Zeekr

Zeekr is a Chinese automobile brand owned by Geely Automobile Holdings. Founded in 2021, it specializes in electric cars.

Zeekr
Native name
极氪
TypeDivision
IndustryAutomotive
Founded2021 (2021)
Headquarters
China
ProductsAutomobiles
OwnerGeely Automobile Holdings Ltd
Websitezeekrlife.com
Zeekr show room at Xinhuihu Center

History

Zeekr was founded in March 2021 as a premium brand for battery-powered vehicles by the Geely Group to compete against Nio and Tesla, among others. The Zeekr models are to be based on the SEA platform presented in Autumn 2020.[1] In December 2021, Geely announced that Zeekr would be collaborating with Waymo to develop an all-electric, autonomous ride-hailing vehicle for the United States.[2] In January 2022, a cooperation between Zeekr and Mobileye was announced. The aim of this is to have Level 4 autonomous driving in production by 2024.[3]

The name of the brand is made up of Generation Z and the term geek.[4]

Models

The Zeekr 001 was presented as the first model in April 2021 at the Auto Shanghai.[5] The launch took place in October 2021 in the Mainland Chinese market. From 2022, the 001 will also be marketed outside China.[6] The Geely Group already showed a first preview of this vehicle in September 2020 with the Zero Concept. However, this was still presented under the Lynk & Co brand.[7]

The Zeekr 009 is a luxury large MPV launched in 2022.

The Zeekr X (003) is a Subcompact crossover SUV.

Sales

In the first year of sales, Zeekr sold 6,007 vehicles in China.[8]

See also

References
  1. Stefan Leichsenring (22 March 2021). "Geely gründet Elektromarke Zeekr, um gegen Tesla und Nio anzutreten". insideevs.de. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. Mick Chan (29 December 2021). "Zeekr, Waymo collaborate to develop autonomous ride-hailing electric vehicle for the United States". paultan.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. Danny Tan (5 January 2022). "Zeekr, Intel's Mobileye to collaborate on autonomous cars – goal is world's first consumer L4 AVs by 2024". paultan.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. Mark Andrews (29 December 2021). "Zeekr 001 exclusive first test drive". carnewschina.com. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  5. Sven Kötter (20 April 2021). "Zeekr 001 (2021): Reichweite & Zero Concept". autozeitung.de. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. Sebastian Henßler (17 April 2021). "Geelys Zeekr 001 bietet 700 km Reichweite, eigenes Ladenetz & mehr". elektroauto-news.net. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  7. Uli Baumann, Holger Wittich (11 December 2020). "Erlkönig Lynk & Co Zero aka 08: Das erste reine E-Auto mit neuer Plattform für alle". auto-motor-und-sport.de. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  8. Matthew H Tong (7 January 2022). "Geely sold 1,328,029 cars in 2021, up 1% from 2020". paultan.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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