Zeekr X, the small electrical crossover that shares its underpinnings with the Good #1 and Volvo EX30, went into manufacturing on the firm’s manufacturing facility in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China.
The Zeekr X was previewed in February and an official market launch adopted in April. Now, simply two months later, the small battery-powered Chinese language crossover is already rolling off the meeting line, with deliveries set to begin later this month on the Chinese language market.
Based mostly on Geely’s Sustainable Electrical Structure (SEA), the identical that underpins the just lately revealed Volvo EX30 and in addition the Good #1 crossover, the Zeekr X has a beginning value of simply $27,6000 (189,800 yuan) in base rear-wheel-drive trim that provides 200 kW (268 horsepower).
An all-wheel drive variant that begins at $30,500 (209,800 yuan) can also be out there, and this one comes with a dual-motor setup that makes 315 kW (422 hp) and 400 pound-feet (543 Newton-meters) of torque, enabling a 0 to 62 miles per hour (0-100 kilometers per hour) dash in simply 3.7 seconds.
Each variations draw energy from a 66-kilowatt-hour battery pack with Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) chemistry, with the automaker claiming the RWD mannequin can cowl as much as 348 miles (560 km) on a single cost, whereas the AWD mannequin can go as much as 318 miles (512 km) between costs – each values calculated on China’s CLTC.
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Zeekr goals to ship at least 40,000 models of the X this yr to shops throughout China. A European debut is “anticipated in the end,” however it stays to be seen how mum or dad firm Geely will place the Zeekr X and Volvo EX30 on the Previous Continent, contemplating each fashions are premium choices that begin beneath $35,000.
Zeekr was established in 2021 and bought 71,941 autos final yr on the Chinese language market. Moreover the X, it additionally manufactures the 001 wagon and the 009 MPV, none of that are bought in Europe or the USA. Nonetheless, this can change beginning subsequent yr, when the Geely-owned model plans to enter the Previous Continent and goals to extend its gross sales quantity to 650,000 models worldwide by 2025.
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