New Zeekr 001 Officially Launches In China, Many Changes In The Lampau Version

JAKARTA - New Zeekr 001 was officially launched in China with many improvements compared to the previous version.

Now this one car is priced starting from 269,000 yuan or around Rp586 million, and delivery will start on March 1, 2024.

Quoting from the Carnewschina page, Wednesday, February 28, as is known Zeekr is the electric car brand from China under the Geely Group which was launched in 2021. And the first car from Zeekr was 001.

Currently, the product lines consist of four cars including 001 shifts, X crossovers, 009 minivans, and 007 sedans. Meanwhile, the launch of Zeekr 001 which has just been aimed at strengthening its market position.

Let's discuss what changes are presented.

From the exterior side, at first glance Zeekr 001 looks similar to its predecessor. However, its exterior force is enhanced to match the monster of four Zeekr 001 FR motors launched last year. Imi cars have more aggressive bumpers, new back-on LiDAR sensors, and new rear spoilers as well as a new body color called Olive Green. Zeekr 001 boasts of a length dimension of 4,977 mm, 1,999 mm wide and 1,545 mm high with a wheel axis distance of 3,005 mm.

On the inside, the new Zeekr 001 has more improvements than the old model. Where it offers new instrument clusters and steering wheels, similar to Zeekr 001 FR. The interior color scheme is also revised. In addition, Zeekr also improves the texture quality used in the car.

Other updates are armchair vibration functions, 15.6-inch screens that can turn left and right, 35.5-inch augmented reality head-up display, and the Snapdragon 8295 chip, as well as 28 3000-W Yamaha speakers, not just eight speakers owned by their predecessors. In addition, each head base (except the middle rear seat) has two speakers integrated and becomes standard.

Another thing that is new is electronic-powered doors and two-space air suspensions that increase driving comfort. UKI cars also have a CDC's ongoing dampening control system, which improves car control.

Zeekr 001 has just adopted the 800V platform. Thanks to this technology, it supports V2V charging with a peak power of 60 kW. This means that Zeekr 001 can charge another EV with DC charging station average power. In addition, this platform allows Zeekr to increase its new 001 power output. In addition, this car is equipped with an LFP battery that can charge 10-80 percent in 11.5 minutes.

Regarding the heart of the runway, this car adopted a permanent 310 kW (416 hp) magnetic electric motor in the back double, which was borrowed from Zeekr 001 FR. The 4WD model also has an asynchronous induction motor in the front doubles of 270 kW (362 hp). The advantage of using this type of e-motor on the front line is the high energy efficiency when driving at low speed in the middle of traffic jams.

The Zeekr 001 performance is quite capable, capable of traveling up to 100 km/h within 3.3 seconds. In comparison, the Nio ET7 sedan reaches the same speed in 3.9 seconds.

The company provides attractive offers with a discount of 10,000 yuan (IDR 21 million) to customers who purchased this new model before March 31.