Although for the moment zeekr is not very well known, it is possible that in the coming years its name will begin to sound strongly. It is a Chinese brand, owned by Geely, which is specialized in electric cars. They have been selling in their home market for a while and now they want to start expanding. They have already set the goal of double its sales in 2023 and probably the main key to achieving this is reaching one of the continents that most value this type of car.
zeekr will be present in Europe throughout this year, making a gradual expansion of which details have not yet been given. They are currently focused on China and managed to sell around 72,000 units of the two models they have available. With its growth in 2023 they intend to reach 140,000 vehicles, many of them reaching the European continent. We have already talked about the fact that China has broken export records and that we will see more and more cars manufactured in that country on our roads.
Its main rival in China was Tesla, which has been forced to reduce its prices and also production in that country due to strong competition and weak results in recent months. Here the two Zeekr models would also have hard to gain a foothold on the market due to the increasing number of electric vehicles available. His champion is zeekr 001a kind of sedan with crossover airs that comes from a prototype of Lynk & Co. You can tell that both companies are owned by Geely, since the design language is similar.
The main asset of 001 is their autonomy, since a version with a 140 kWh battery has reached approval for more than 1,000 kilometers. Of course, in the CLTC cycle of China that is not usually as precise as the WLTP that we use in Europe. Also by price, because in its market it is advertised for 300,000 yuan (about 41,382 euros to change). On the other hand, the zeekr 009 It is a large minivan that is not exactly what the European customer is looking for, so it remains to be seen when it arrives on our continent. At the moment they do not plan to expand to other markets such as the United States.
Source: Automotive News
