Zeekr Starts Sending Model 001 To European Market

Zeekr 001. (Doc.zeekr.eu)

JAKARTA - The premium EV brand Zeekr created by Chinese automotive giant Geely, which owns majority shares in Volvo, Polestar, and Lotus, officially sent the 001 model to its first European customers.

As is known, Zeekr is one of the companies classified as a success in China, where in 2022 it has sold more than 60 thousand cars for the local market, and increased to more than 100 thousand units in 2023.

This delivery was made at Zeist, the Netherlands. Previously, the company had planned for expansion to Europe at the Shanghai Auto Show April 2023.

Very proud of the amazing Zeekr Europe team that has made this happen," commented Zeekr European CEO Spiros Fotinos, quoted from the Carnewschina page, Monday, December 11.

Previously, the pre-sales of this model had started last June in the Netherlands for 59,490 US dollars or around Rp1 billion. Meanwhile, for the Chinese market, this electric car is sold from 300,000 yuan to 386 yuan equivalent to Rp676 million - Rp870 million.

Meanwhile, on August 2, the first 001 produced for the European market was launched from an assembly line in China, and on August 25, it began sailing to Europe.

However, Zeekr did not bring the entire trim that was presented to the Chinese market as much as six trims with a powertrain RWD or AWD and a choice of 86.100 and 140 kWh batteries.

For the European market, Zeekr only brought three trims, namely the Long Range RWD with a 200 kW motorbike, a 620 km WLTP range, and two 400 kW AWD trims, with an acceleration of 0-100 km/hour in 3.8 seconds and a range of 590 km.