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Geely-owned Chinese electrical conveyance (EV) marque Zeekr is getting person to an Australian launch, arsenic pre-orders unfastened for right-hand thrust models successful different markets and the marque fills cardinal roles locally.
The institution has confirmed right-hand thrust versions of the Zeekr X crossover and 009 radical mover are present disposable for pre-order successful Thailand, wherever they’ll spell connected merchantability aboriginal this year.
Zeekr, which is positioning itself arsenic a premium electrical conveyance brand, volition motorboat present successful the 2nd fractional of 2024.
RHD Zeekr X and Zeekr 009 are present disposable for pre-order successful Thailand. pic.twitter.com/I1E316Q0Bu
— Geely Group (@GeelyGroup) March 26, 2024The institution has appointed a caput of selling successful Australia, Andrew Haurissa, who served arsenic Chery Australia’s selling manager from February 2023 to 2024 and played a cardinal relation successful that marque re-establishing itself successful our market.
It has besides appointed a caput of after-sales, Matt McCroarey, who has antecedently served successful lawsuit work and method manager roles astatine Polestar and Jaguar Land Rover.
At this signifier it’s unclear however the marque plans to administer its vehicles successful Australia. It’s not the lone marque nether the Geely umbrella successful Australia, with Lotus, Polestar and Volvo besides selling vehicles here.
Zeekr has antecedently confirmed to CarExpert the 009 radical mover volition beryllium offered here, though the X crossover shapes arsenic a beardown anticipation peculiarly aft the marque posted astir it connected its Australian LinkedIn account.
It’s unclear if Zeekr’s different vehicles – the Mix radical mover, 001 fastback and 007 sedan – volition beryllium produced successful right-hand drive.
The Zeekr 009 was archetypal revealed successful precocious 2022, billed arsenic the world’s archetypal axenic luxury electrical MPV. Volvo has since revealed its ain mentation based connected the aforesaid Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) level called the EM90.
In China the 009 is offered with either 116kWh oregon 140kWh batteries supplied by CATL, with claimed scope figures of 702km and 822km – albeit some connected the generous CLTC trial cycle.
Power comes from a dual-motor all-wheel thrust setup producing 400kW of powerfulness and 686Nm of torque.
That gives it a claimed 0-100km/h sprint clip of conscionable 4.5 seconds – heady show for a boxy radical mover. It besides has a comparatively slippery resistance coefficient of 0.27.
The 009 measures successful astatine 5209mm long, 2024mm wide, and 1848-1856mm gangly with a 3205mm wheelbase. This makes it virtually the aforesaid size arsenic the LDV MIFA 9.
All Chinese-specification models thrust connected a “high-performance” aerial suspension set-up, with treble wishbone beforehand and multi-link rear suspension. Inside determination are six seats successful a 2+2+2 configuration.
Standard instrumentality connected Chinese 009s includes matrix LED headlights, powerfulness sliding doors, dual sunroofs, a 20-speaker Yamaha dependable system, arsenic good arsenic Nappa leather and Ultrasuede upholstery.
Screens see a 10.25-inch portion up of the driver, a 15.4-inch interaction display, and a 15.6-inch adjustable cardinal ceiling screen. There are besides 3.4-inch touchscreens connected the sliding doors.
The Zeekr X is considerably smaller, though it’s underpinned by the aforesaid architecture, which is besides utilized by the Volvo EX30.
At 4432mm agelong and 2025mm wide (including the mirrors) connected a 2750mm wheelbase, it’s astir identical successful size to the BYD Atto 3.
In Europe, it’s offered with a prime of 200kW/343Nm single-motor rear-wheel thrust oregon 315kW/543Nm dual-motor all-wheel thrust configurations, with claimed WLTP scope figures of 446km and 425km, respectively.
In dual-motor guise, it tin bash the 0-100km/h sprint successful a claimed 3.8 seconds.
It uses a 69kWh lithium-ion battery, with 150kW DC charging capability.
Inside, it features an 8.8-inch integer instrumentality cluster, a 14.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system, and a 24.3-inch augmented world head-up display.
Available instrumentality includes ventilated beforehand seats and a 13-speaker Yamaha dependable system.
Zeekr lone started delivering vehicles successful China successful 2021, but is already expanding rapidly astir the world.
It plans to beryllium selling cars crossed aggregate European, Middle Eastern and Asian markets implicit the adjacent 5 years.
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