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Geely is that giant Chinese automaker that owns so many brands it’s easy to forget some of them. The company still sells a mixture of gas-powered vehicles and electric ones, which makes tracking its progress a bit wonky. Nonetheless, we have some numbers from Geely for April and the company’s sales report does give us some key details.
First of all, Geely reports that its overall BEV (fully electric vehicle) sales dropped 19% year over year in April, from 92,360 in April 2025 to 74,860 in April 2026. Not great. Across the first four months of the year, its BEV sales dropped 15%, from 330,884 in 2025 to 281,261 this year.
Plugin hybrids, meanwhile, actually saw significant sales growth. They grew 83% in April, going from 33,203 sales in April 2025 to 60,731 sales in April 2026. Across the first four months of the year, Geely’s PHEVs grew 67%, from 133,879 in 2025 to 223,389 in 2026.
The Zeekr brand, which used to only sell BEVs but now also sells PHEVs, did see strong growth itself. It went from 13,727 sales in April 2025 to 31,787 in April 2026, 132% growth. For January–April sales, Zeekr went from 55,130 in 2025 to 108,824 in 2026, 97% growth. Not too shabby.
