Lynk & Co Will Reveal ZERO Concept Electric SUV At Beijing Auto Show
At the Beijing auto show next week, Lynk & Co will reveal its ZERO Concept built on its latest Sustainable Experience Architecture.
At the Beijing auto show next week, Lynk & Co will reveal its ZERO Concept built on its latest Sustainable Experience Architecture.
Volvo Car Group announced today that it is partnering with Waymo, the self-driving tech firm that spun out of Google (is still a subsidiary of Alphabet). That means Volvo, Polestar, and Lynk & Co. are all now exclusively partnering with Waymo on the self-driving side of things.
Lynk & Co is finally revealing what it has been teasing for a year or so — its very first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). The Lynk & Co 01 PHEV SUV (enough acronyms for you?) wraps together its own experience with PHEV drivetrain systems and Volvo’s.
As was reported a few days ago, it appears that the Tesla Model Y could begin limited production sometime in late 2019, with mass production following in 2020. Assuming that those dates are accurate, the Tesla Model Y compact SUV or CUV will be hitting the market right around the same time as numerous other all-electric SUV/CUV models.
Lynk & Co, a division of Geely Motors and close cousin to Volvo, says it will begin building cars in Belgium in 2020. The cars will be shareable and offer a subscription option that is new to the industry.
Tesla recently posted a job opening for a Model Y engineer, suggesting it is moving forward with plans to produce its affordable electric SUV, but other companies are looking to get in on the fun as well.
Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Motors, has purchased a 9.69% stake in Daimler worth $9 billion. The acquisition is further proof of how quickly consolidation in the auto industry is taking place.
We’ve got stories about Tesla Autopilot 2, Audi electric truck concept art, a proposal for how EVs should sound, bioplastics, a weird front-wheel drive bike, a whole heckuva lot of pollution and litigation news, a green Christmas in Denmark, the myth of “the” blockchain, homemade natural deodorant that actually works, hippie pants, and more in today’s cleantech news roundup.
The impressive new Lynk & Co 01 SUV — the result of a collaboration between China-based Geely and its subsidiary Volvo — is now officially available for purchase in China, giving consumers there a sort of taste of the future owing to some of the interesting features included in the model.
Chinese carmaker Geely is in a quiet and subtle strategic buying race, zipping by under the scrutiny of the media. It seems the company learned the lessons most fail with international acquisitions, to leave well alone.