Electrifying's Nicola Hume expected to shrug at the Geely EX2 and came away charmed. The car matters for a reason beyond its looks. The video reports it was the best-selling car in China last year, not just the best-selling EV, with around 450,000 sold. Now it is heading to Europe, and Geely reworked it for the market quickly. Pricing, as presented in the review, starts near 21,000 pounds for the smaller-battery version and runs to roughly 23,500 to 25,000 pounds for the bigger battery tested here. It is a small, cheerful electric hatch aimed at buyers who want low running costs and a car that fits city life, rather than a spec-sheet champion built to win comparisons. Nicola opens the review braced to dislike it and spends most of it talking herself out of that position.
The EX2 lands in one of Europe's most crowded new segments: the sub-25,000-pound electric hatchback. It arrives against the Renault 5, the Fiat Grande Panda, the Citroen e-C3, and Hyundai's Inster, all chasing buyers who want an EV without a 30,000-pound-plus price tag. Nicola frames the EX2 as a car for short trips and town driving rather than long motorway runs, and the hardware backs that up. What sets it apart on paper is the warranty. The review reports an 8-year, 125,000-mile cover on both the car and the battery, which it says beats what MG, BYD, and Renault currently offer. For a budget brand still building trust in Europe, that length of cover is the kind of detail that moves a hesitant buyer more than any screen size or paint option. Nicola even concludes the EX2 is roomy enough that the Renault 5 is the wrong size comparison, and that the larger Grande Panda is the fairer rival.
The version Nicola drives is the top Ultra trim with the 47 kWh battery. The review quotes 214 miles of range from that pack, an LFP chemistry she notes is less efficient in cold weather than the NMC packs in some rivals. Charging is modest at 80 kW for the big battery and 60 kW for the small one, which the video puts at roughly 40 minutes for a 10 to 80 percent top-up. Power is light, around 115 horsepower for a 0 to 62 time near 11 to 12 seconds, and the car is rear-wheel drive. Nicola describes the driving as unremarkable, with soft steering and mild regen you switch on in the menus, but a ride she rates as quieter and more comfortable than her own small SUV. Inside there is an 8.8-inch driver display and a 14.6-inch central screen that houses the climate controls. Nicola highlights a 375-litre boot with a 70-litre frunk, plus extra storage under the rear seats and a surprisingly spacious back bench for a car this size. The review notes the 35 kWh entry car is expected to make up only a small share of sales, with no official range figure given for it. There is wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, a voice assistant, and a camping mode, though Nicola flags that the driver-attention and speed warnings take too many menu taps to silence, something she says Geely plans to fix with a steering-wheel shortcut. UK sales start at the end of summer 2026, near 200 to 250 pounds a month.
Bottom line: The EX2 is not fast, it does not charge quickly, and the LFP battery will lose range when it gets cold. None of that is the point. It is cheap, genuinely roomy for its size, and backed by a warranty most rivals cannot match. If you want a second car for the school run and the shops, this is a smarter buy than its spec sheet suggests. The bigger story is how fast a Chinese best-seller can be reworked for Europe. That speed, more than the price, is the real threat to the incumbents.
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