Geely has priced its EX2 hatchback from $26,490 plus on-road costs, landing as Australia’s second-cheapest EV and the only rear-wheel-drive car in a field full of front-drive rivals. Geely also counts it as the best-selling small EV on the planet.
Pricing and launch offer: Geely lands at $26,490
Geely Auto Australia has confirmed pricing for the EX2, its new electric hatchback, ahead of dealership arrivals from late July. Two grades make up the range: Complete from $26,490 plus on-road costs and Inspire from $30,990. That places the EX2 as the second-cheapest EV on sale in the country behind only the BYD Atto 1 Essential at $23,990.
A launch offer runs from 12 July to 31 August 2026. Buyers who order and take delivery in that window get a free 7kW home charger (hardware only, installation extra), a premium paint upgrade worth up to $600, and access to a 0.68% comparison rate on a 36-month finance term. Geely backs the range with a seven-year, unlimited-kilometre vehicle warranty and an eight-year, unlimited-kilometre battery warranty for private buyers, ahead of most rivals at this price.
The EX5 SUV and Starray plug-in hybrid have already sold 10,970 vehicles between them in the first half of 2026, with the EX5 alone accounting for 6,765 of those. That’s a strong start for a brand that only landed in Australia last year, and the EX2 becomes its third nameplate and, by some distance, its cheapest.
Powertrain and range: Rear-wheel-drive layout
The Complete uses a rear-mounted 60kW/150Nm motor fed by a 35.3kWh LFP battery, good for a claimed 252km on the WLTP cycle. Step up to Inspire and the motor grows to 85kW (torque stays at 150Nm) alongside a 47.1kWh pack, lifting range to 345km.
Both variants send power to the rear wheels, a genuine point of difference in a segment where the BYD Atto 1, BYD Dolphin, GAC Aion UT and MG4 Urban are all front-wheel drive. Geely pairs that layout with multi-link independent rear suspension rather than the torsion beam setup more common at this price, and says the RWD packaging allows a 41-degree front steering angle and a tight 9.9m turning circle.
The ride and handling tune was developed with Geely Technology Europe, the Frankfurt-based engineering outfit formerly known as Lotus Tech Innovation Centre before Geely folded it into a unified European R&D arm alongside its Gothenburg operation in March 2026. It’s a Lotus pedigree applied to a car costing a fraction of one, worth knowing given how often a European chassis tune gets claimed without any real backing behind it.
| Spec | EX2 Complete | EX2 Inspire |
|---|---|---|
| Price (+ORC) | $26,490 | $30,990 |
| Power / Torque | 60kW / 150Nm | 85kW / 150Nm |
| EV Range (WLTP) | 252km | 345km |
| Battery | 35.3kWh LFP | 47.1kWh LFP |
| Standard inclusions | 16in covered steel wheels, 14.6in touchscreen, 8.8in driver display, powered front seats, 4-speaker audio, Geely Connected Services | Adds larger motor/battery, 16in alloys, black roof, power tailgate, metallic accents, 256-colour ambient lighting, wireless charger, 6-speaker audio, heated seats and wheel, 360-degree camera |
Space and packaging: a small footprint hides a 70-litre frunk
At 4135mm long and 1805mm wide, the EX2 sits between a Volkswagen Polo and Golf, and Geely has used its GEA architecture (shared with the EX5 SUV and Starray PHEV) to claw back space a car this size doesn’t usually have. An inclined heat dissipation layout frees up a 70-litre frunk, air conditioning repositioning grows front legroom, and a compact rear drive unit stretches the rear overhang for a deeper boot.
The result is a 375-litre boot, a 10-litre drawer-style glovebox, 28 litres of underseat storage and more than 30 storage points throughout the cabin. It’s the kind of packaging argument small EVs increasingly lean on to justify themselves against larger rivals and on paper the EX2 backs it up with real numbers.
Cabin, tech and safety: comprehensive from the base grade
Both grades get a 14.6-inch touchscreen with built-in satellite navigation, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and an 8.8-inch digital instrument cluster. Complete runs a 4-speaker system; Inspire steps up to 6 speakers, adds heated front seats and steering wheel, a power tailgate, and 256-colour ambient lighting. Geely Connected Services activates from August with 24 months included, feeding a revamped Geely app for remote climate, door and charging control, with emergency call functionality due via an over-the-air update in the fourth quarter.
Safety is comprehensive from the entry grade: 7 airbags including a centre airbag, autonomous emergency braking, adaptive and intelligent cruise control, blind spot detection, and lane keeping and lane change assistance are all standard on Complete. Inspire adds a 360-degree camera with a transparent view of the underbody. What’s missing, for now, is an ANCAP rating. Neither ANCAP nor Euro NCAP has tested the EX2 yet, though the related EX5 SUV holds five stars in both, giving some indication of where Geely’s engineering typically lands.
Design: colour where rivals go plain
Exterior styling runs to six colours, Moon White as standard and five premium options (Star Silver, Comet Grey, Nebula Beige, Aurora Green, Nova Pink) at $600 outside the launch offer. Inspire adds a contrasting black roof and metallic side accents. Both wear 16-inch wheels on Yokohama tyres, steel with covers on Complete, alloys on Inspire, with semi-concealed door handles and keyless entry across the range. Inside, Horizon Grey leather-like upholstery is standard, with a no-cost Skyline White trim exclusive to Inspire.
The rivals: undercutting everything except the Atto 1
| Spec | Geely EX2 Complete | BYD Atto 1 Essential | BYD Dolphin Essential | GAC Aion UT Premium | MG4 EV Urban |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $26,490 | $23,990 | $29,990 | $31,990 | $31,990* |
| Drive | RWD | FWD | FWD | FWD | FWD |
| Battery | 35.3kWh LFP | 30kWh LFP | 45kWh LFP | 60kWh LFP | 43kWh |
| Range (WLTP) | 252km | 220km | 340km | 430km | 415km |
*MG4 Urban’s price is drive-away (on-road costs included); every other figure here is before on-road costs, so add a few thousand dollars to each for a fair door-to-door comparison. Pricing and specification in this segment shift often enough that none of these numbers should be treated as fixed.
The Atto 1 remains the cheapest EV in the country and its 220km range suits buyers who only drive around town. Everything else in this table costs more than the EX2’s entry price and none of it sends drive to the rear wheels.
Geely’s own claim, that the EX2 was the world’s best-selling small EV and China’s top-selling model in 2025, holds up under scrutiny. The company cites 459,960 global deliveries across A and B segments last year and independent reporting on the China-market car puts local deliveries there above 465,000. Both figures land in the same territory and there’s no obvious reason to doubt either.
What’s next: a crowded segment gets a genuine contender
The EX2 arrives in Geely dealerships from late July, into a compact car segment some coverage has described as being in overall decline, even as EV uptake keeps climbing (EVs made up 23.5% of the new car market in June). Whether a rear-wheel-drive layout and a bigger frunk than this segment is used to seeing are enough to shift that trend is the question worth watching once local test cars are on the ground and an ANCAP rating, still pending, comes through.
