Zeekr, a premium Chinese language electrical automobile maker that shares the identical mum or dad firm as Volvo Vehicles and Polestar, has simply unveiled its mass-produced high-performance electrical hypercar, the Zeekr 001 FR.
The brand new EV was formally put on the market on Friday final week with a beginning worth of 769,000 yuan in its native market, in keeping with stories from cnevpost. That’s equal to $A165,000.
For this, homeowners can count on to get the Zeekr 001 FR from 0-100 km/h in 2.07 seconds which the model claims is the “fastest-accelerating mass-produced all-electric automobile”.
That is due to a quad-motor powertrain which produces 1,265 horsepower or 930 kW. For comparability, the Tesla Mannequin S plaid does the identical dash in 2.1 seconds and has been in manufacturing since 2021.
To develop this stage of efficiency figures, Zeekr engineers labored carefully with the corporate’s chief efficiency advisor, Kimi Räikkönen, who many within the racing business know as having competed in System One racing.
In accordance with the corporate, the automobile is provided with “Räikkönen-mode” which gives a brand new set of options to drivers taking a look at pushing this high-performance electrical hypercar to its limits.
To assist with the charging and discharging, the EV is sitting on an in-house developed 800V structure mixed with 4 silicon carbide motors to ship optimum energy to the highway.
The motors are fed by a 100 kWh battery pack developed by CATL which it describes because the “Qilin” battery. On the proper high-powered charger, this pack might be charged from 10-80% in quarter-hour.
Zeekr is utilizing the 001 FR as a halo automobile because the model seems to be to develop internationally. Zeekr automobiles at the moment are obtainable in elements of Europe as of 2023 with plans for an extra enlargement into different markets in 2024.
The enlargement will assist the corporate ship round 140,000 EVs globally in simply 2023 with 2024 seeking to push it nicely previous that.
Zeekr 001 FR is a good instance of the efficiency that may be supplied in mass-produced electrical vehicles.
We look ahead to seeing how this hypercar performs on the monitor and naturally on the Nürburgring monitor the place the Tesla Mannequin S Plaid with the monitor pack has set benchmark occasions for a mass-produced electrical hypercar.
Riz is the founding father of carloop primarily based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV information, perception stories and developments. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, significantly EVs and needs to assist cut back transport emissions in Australia. He at present drives a pink Tesla Mannequin 3.