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In Geely, International News / By Mick Chan / 11 March 2020 4:27 pm / 35 comments It has been tough going in recent times with the outbreak of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, and the downturn has also been reflected in Geely Automobile Holding’s sales figures for last month, which…

I’m not really sure there is any object that feels more like the first quarter of 2020 than a Chinese market SUV with a special air filtration system designed to combat the Coronavirus. The SUV is Geely’s new Icon SUV, a small, mild hybrid crossover with an actually very novel…

Owner of the Volvo and Lotus brands, Geely claims that its new SUV has an N95-certified air filtration system. Geely ICON (Image: global.geely.com) A coronavirus-proof car? That's what Chinese automaker Geely has to say about its newly released Geely Icon.Owner of the Volvo and Lotus brands, Geely claims its new…

Coronavirus testing in the United States is falling behind other countries and putting more people at risk, Howard Forman, a Yale professor and healthcare-management expert, told Business Insider.The number of confirmed cases in the US will rise as existing cases are properly identified.Testing is expected to ramp up in the…

The boss of Chinese automotive giant Geely faces stiff competition as tech billionaires around the world look to launch satellites A Chinese billionaire has started a venture to launch satellites, rivalling similar ambitions from Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Li Shufu, the owner of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, a Chinese automotive giant…

Geely, one of China's most internationally-known companies due to its investments in Daimler, Volvo and Proton, is building the facilities in Taizhou, where it has car plants. It aims to produce 500 satellites a year by around 2025, with around 300 highly-skilled staff, it said in a statement. China's Zhejiang…

The Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghur and other ethnic minority citizens from the far west region of Xinjiang to factories across the country. Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labor, Uyghurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of at least 83 well-known…

By Steph Willems on March 2, 2020 In a report that harkens back to the grim days of World War 2-era Germany, several automakers are accused of benefiting from forced labor. An Australian think tank claims upwards of 80,000 Uighurs, a persecuted ethnic minority in northwest China, have been transported from…

BEIJING Two more Chinese cities that rely heavily on car manufacturing plan to offer incentives to bolster auto sales, which have been hit by the fallout from the spread of the coronavirus. In the southern city of Guangzhou where Japanese automakers Toyota, … Read More

Geely Auto's new Icon SUV includes an air-filtration system capable of purifying air of bacteria and viruses, in response to the coronavirus.The car's system is certified to filter out 95% of small particles, but it likely isn't foolproof — some coronavirus particles are known to be smaller than certification standards. The…