- Zeekr has added a 3rd mannequin to its European lineup, the 7X electrical SUV.
- The 7X is about the identical dimension as a Honda Prologue however it’s constructed on a extra superior 800-volt platform.
- In Europe, it has a beginning value of underneath €53,000 ($55,650), and in the event you order one now, will probably be delivered in the summertime of 2025.
Zeekr was based in China in, 2021 geared toward each native rival Nio and EV juggernaut Tesla. It was conceived as a worldwide model, and it’s already current outdoors China, together with in Europe. Now, it is opened European order books for its third, and largest, mannequin, the Zeekr 7X.
The 7X is constructed on the identical Geely SEA 800-volt platform as many different of the group’s fashions, however it’s most comparable in dimension and footprint to the Good #5. That’s not a coincidence as a result of it’s constructed on the identical PMA2+ variation of the platform because the Good. For American context, it is in regards to the dimension of a Honda Prologue. There’s additionally a sedan equal to the 7X, the 007, however it’s unavailable outdoors China but.
Photograph by: Zeekr
Photograph by: Zeekr
Deliveries of the 7X are anticipated to start across the center of 2025. There are 4 obtainable paint choices and non-compulsory 20-inch wheels that substitute the usual 19s. All automobiles get a regular Nappa leather-based inside and a big 16-inch infotainment display. The latter may be complemented by a 36.2-inch augmented actuality head-up show.
The Zeekr 7X may be ordered in Europe with both a 75-kilowatt-hour LFP battery pack, which provides the automobile a claimed WLTP vary of 298 miles (480 kilometers), or a 100-kWh NMC pack that extends the vary to 382 miles (615 km). Notice that WLTP figures are typically extra optimistic than U.S. EPA numbers. The 7X comes as commonplace with a single everlasting magnet synchronous motor delivering 416 horsepower to the rear wheels, permitting it to speed up from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 6 seconds.
The non-compulsory dual-motor all-wheel-drive setup bumps energy to 637 hp, dropping the benchmark dash time to three.8 seconds. All variants have the identical prime pace of 130 mph (210 km/h), and the identical 19 cubic toes (539 liters) of trunk area.
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Pricing in Europe for the usual mannequin begins at €52,990 ($55,630 at in the present day’s change charges) and goes as much as €55,990 ($58,800) in the event you spec the bigger battery. The Efficiency AWD model is the most costly, beginning at €62,990 ($66,150), and in the event you tick all the choices packing containers it will price round €70,000 ($73,500). It’s significantly cheaper than its Chinese language compatriot, the Nio EL7, which is just marginally bigger, and has a beginning value in Germany of round €74,000 ($77,700).
The opposite two Zeekr fashions obtainable in Europe are the €59,940 ($62,950) 001 fastback and the €42,490 ($44,600) X. The latter is Zeekr’s model of the Volvo EX30, sharing its underpinnings, powertrain and battery. Zeekr lately took management of Lynk & Co—one other Geely model—since there was some overlap between the 2.
We lately drove a Zeekr 7X in China and we’ll have a evaluate of it right here shortly. Spoiler alert: We actually favored it.
