Geely and Renault Are Working on a Way to Turn EVs Into Hybrids

The powertrain venture majority-owned by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. and French manufacturer Renault SAwill show up to next week’s Shanghai auto show with a concept aimed at car buyers still reluctant to go fully electric.

Horse Powertrain will tout what it’s calling Future Hybrid Concept — an engine, electric motor and transmission bundled together in a package compact enough to replace the drive unit of a battery-electric vehicle. The joint venture between Geely, Renault and Saudi Aramco will offer the product to carmakers as a way to hybridize their EVs without having to develop new platforms or ...