The Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) platform is a
modular electric vehicle
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...
platform developed by
Geely Holding. The platform is planned to be deployed to Geely Holding portfolio brands along with the
Smart joint venture with
Daimler AG.
Geely refers the SEA platform as "
open-source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized sof ...
," meaning the manufacturer is open to supply the platform to other automakers. Geely Holding has claimed it has entered into preliminary discussions with other manufacturers about potential use of the SEA platform.
Overview
The SEA platform is more of an architecture that unifies multiple platforms covering almost all vehicle types. The platform will consist of five different core versions covering a variety of market segments:
* SEA1 for
E Executive cars with wheelbase of 3,000 mm to 3,019 mm
* SEA2 for
D Compact executive cars with wheelbase of 2,900 mm
* SEA-E (SEA Entry)
C Compact cars with wheelbase of 2,750 mm
* SEA-S (SEA Sport)
S sports cars for sports
* SEA-C (SEA Commercial)
M for Commercial vehicles between 3.5 and 5.5 tonnes, including trucks, vans, and buses.
Each core platform will further be available in several different variants such as front, rear, and all-wheel drive, as well as single, double, and triple motor configurations. Performance is expected to be competitive, with support for both 400V and 800V architectures, fast charging, and 0-60 acceleration times as low as three seconds.
The predecessor of SEA platform is Geely's pure electric vehicle platform PMA. According to Geely's plan for the SEA architecture, the PMA platform was split into two variants in the later phase with the PMA1, now renamed SEA1, used in medium and large vehicles such as the Zeekr 001, and PMA2, now renamed SEA2, used in small and compact vehicles such as Smart #1.
The first model based on the SEA architecture is the
Zeekr 001
The Zeekr 001 ( zh, 极氪 001) is the first electric vehicle produced by Geely under the Zeekr brand and technical cousin of Lynk & Co. The vehicle was released in China in October 2021 and is scheduled for release in Europe in 2023.
Overview
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(unveiled on 23 September 2019 as the Lynk & Co Zero Concept) and is being launched in 2021.
On 5 September 2021, Geely and
Mercedes-Benz Group announced the
Smart Concept #1 based on SEA, and due in 2022.
Jidu Auto
Jidu Auto is a joint venture between Chinese car company Geely and Baidu. Jidu Auto was founded in March 2021 as an intelligent electric vehicle company mainly focused on the development of electric vehicles and intends to release a full portfoli ...
, a joint venture between Geely and
Baidu, intends to use SEA for a full portfolio of vehicles in different segments, starting in 2022.
Models
*
SEA1
**
Zeekr 001
The Zeekr 001 ( zh, 极氪 001) is the first electric vehicle produced by Geely under the Zeekr brand and technical cousin of Lynk & Co. The vehicle was released in China in October 2021 and is scheduled for release in Europe in 2023.
Overview
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(2021)
** Jidu ROBO-01 (2022)
**
Zeekr 009
The Zeekr 009 is an all-electric luxury minivan to be produced by Chinese automobile manufacturer Geely and sold under the Zeekr premium EV brand from early 2023. When launched, the 009 will be the second production vehicle under the Zeekr brand ...
(2022)
**
Polestar 4
The Polestar 4 is a battery electric compact luxury crossover SUV produced by Swedish automaker Volvo Cars under the marque Polestar since 2023. The 4 is the third vehicle to use the rear- and all-wheel drive based platform, Sustainable Experi ...
(2023)
*
SEA2
**
Smart #1 (2022)
**
Smart #3 (2023)
*
SEA-E
*
SEA-S
**
Lotus Eletre
The Lotus Eletre is an upcoming high-performance battery electric mid-size luxury crossover SUV to be produced by British sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. It was revealed on 29 March 2022 as the company's first production SUV and its firs ...
(2022)
**
Lotus Type 133
The Lotus Emeya is an upcoming battery electric GT liftback by British sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. It was revealed on 7 September 2023 as the company's second vehicle produced in China, after Lotus Eletre. This car will compete with the ...
(2023)
*
SEA-C
References
External links
Official press release
{{Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
Electric vehicle platforms
Geely Holding platforms