China car giant Geely last December confirmed that its best-selling electric car, the low-cost Geely EX2 electric hatchback, is headed for the Australian market.
This news came just months after the model, the second EV under the Geely brand, was released in the key right-hand-drive market of Thailand. Now, the company has confirmed that the EX2 was also China’s best-selling car in 2025, with sales exceeding 465,000 units.
This milestone came off the back of 7 consecutive months where sales exceeded 40,000 EX2’s per month, and September 2025 saw over 50,000 units.
The EX2 is currently available as the Geely Xingyuan in the Chinese market and is built on the same Global Intelligent Electric Architecture (GEA) platform as Geely’s popular EX5 electric SUV, which has sold over 4,000 units locally since arriving in March 2025.
The EX2 is expected to pack a great value electric option when it lands in the second half of 2026, with a price likely to be set around $30,000, or less.
Australian specs and prices have not been released, but it comes in at around 4.14 metres in length, which is similar to other electric hatchbacks in the Australian market, like the BYD Dolphin and the MG4.
In December 2025, the car was launched in Thailand with two variants, the Pro and the Max trims. Both variants in Thailand come with a larger 40.16 kWh CATL-supplied Lithium-Iron-Phosphate (LFP) battery pack, which can deliver a range of 395 km. This is likely to be closer to 320 km on the locally used WLTP cycle.
When it comes to charging the battery, it has quite good specs for its price with AC charging of 6.6 kW on offer as well as fast charging at 70 kW.
On powertrain, the EX2 has an 85 kW rear-mounted motor for the Thai-bound variants, which can accelerate from 0-50 km/h in just 3.9 seconds.
Inside, this model has one of the largest infotainment screens in its class, thanks to a 14.6-inch screen. That’s a similar software system to the one found in the locally delivered Geely EX5 SUV.
Geely originally launched the EX2 as Geome Xingyuan in the third quarter of 2024. This model’s popularity has helped it climb the sales charts in China, even outselling the BYD Seagull (also known as the Atto 1 in Australia and the Tesla Model Y.
Local specifications for the model are expected to be released closer to its 2026 second-half launch date. This model would make a great car for so many looking to get behind the wheel of an EV, at an affordable price.
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.