New energy vehicles accounted for 124,252 of those sales, a 3% increase from the same period a year earlier.
Sales outside China totaled 60,506 vehicles, up 121% year over year. Overseas NEV sales rose 76% from the previous month to 32,117.
By brand, premium EV maker Zeekr sold 23,852 vehicles in January, up 99.7% from a year earlier. The company has officially launched its premium electric shooting brake, the 7GT, in 12 major European countries including Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Geely, the group’s largest brand, sold 82,990 vehicles. Lynk & Co delivered 28,877 vehicles, up 12% from a year earlier, pushing its cumulative global sales past 1.71 million.
Geely Auto Group attributed the results to Geely Holding Group’s “One Geely” strategy, which links brands including Zeekr, Geely and Lynk & Co, as well as Volvo, Polestar and Lotus. The plan is a five-year blueprint aimed at 2030 that focuses on tighter coordination among brands, stronger global cooperation and building strategic capabilities.
Under the strategy, Geely Holding Group aims by 2030 to achieve: combined global sales of more than 6.5 million passenger and commercial vehicles; revenue of more than 1 trillion yuan (about 209 trillion won); a top-five global ranking by sales; a 75% share for NEVs; and raising the share of sales outside China to more than one-third.
A Geely Auto Group official said the company has set a 2026 sales target of 3.45 million vehicles and plans to sell 640,000 vehicles in overseas markets, led by Zeekr and Lynk & Co. The official said the group will accelerate new-model launches, expand its global network and improve customer experience to support sustainable growth and long-term value worldwide.
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