Zeekr 001 Has Insane Acceleration & Vary For The Worth

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Pre-sales of the brand new and improved Zeekr 001 have begun in China, and, wowza, this can be a package deal and a half. The electrical automobile can scoot from 0 to 100 km/h in simply 2.83 seconds. That’s proper — 2.83 seconds. It additionally has a rated vary on a full cost of 810 km (503 miles). That’s greater than twice the vary of my Tesla Mannequin 3.

I can’t assist however take into consideration James Bond after I see Zeekr’s naming system, however this automobile is legit worthy of being a James Bond automobile. Or maybe it could be the automobile for whoever is Agent 001. (Google tells me that’s Edward Donne.)

We don’t but know what the worth of the brand new Zeekr 001 is, however the authentic 001 launched a bit of greater than a 12 months in the past with a value of RMB 259,000 ($36,314) to RMB 329,000 ($46,129). So, yeah, that pricing doesn’t make sense contemplating the vary and acceleration, nevertheless it’s China.

It will be an actual battle to be in the marketplace for an electrical automobile in China. You’ve received the Onvo L60, the GAC Aion RT, the Avatr 07, the NIO ES8 — and these are simply new and upgraded fashions we’ve coated this week! There are additionally all the opposite NIO fashions, all of the XPENG fashions, and, in fact, all of the BYD fashions. How can shoppers ever select with so many choices in the marketplace?!

Getting again to the Zeekr 001, listed below are some extra particulars and specs on the mannequin:

• 900-volt high-voltage structure, up from 800-volt high-voltage structure in earlier model of the mannequin
• 680 kW (912 horsepower, 925 Ps) on AWD model of the 001 (up from 580 kW)
• high pace of 280 km/h (174 mph)
• acceleration time of two.83 seconds 0 to 100 km/h (3.3 seconds in earlier 12 months)
• acceleration time of 4.98 seconds 0 to 100 km/h with RWD variant
• 95-kWh Zeekr Golden Battery or 103-kWh CATL Qilin Battery
  • with Golden Battery: 710 kilometers of rated vary (441 miles), 12C peak charging price, 10–80% (500 km/311 miles) cost attainable in simply 7 minutes
  • with Qilin Battery: 810 kilometers of rated vary (503 miles), 6C peak charging price, 570% (500 km/311 miles) cost attainable in simply 10 minutes

The Zeekr 001 can be in Zeekr shops beginning October 4, and the official launch of the electrical station wagon/capturing brake is scheduled for October 11.