The brand new Zeekr 001 will use Zeekr’s in-house developed Golden Battery primarily based on LFP chemistry.
Zeekr, the premium electrical car (EV) subsidiary of Geely Holding Group, is submitting for the brand new Zeekr 001, heralding a serious upcoming replace to its major promoting mannequin.
China’s Ministry of Business and Data Know-how (MIIT) launched its newest catalog of fashions that may quickly be allowed to be offered for public remark yesterday, and the brand new Zeekr 001 is included.
The general public can submit suggestions between January 16 and January 22. Entry into the catalog is the final main regulatory course of by which a mannequin will be allowed to be offered in China.
The brand new Zeekr 001 is a battery electrical car (BEV), like the corporate’s present Zeekr 001.
It has 4 pages in MIIT’s catalog, together with two single-motor variations, and two dual-motor variations.
The brand new Zeekr 001 measures 4,977 mm in size, 1,999 mm in width and 1,545/1,533 mm in top, with a wheelbase of three,005 mm, in accordance with its submitting web page.
For comparability, the Zeekr 001 at the moment on sale has a size, width and top of 4,970 mm, 1,999 mm, 1,560 mm and a wheelbase of 1,560 mm.
The brand new Zeekr 001’s battery is obtainable in lithium ternary and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery choices from CATL and Zeekr’s subsidiary Jidian.
Zeekr unveiled the battery, referred to as the Golden Battery, on December 14, which is predicated on LFP chemistry and is manufactured at Jidian’s plant in Quzhou, Zhejiang province.
The only-motor model of the brand new Zeekr 001 has a motor with a most energy of 310 kW, and the dual-motor model has an extra motor with a most energy of 270 kW.
The car weighs a number of variations, between 2,385 kg and a pair of,575 kg, and helps a prime pace of 240 kilometers per hour.
The brand new Zeekr 001 helps choices for LiDAR, air suspension. LiDAR shouldn’t be supported by the mannequin at the moment on sale.
Launched on April 17, 2021, and with deliveries starting in October 2021, the Zeekr 001 has been Zeekr’s major promoting mannequin.
Zeekr delivered a report 13,476 automobiles in December, bringing full-year 2023 deliveries to 118,685 automobiles.
The Zeekr 001 delivered 7,980 automobiles in December, contributing 59.22 % of the Zeekr’s month-to-month deliveries.
For the total 12 months 2023, Zeekr 001 delivered 76,246 automobiles, contributing 64 % of Zeekr deliveries.
Zeekr yesterday introduced a continuation of the reductions for the Zeekr 001 which were in place for the previous few months, in addition to new extra entitlements.
Zeekr’s on-sale fashions additionally embrace the Zeekr 009 MPV (Multi-Objective Car), the Zeekr X SUV, and the Zeekr 007 sedan, with the Zeekr 007 launched on December 27 and deliveries starting on January 1.
Earlier this month, Zeekr launched the upgraded Zeekr 009 and Zeekr X.
($1 = RMB 7.1716)
Zeekr continues previous months’ reductions for Zeekr 001 and presents new perks