Australia’s next cheapest EV? Geely EX2 hatch confirmed to take on BYD Atto 1 and MG2 in 2026

Geely has confirmed this could presumably originate its EX2 electrical hatchback in Australia by the prime of 2026, with an entertaining first gape pencilled for the Melbourne Motor Present.

In China, the Geely EX2 begins from 68,800 yuan (~$AUD14,300) earlier than on-boulevard charges for the Formative years Edition, and tops out at 98,800 yuan (~$20,500AUD) for the Star Runt Edition. There are six configurations of EX2 in complete, spoil up across two LFP battery sizes.

In Australia, anticipate pricing to drop right thru the realm of $25-35,000 earlier than on boulevard charges, in-line with halt rivals $23,990 BYD Atto 1, $30,990 force-away GAC Aion UT, and coming near MG2.

All variants of Geely EX2 are rear-wheel force, with much less pricey models the consume of a 30.1kWh battery and motor outputs of 58kW/130Nm only for a using vary of about 310km. Dearer variants bear 85kW/150Nm, and are paired with a 40.2kWh battery for a using vary of 410km.

Importantly, the above vary claims are held to a much less stringent CLTC checking out well-liked, and might presumably perhaps be diminished undoubtedly.

The EX2 is constructed on Geely’s Worldwide Luminous Electrical Structure (GEA) platform, shared with the EX5 medium EV and Starray midsized PHEV already on sale regionally. Charging the EX2 from 30-80 percent takes 21 minutes, peaking at 70kW DC, while AC charging peaks at 6.6kW.

The Geely EX2 measures 4135mm lengthy, 1805mm vast, and 1570mm good, using on a wheelbase of 2650mm. It is dimensionally identical to the Yaris Inappropriate, with all measurements within 50mm to those of the Toyota.

Local market specifications are yet to be confirmed. If the EX2 is to half a linked system to its Chinese language counterpart, anticipate a 14.6-journey infotainment touchscreen, 8.8-journey digital instrument cluster, and 50W instrument charger inside of, and energy tailgate, flush door handles, and a suite of LED brightwork on the originate air.

The Geely EX2 is believed in China as the Geely Geome Xingyuan, and sold in giant volumes closing twelve months. Its complete Chinese language-market sales figure of 465,775 items accounted for approximately 1.7-percent of China’s fierce new automobile market, and earned it the instruct of China’s most effective promoting automobile for 2025.

For context, there have been 1,241,037 new automobile sales in Australia closing twelve months, led by the Ford Ranger with a more modest swing of 56,555 items – about 4.6-percent of the complete market.