Livan Automotive

Livan Automotive, a joint venture between Geely and Lifan Group, is brand specially targeted at battery-swapping electric vehicle. The joint venture manufactures electric vehicles using Geely's existing platforms under Livan and Maple brands.

The brand was founded on January 24, 2022 in a merger between Maple and Lifan Technology.

In 2022, after

In March 2021, Kandi Technologies exited its stake, transferring its 22 percent equity interest to Geely.[12] In 2022, Geely launched a joint venture between Lifan and Maple called Livan (Ruilan, 睿蓝). Geely announced the launch of the Maple Leaf 60S, Geely's first battery swap car under the Livan brand, produced in association with Lifan and based on the Geely Emgrand GL.^[13][14][15] In early 2022 the Maple brand was folded into the new Livan brand, becoming a model name used on legacy designs.

During the Livan brand launched later in June 2022, a brand new model, the Livan 7 electric fastback crossover was teased,^[16] while a few days later at the 2022 Chongqing Auto Show, the Livan 9 electric mid-size crossover SUV was shown for the first time being developed based on the Geely Haoyue.^[17]

In February 2024, Geely Auto announced that it would transfer its 45% stake in Livan Automotive to Geely Qizheng, stripping it from Geely Auto. Currently, Geely Qizheng and Lifan Automobile hold 45% and 55% of Livan respectively, both are holding subsidiaries of Geely Group and still retained within the Geely Group. ^[18]

Current models

• SUV, rebadged Geely Vision X3
• MPV, rebadged electric variant of Geely Jiaji
• Livan Maple 60S (2021–present) compact sedan, rebadged electric variant of Geely Emgrand L

• Livan 9 (2022–present), mid-size SUV, rebadged electric variant of Geely Haoyue
• Livan 7 (2022–present), electric fastback compact SUV

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  Livan Maple 30X
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  Livan Maple 60S
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  Livan Maple 80V
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  Livan 7
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  Livan 9
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  Livan X3 Pro

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