Lynk & Co 900 begins at RMB 309,900 ($42,480) and secured over 10,000 agency orders inside one hour of availability.
The automotive is predicted to compete with massive SUVs such because the Li L9, Denza N9 and Aito M9.
Lynk & Co has launched its flagship hybrid SUV (sport utility automobile), the Lynk & Co 900, to focus on the massive SUV market in China.
The automaker formally rolled out the Lynk & Co 900 at an occasion in Shanghai at the moment, with a beginning worth of RMB 309,900 ($42,480), decrease than the RMB 330,000 pre-sales beginning worth introduced a month in the past.
The mannequin is Lynk & Co’s first to be launched after its merger with sister model Zeekr into the Zeekr Group, which was accomplished on February 14.
The Zeekr model will increase upwards within the premium market, whereas Lynk & Co will increase its attain by diversifying its choices, Zeekr Group CEO Andy An mentioned at at the moment’s launch occasion.
The Lynk & Co 900 is out there in 4 variants with beginning costs of RMB 309,900, RMB 336,900, RMB 366,900 and RMB 416,900 respectively.
Lynk & Co is providing restricted time entitlements for the mannequin, permitting the beginning costs to be lowered to RMB 289,900, RMB 316,900, RMB 346,900, and RMB 396,900 respectively.
Primarily based on the SPA Evo platform, the Lynk & Co 900 is 5,240 mm lengthy, 1,999 mm extensive, 1,810 mm excessive and has a wheelbase of three,160 mm, Lynk & Co’s largest automobile thus far.
This new power automobile (NEV) platform helps versatile seating positions together with rotating seats, and the pure flat-floor design eliminates the standard transmission tunnels.
The Lynk & Co 900 includes a 2+2+2 six-seat format with 180° and 90° rotating second row seats.
The 2 cheaper variants are powered by a 1.5T engine with 140 kW, or 190 Ps. They each have twin electrical motors, with the entrance motor peaking at 160 kW and the rear motor peaking at 230 kW.
The powertrain has a peak energy of 530 kW and permits each variants to speed up from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds.
The opposite two variants have a 2.0T engine with a most energy of 187 kW, or 254 Ps.
The variant that begins at a worth of RMB 366,900 will get twin motors with 123 kW of peak energy from the entrance motor and 230 kW from the rear motor. It may speed up from 0 to 100 kmph in 4.6 seconds.
The best-priced variant comes with triple motors with a mixed peak energy of 650 kW and might speed up from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.3 seconds.
The Lynk & Co 900 comes with lithium ternary batteries as normal, with the 2 cheaper variants having a pack capability of 44.85 kWh and a CLTC battery vary of 220 kilometers.
The opposite two variants carry the Freevoy Battery with a capability of 52.38 kWh from CATL for hybrids, with CLTC battery ranges of 280 kilometers and 268 kilometers respectively.
CATL launched the Freevoy Battery on October 24, 2024, with the intention of offering a driving expertise just like that of a battery electrical automobile (BEV) for hybrid automobiles.
The Lynk & Co 900 has a mixed vary of as much as 1,443 kilometers when absolutely fueled and charged.
The Lynk & Co 900 comes with a roof-mounted LiDAR as normal, and its two higher-priced variants are powered by Nvidia’s Thor sensible driving chip with 700 TOPS of processing energy and the G-Pilot H7 package deal to help door-to-door navigation functionality.
The 2 lower-priced variants use the Nvidia Orin X sensible driving chip with the G-Pilot H5 software program package deal.
Lynk & Co was born in 2017 as a three way partnership between Geely Auto and Volvo Automobiles.
Final November, Zeekr introduced a collection of offers that might give it a 51 % stake in Lynk & Co. The deal closed in February of this 12 months.
The Lynk & Co 900 is predicted to compete with massive SUVs together with Li Auto’s (NASDAQ: LI) Li L9, Denza’s N9, and Aito’s M9, in a market that’s turning into more and more aggressive.
The massive SUV seems to have achieved good preliminary acceptance, with Lynk & Co saying shortly after the launch that the Lynk & Co 900 had acquired greater than 10,000 agency orders inside an hour of availability.
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