{"id":28428,"date":"2025-09-17T21:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/28428\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T21:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:06:11","slug":"geely-starray-em-i-new-zealand-pricing-super-hybrid-looks-like-a-super-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/28428\/","title":{"rendered":"Geely Starray EM-i New Zealand pricing: super hybrid looks like a super buy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second Geely SUV for New Zealand market.
\nSuper hybrid technology with 83km EV range, 943km total.
\nPriced to compete with conventional ICE SUVs.<\/p>\n

New Zealand Geely<\/a> distributor NordEast<\/a> (also Volvo<\/a>, Polestar<\/a>, Lotus<\/a>, Zeekr and Farizon) says sub-$50k pricing for the new Starray EM-i plug-in \u201csuper hybrid\u201d SUV represents price parity with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, and is the first significant step towards its goal of achieving 5000 new-vehicle sales in NZ by 2030.<\/p>\n

\"Geely
\nSuper hybrid powertrain achieves 83km EV and 943km overall range.<\/p>\n

Geely Starray is a companion SUV to the\u00a0EX5<\/a> launched back in March. It\u2019s slightly larger (at 4740mm, 140mm longer), but the key difference is the powertrain: while EX5<\/a> is pure-electric, Starray is a \u201csuper hybrid\u201d that matches an 18.4kWh battery with a 1.4-litre petrol engine, giving 83km EV range (WLTP) and an overall 943km in hybrid mode.<\/p>\n

Starray EM-i is $45,990 in entry Complete specification, or $49,950 in top Inspire form. The smaller EX5 EV sells for $49,990-$53,990.<\/p>\n


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From now until the end of the year, Geely is also offering premium paint (all colours except white are normally $950), 3 years servicing and 15,000km Road User Charges on the Starray, free-of-charge.<\/p>\n

\"Geely
\nSimilar cabin to EX5 EV; Inspire adds a lot of equipment for $3500 extra.<\/p>\n

Accord to NordEast group general manager Dane Fisher, plug-in cars like Starray that sell at ICE prices are the only way to achieve those 5000 sales: \u201cGeely is the core of this strategy. This is our halo product of that vision\u201d.<\/p>\n

“The super hybrid segment is still in its infancy. We need NZers to understand that with this technology\u2026 you can drive to work and back during the week [on EV power], and then if you want to go to the beach house or whatever, the generator will start working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Super hybrid technology is a common denominator for many new Chinese brands, including BYD and Chery (including its sub-brands Omoda and Jaecoo). It offers much longer EV range than traditional plug-in hybrids, and the combustion engine is secondary, mainly acting as a generator.<\/p>\n

While you can still charge the battery by plugging in, a key part of the super-hybrid concept is for the petrol engine to make electricity.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeely is not unique with this,\u201d says Fisher. \u201cBut the technology is coming, it will be significant and we believe it will challenge traditional hybrid technology for market share.<\/p>\n


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\u201cThis car at this price with this technology is going to supercharge the super hybrid segment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Starray models have the same 73kW\/125Nm petrol engine and 160kW\/262Nm electric motor. Combined power is 193kW.<\/p>\n

The battery can be DC charged (at a public station in other words), although the maximum charge rate is only 30kW. AC charging (on a home wallbox, for example) is up to 6.6kW.<\/p>\n

Geely NZ brand manager Jordan Haines calls the flagship Starray Inspire a \u201cno brainer\u201d over the Complete (currently, 90% of EX5 buyers are going for the top model).<\/p>\n

For an extra $3500, the Starray Inspire adds upsized 19-inch wheels, panoramic glass roof with sunshade, power tailgate, front parking sensors (rear and a 360-degree camera are standard on both models), 256-colour interior lighting, ventilated\/memory front seats, head-up display and 1000W Flyme 16-speaker audio system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Logical rivals for the Starray EM-i include other Chinese super hybrids such as the BYD Sealion 6 and Chery Tiggo 7. But Haines says the Geely is aiming at a much broader customer base: \u201cWe\u2019re not narrowing ourselves to just plug-in hybrid competitors. We also want to look at hybrid and ICE. The reality is we\u2019ve got the product and price to draw people into this technology.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Second Geely SUV for New Zealand market. Super hybrid technology with 83km EV range, 943km total. Priced to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11357,18930,28091,6191,111,43,139,69,25367,28092,17620],"class_list":["post-28428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-budget","tag-ev","tag-geely","tag-medium-suv","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-phev","tag-starray","tag-suv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}