose of this car is, unless it is to give a more China market upscale sedan. There is Zeekr and Lynk and Co. I think Volvo and Polestar have a different style and are more expensive plus they tend to tune their chassis firmly. But this seems fairly similar to the Zeekrs. I like the overall look of it.
It's a cool car. I think Geely want a slice of a fairly premium market so are going after that with the Galaxy range. They also need more use from the SEA platform.
11:21 Did you use Angry Bird music? XD
I should have. That was just the sound sped up.
The Asphalt games is a great idea, but do you know what would be more amazing?, if you could use the actual steering wheel and foot pedals to drive the car in the game, the Tesla Model S and X can do that type of gameplay!, 😊
Yeah, I'd have preferred that. You can use a game controller apparently but the steering wheel would be better, but then so would Gran Turismo 7.
The funny thing is that you are using 2 fingera to play Asphalt 9 while you have a real life simulator - leather seat, pedals and steering wheel 😅 !!
I know, but sadly they can't be used for it. I was disappointed.
Galaxy E8 support 2 usb gamepad.
@@limwiching2277 I wish I'd known that!
Neely are brilliant. best out there.Polestar is basically Geely. also great.
They're doing great things across the portfolio.
Polestar is a Volvo offshoot. Polestar is more Volvo than Geely in that they started out as a Swedish racing company that later tuned Volvos and then were spun off. Most of Polestar's personnel come from Volvo. Both are in the Geely Holding Group.
Bring it to Canada pls
You want it by boat or plane? I'll check prices.
360kW of peak charging speed? That's almost 5c. I don't believe that for a second!
You don't have to, it's real. And the Li MEGA does it full 5C, which you'll see very soon.
@ChinaAuto couldn't find any sources online confirming your claim, and you don't show it. So again. I don't believe it before I see it. Saw that "5C" battery from CATL. It peaks at more than 700A, when the CCS standard only allows 500A for a short period of time. This means at around 750V (what seems to be max voltage of this battery) it would peak at 375kW and "only" 3,6C. Still very impressive, but far for 5C. After a few minutes the amperage would drop to 400A which means 300kW, still very good. But far from the actual claims.
Would it really end up in Europe, the UK even, at £20k odd?😮
Actually, if it came to the UK, does Ford have any claim to the name "Galaxy"?
Likely it wouldn't keep that price (taxes, eh?) but the Galaxy name would be interesting since it's not a model name but a kind of brand name. Not sure how that would play out.
samsung will file a lawsuit
@petervan7372 Don't think they own the right to the Galaxy name on cars somehow.
@@petervan7372 Also Milky Way
How much time do you plan to spend in this car, to have to have a screen with these functionalities and so large?
It's really down to the owner. Chinese like to spend more time in their car and see it as a leisure space rather than simply a transportation tool. If you've got a PlayStation 5 at home you're not going to sit in your E8 doing that but if you go to a park and you're having a chill day, you might just have a couple of people sit and play games in the car, or while you charge given it's so fast.
I prefer the Zeekr 07 over this Galaxy E8
007 is more attractive I think, but I believe a bit smaller.
that interior... I can't believe it's a geely. chinese cars have come a long, long way. ok, just made it to the end of the video and the pricing is just unbelievable. I thought it was easily a $50k USD car.
Incredible right? No wonder western brands are worried.
Battery tech, which China has a stranglehold on, ATM due to control of necessary ingredients being more plentiful there, and electric motors, have indeed Democratized BEVs.
That's how competition works, something sorely lacking in the States. Forethought is a worthy enterprise.
it's crazy how there's laws in place against using your phone while driving but EVs with those Big screens actually not only allow you to mess with the screen while driving but it's also necessary to actually drive and use the car features hell in the new tesla you need to use the screen to shift gears it's just insane now you passengers can play games while you are driving and this won't affect the driver at all not to mention these cars have No physical buttons and you really need to mess with the stupid screen just to start or stop the AC or fix the mirrors for everything really and when this screen that all car functions are tight to breaks your car is totally useless and the repair will cost you well alot seen how EVs are made like smartphones Intentionally NOT to be Repairable and even minor repairs costs tens of thousands of $ sometimes even more then the car itself but as a Bonus when you buy EV the company can deactivate features in their car whenever they want yes their car cause you don't own it not really
Not quite sure all of that is true. Would be curious on the warranty of the screen though. As you said, it's a big piece of hardware when it decides to go bust. The push nowadays though is more towards speaking to the car so you don't have to touch anything and if my Chinese were considerably better I could use all the functions rather than just some. You're right though about being able to see the passenger side screen. I was sure there was a rule to block it from the driver's view as some brands do make it not visible, but others don't. Sure in Europe that will have to be different.
When Chinese cars come here to USA, without tariffs, I will buy a BEV, such as MG4 Performance.
You can do better than that, although it is quite cool for a fairly budget brand.
