Following in the footsteps of NIO and XPeng, Zeekr is a relatively new and hot EV startup from China. It was formed in March 2021 as a premium electric vehicle brand from Geely, one of
Following in the footsteps of NIO and XPeng, Zeekr is a relatively new and hot EV startup from China. It was formed inas a premium electric vehicle brand from Geely, one of China’s largest automotive groups. Deliveries began in the 4th quarter of last year, 2021, and then were quite flat for several quarters. In the past few months, though, Zeekr’s sales have risen quite steeply. From around 5,000 in July it got to more than 10,000 in October.
Zeekr’s sales growth in China is a positive sign for the company as it gets ready to also enter the European market. Sales of the premium electric car brand will begin in Europe in 2023. That was the plan from the beginning, and being a cousin of Polestar, Lynk & Co, and Volvo Cars , it should have decent avenues for entry into Europe.
Zeekr plans to release one new electric model each year for the next 5 years. After that? We’ll see how these 5 years go. While I’m a big fan of its first model, the Zeekr 001, I have to say that the Zeekr 009 MPV is a beast of a vehicle and I’m never very keen on giant vehicles that tower over normal cars on city streets. But I imagine it will sell quite well — in China and in the West when it is brought here. I’ll be covering the 009 MPV in a moment, but the key highlight is that it has a whopping 150 kWh battery and a range rating of 822 km . Everything is supersized in this thing, apparently.
Of the 5 most notable electric car startups from China , Zeekr has been doing the best as of late. It’s theIn the first 13 months of Zeekr’s young life, the company has racked up 55,600 cumulative sales. Not a bad start. Not bad at all. I’m very curious to see what total Zeekr rises to in China in 2023, as well as how it does in its launch year in Europe. But we shouldn’t jump ahead too soon — we’ve still got the final two months of 2022, and the end of the year is often the best for EVs.
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