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On January 25th, the official picture of the new MPV model of Geely's brand LEVC (London Electric car Company) was released, the model code is L380. Yang Xueliang, senior vice president of Geely Holdings Group, posted the official picture of the car on social media and released the key words Large, Luxury and Link, which mean big, luxurious and interconnected in Chinese. It is understood that the new car positioning pure electric MPV, based on the SOA architecture, using 3-seat and 8-seat two layouts, is expected to appear on the market this year.

Combined with the official picture, the new car looks very large as a whole, with a round and plump front face, which is similar to the ideal MEGA. Officials call it "Land Airbus", which is tit-for-tat with the ideal MEGA's "high-speed road and rail". Specifically, the new car uses the popular enclosed grille with split headlights, with three segments of intermittent daytime driving lights running through LED at the top and LED headlights at the bottom, which is full of science fiction. The diversion slot design under the lamp group and the silver decorative strip design under the front further enhance the hierarchical sense of the whole vehicle.

The new car has smooth lines on the side of the body, with an all-black roof and ABC column design, making the large visual proportion of the body look more coordinated, while the roof is designed with straight lines. In addition, the new car will be equipped with large-size multi-spoke rims and hidden door handle design, which also makes the vehicle more upscale. The official map does not show the shape of the rear part of the car, but combined with the previous declaration map, the new car looks square as a whole, and the taillight group will adopt a penetrating design with thick and thin at both ends, with a fan-shaped radiation style on both sides after lighting. In terms of size, the size of the new car is relatively large, with 5316/1998/1940mm in length, width and height and 3185mm in wheelbase. For comparison, the ideal MEGA is 5350/1965/1850mm in length, width and height, and 3300mm in wheelbase.

In terms of power, the new car uses pure electric drive, and previous declaration information shows that the new car has a single motor version, with a maximum motor power of 200 kilowatts, matching ternary lithium battery packs.

It is understood that LEVC is the abbreviation of London Electric vehicle Company. Founded in 1908, it is a century-old British car brand focusing on building British-style high-end business travel cars. Classic models include FX series and TX series. In 2006, Geely acquired a 20 per cent stake in LEVC. In 2013, Geely Group wholly acquired LEVC, because LEVC has become a British travel brand acquired by Geely, together with Polar Krypton and Volvo are parallel brands under Geely Group. London Taxi Company (LTC) has also changed its name to London Electric vehicle (LEVC) and began to establish a global new energy high-end travel layout. Geely Holdings also introduced LEVC TX5 models to the domestic market after Geely Holdings announced in March 2015 that it would invest 250 million pounds to build a new high-tech and modern factory for LTC, the predecessor of British cars, to produce the next generation of zero-emission and ultra-low-emission London taxis.

In May last year, the LEVC brand launched a new large electric vehicle platform SOA and announced that it would build a "Xspace Family" family model based on the architecture, including a taxi, a family MPV, a luxury MPV and two large-space VAN vans.

According to market news, the LEVC brand will become a high-end new energy brand under Geely in the future, and will share Geely's global supply system. Combining the new car official map and LEVC sharing Geely's global supply system and other information, as a global high-end new energy brand, industry insiders believe that the new MPV model launched by LEVC is likely to be the same high-end model as Polar Krypton 009 and Volvo EMP90.

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