They missed the mark on the racing game. You should be able to use the steering wheel. A little torque one direction or the other can steer the car.
Agreed. At least you can use a game controller though, which I didn't know when I reviewed it.
Better than galaxy s24.
Probably.
Is that the prosthetic leg color? 😂 😅
It is. Seems to be a popular colour these days in China for new cars. Not sure I like the reduced saturation, give me full ASBO yellow.
@@InsideChinaAuto 😂😆
Why can't the driver just use the actual steering wheel to play the game? It will be easier and better.
Apparently you can use a game controller but I didn't know that beforehand.
With taxes it will probably cost double the price in UK.
Probably. Would still be worth it at that price.
Thats it, while you are charging the car why not play some video games or watch some movie so you don't hang around being bored.
Why not, eh? Great way to spend the time if you have nothing else to do.
Needs a controller for videogames.
Needs to let you use the steering wheel and pedals already in the car.
Galaxy E8 support usb gamepad
Geely will eat Xiaomi for breakfast ❤
Tough call that, the SU7 looks stunning and should have great tech. We'll see if we ever get to try it out.
@@InsideChinaAuto yeah I suspect it will be more than 20wan rmb
Forget the Europeans in China, this would kill NIOs and Xpengs!
Certainly won't help, especially the expensive brands.
Is there a possibility to change the language of the car to english?? - I found different answers 😳😳
I couldn't change the system to English from memory but I could change the video game to English.
for daily uses the main system would be more important than the games.. :D
@@InsideChinaAuto
Tesla to me, an American, looks like the KMART Blue-Light special inside, and lacks switch-gear to pinch pennies. NO THANKS ELON.
Many feel the same. They do a lot very well, but they're fighting to keep up in other areas now.
Taillights are pretty much ripped off from Porsche. Interesting color choice doesn't quite work.
This pale yellow seems to have become a bit of a thing in China recently, also making its way onto the NIO ET5. I prefer full saturation though, like on the Zeekr 007. If you're going to be bold, go the whole way.
Wonder why they left Porsche. I believe Li Auto's chief designer is ex-Porsche too. He said he didn't want to design cars for old white men anymore.@user-rd9mb3js5q
as a chinese, i just dont understand why chinese people so crazy about big screen and numbers of screen installed in a car.
As a non- Chinese I understand wilfully ❤😂
Haha, it has become a bit mad. Some are over the top. This I quite like honestly. It looks really clean.
Meanwhile... Volvo still puts a 9" center display in their 2024 (X)C40's Recharge and a 12.3" display in the upcoming EX30. I really wish they were a little bit less conservative and went all in on software features. Really want to keep supporting our economy by buying/leasing cars that are built in Europe, but these Chinese cars will be lightyears ahead in no time if they keep this up.
Terrible color though 🙃.
Volvo needs to up those screens sharpish. The ones in the C40 and XC40 do not cut it in 2024. Urgent refresh needed. 12 is OK, doesn't need to be over the top. Not sure I'd go portrait though.
@@InsideChinaAuto yeah portrait is great for navigation but that's about it. If I watch TH-cam on it, I might as well watch on my phone as it's pretty much the same size. BYD has the best of both worlds with the rotating screen but I'd prefer this more integrated look. Also, my daughter would love the 'separate' passenger screen 🙂.
i know that driving it in winter its shitty and you better take blankets with you because of low range and shiity long time of recharging
360kW peak.. Not sure if you actually watched the video
not sure you know that all EVs are shitty at winter especially chines ones!! go and tell that to those in Chicago which Tesla lose range and needs hours to recharge @@GTI_CHHA
Can only say it was -5 and we had the 150kW charging version, and the charging was no problem. 44 minutes to go from about 32km to about 550km of range. Not sure about range itself as there was no odometer to be seen.
-5 is not something big especially if you hold car in garage before @@InsideChinaAuto
@@Mr11ESSE111 Most places don't get colder than -5 for prolonged periods of time unless you're particularly far north. For the vast majority of average users, they'll be above that.
Sorry Genesis, but Geely did much better interior than you hahah!
Genesis do some really nice seats though and that rotatey crystal ball thing is quite cool.
Too big.
Sure there will be smaller options
@@InsideChinaAuto
"Sure there will be smaller options"
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They all failed.
Why?
@@allgoo1990 Who all failed?
The boot may be large but the gooseneck hinges eat into the usable space. From experience in my own car anyway, my book is basically 3/4 usable because of the hinges. So annoying!
Anyway, nice looking vehicle although I'm not a fan of the giant screen! Hope it comes to Aus!
They were fairly big but seemed a very good size all the same. Curious myself if Geely are planning on going further than where they are now.
hook up the car's driving system to the race game and play with other drivers driving the same model
That's exactly what they should have done.
You could have fitted that child car seat faster if the backrest was facing forward man.
It is not an easy child sit to fit. There's a big plastic part right where you need to grab a strap that sits up against the backrest. Nightmare.