Zeekr is a Chinese automobile

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owned by Geely Automobile Holdings. Founded in 2021, it specializes in

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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. In December 2021, Geely announced that Zeekr would be collaborating with

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to develop an all-electric, autonomous ride-hailing vehicle for the United States. In January 2022, a cooperation between Zeekr and

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was announced. The aim of this is to have Level 4 autonomous driving in production by 2024. The name of the brand is made up of Generation Z and the term geek.

Models

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 ...

The Zeekr 001 was presented as the first model in April 2021 at the

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. The launch took place in October 2021 in the Mainland Chinese market. From 2022, the 001 will also be marketed outside China. 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. *

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 bran ...

The Zeekr 009 is a luxury large MPV set to launch in 2022.

Sales

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

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History

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