Geely Xingyuan hits 1 million sales in 24 months, adds 88,800 CNY STAR trims

Geely Auto (HKG: 0175) marked 1 million cumulative units for its Galaxy Xingyuan small electric car at a user carnival in Hangzhou on November 6, 2026, 24 months after the car went on sale in October 2024. At the same event the brand launched two STAR limited versions, the STAR Ace and STAR Chill, at a limited-time price of 88,800 CNY (c. $13,221).

Demand in China was still rising in the latest month with published model data. Xingyuan retail sales reached 50,190 units in October 2026, up from 44,275 in September, a gain of 5,915 units or about 13.4% month on month. Shipments to dealers held near 61,000 in August and September, at 60,871 in September and 60,955 in August.

The 1 million figure is Geely's own sales count. Geely's English-language release, which calls the car the Geely E2 or EX2 outside China, says it crossed 1 million units in early October 2026, averaging roughly one sale a minute since launch. Monthly shipments from October 2024 through September 2026 add up to about 957,000 units, combining 51,659 from October to December 2024, 478,960 in 2025 and 426,349 through September 2026, so the threshold fell in October, a month Geely puts at 71,337 units in its own count.

The company says the Xingyuan sold 249,418 units in the first half of 2026, up 21% year on year. Retail sales over those six months came to 194,159 units. For 2025, Geely cites 465,775 units and calls the Xingyuan China's best-selling car across all segments that year, citing IHS Markit.

Geely and its Galaxy brand describe the Xingyuan as the fastest new energy vehicle in the world to reach 1 million sales, a ranking Geely states without citing a third-party tally. Chen Geng, head of Geely Galaxy's small car project department, credited the two-year run to the owners who chose the car. Guan Jiuyang, executive deputy general manager of Geely Auto Group's Galaxy sales company, said "behind these numbers are decisions carefully made by individual families."

Both STAR versions carry an official guide price of 91,800 CNY (c. $13,667), with 88,800 CNY offered for a limited time. Buyers of either car also get a 3,000 CNY (c. $447) trade-in subsidy and a STAR gift package valued at 4,099 CNY (c. $610). The wider Xingyuan lineup lists from 64,800 to 94,800 CNY (c. $9,647 to $14,114), which puts the STAR pair near the top of the range.

The STAR Chill takes the softer line. It comes in a single creamy beige paint that Geely calls Naiyanmi, paired with a light beige Muguangmi cabin with wood-grain trim across the dashboard and doors. It keeps the standard 4,135 mm body length and the same 2,650 mm wheelbase as the rest of the range.

The STAR Chill's Muguangmi cabin, with the EVA robot perched on the 14.6-inch screen (Geely Galaxy)

The STAR Ace is the sportier of the two, offered in Wuyou Green, Baishi Orange or Liuguang Silver. A body kit adds a front spoiler, rear diffuser, rear wing, alloy sport wheels, smoked badges and STAR emblems, which stretches the car to 4,155 mm long. Inside, the Ace gets an Obsidian Black cabin with red or orange contrast trim, a sport steering wheel and embroidered headrests.

Range differs between the two. The Ace is rated at 460 km (286 miles) on the CLTC cycle and the Chill at 480 km (298 miles), both drawing on a 47.14 kWh lithium iron phosphate pack with CATL cells and liquid cooling. Each uses a rear-mounted 85 kW motor with 150 Nm of torque, and Geely lists a 30% to 80% DC charge in 19 minutes.

The features shared by both versions are a powered front trunk and an EVA dashboard robot. The 70-liter (2.5 cu ft) frunk opens six ways, including a knock on the lid, a voice command, the phone app and the key fob, where other Xingyuan trims use a manual lid on gas struts. The robot sits on top of the center screen, turns its head through 60 degrees and has more than 50 expressions, with more promised through over-the-air updates.

On STAR versions the 70-liter (2.5 cu ft) frunk opens electrically, including by a knock on the lid (Geely Galaxy)

The two trims split sharply on driver assistance. The Chill lists adaptive cruise, automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring and remote parking, using two millimeter-wave radars and five cameras, while the Ace lists conventional cruise control and none of those systems. Neither STAR version gets Geely's Qianli Haohan H3 assisted driving package, which in the Xingyuan lineup is limited to the 94,800 CNY top trim.

Outside China, the car is on sale in more than 30 countries and regions, and Geely says it ranked second among Chinese new energy hatchback exports in the first half of 2026. The company cites strong segment sales in Thailand, Egypt, Mexico and Australia, and its release says the car earned five-star ratings under the 2026 Euro NCAP and ANCAP protocols in September 2026.

Alongside the launch, Geely had the China Automotive Technology and Research Center test an owner's 310 km (193 miles) Xingyuan that had covered 220,000 km (136,702 miles). The battery measured a 91.19% state of health, against a national standard of at least 70% after 200,000 km (124,274 miles), and the car reached 99.7% of its rated range in an economy-mode drive with the air conditioning off. It also cleared a moose test at 78.1 km/h (49 mph).

Geely says the STAR series will keep expanding with more versions built around new colors and use cases. October retail of 50,190 units sat below Geely's own October sales count of 71,337, and the first sales of the 88,800 CNY STAR versions will show in later monthly data.

Conversion rate: 1 USD = 6.7168 CNY as of November 6, 2026.