Geely’s plug-in hybrid D-segment sedan, the Galaxy A7, will soon spawn a full-electric version simply called the Galaxy A7 EV. Deriving its powertrain from the Galaxy E5/EX5/Proton eMas 7, the car is expected to debut at Auto China in Beijing later this month.
The A7 EV looks practically identical to the regular A7, with the visual changes being few and far between. Without the need to feed air into the engine, the centre intake is slightly smaller, and there are also slimmer air curtain inlets in the corners of the front bumper. There’s a hint of junior Lucid Air in there, if you ask me.
The charge port has also been moved from the rear to the front fender, just like it is on the eMas 7. Lastly, there are new five-spoke alloy wheels (comically oversized, as is typical for Geely’s recent renders), along with a mildly re-profiled rear valance.
No changes are discernible on the inside, where the A7 EV still features a clean dashboard with a full-width air vent design, a bridge-like centre console with an eMas 7-style physical control knob and a two-spoke steering wheel. The 10.25-inch digital instrument display and a 15.4-inch infotainment touchscreen – both running on the Flyme Auto interface – are also carried over.
No technical details have been announced just yet, but Autohome reports that the car is powered by the eMas 7’s 218 PS (160 kW) front motor, juiced by either a 49.52 kWh or a 58.05 kWh Aegis short blade LFP battery – as disclosed in a Chinese ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) filing. These are expected to deliver range figures of 470 km and 550 km respectively on the Middle Kingdom’s lenient CLTC cycle, we estimate WLTP numbers of around 385 km for the smaller battery and 450 km with the larger one.
The A7 EV could form the basis of a new Proton eMas sedan, which would be a good fit if the national carmaker were to expand its electrified offerings beyond the current SUVs and hatches. After all, the company did tease a sedan back when it launched the sub-brand in 2024.
With the D-segment sedan market all but dead in Malaysia, however, we’d sooner expect Proton to release a smaller model based on the Geely Galaxy Starshine 6 PHEV – itself derived from the new fifth-generation Emgrand. A pure EV version of the C-segmenter would give the company a “Proton S70 EV” of sorts, useful at a time when petrol prices are set to go up in the near future.
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An EV of S70 size would be great
Proton Emas Sedan, bring it.
Lucid Luxury grade here.
hopefully rwd and not fwd
This would fill the void left by the Perdana quite nicely. Emas Sedan 9 aka S9, maybe.
Just got my emas 7 phev. Will. Get another d-segment sedan phev if it comes out with one.
dem, this looks good, nice low and wide stance.
No starshine 8 then? That looks better imo
550km CLTC means 450km WLTP or 350km EPA.
Means cannot even do JB to KL.
Not to worry. The 225km WLTP eMas5 had managed that with only one additional 20min charging.
your math is mind blowing. sedan typically has better aerodynamic compared to brick-shaped SUV. so it can certainly achieve 400+ km range provided your speed remain below 110km.
Funny how you people have no issue with CLTC but will kaw-kaw taroh any article with a car showing WLTP figures, even though it’s factually proven that CLTC is the most unrealistic figure out there. Bunch of wumoas.
with 450wltp from KL to JB no issue, even up to Singapore.
The slim side profile is a great thing to see.
EV sedans tends to get a little bloated to obtain a lower cd coefficient.
yes. lets go. tired of SUV army on the road. bring D segment back to glory.
Galaxy Starshine 8 will be nicer. Priced full spec around Seal Performance will be a good option. Geely can step up the game, Proton brand for lower end while Geely brand for mid version and Zeekr for premium. Volvo for higher premium grade.