Zeekr will showcase the Zeekr 9X on the Shanghai auto present in late April, with deliveries of the mannequin scheduled to start within the third quarter of 2025.
Zeekr additionally introduced the Zeekr 9X Grand, which may very well be priced at greater than RMB 1 million ($137,840).
Zeekr (NYSE: ZK) has introduced that its upcoming full-size SUV (sport utility car) can be known as the Zeekr 9X, and that it’s going to provide an ultra-luxury Grand model of the mannequin.
The electrical car (EV) maker at this time introduced that the Zeekr 9X shall be a worldwide flagship ultra-luxury SUV and can be the primary to characteristic Zeekr’s tremendous electrical hybrid know-how.
Zeekr will showcase the Zeekr 9X on the Shanghai auto present on the finish of April, with deliveries of the mannequin scheduled to start within the third quarter of 2025.
The EV maker additionally introduced the Zeekr 9X Grand, which may very well be priced at greater than RMB 1 million yuan ($137,840).
The Zeekr 9X will mark a key step within the Zeekr model’s transition from providing solely battery electrical car (BEV) fashions to additionally providing plug-in hybrid electrical car (PHEV) fashions.
Based in March 2021, Zeekr, like different main EV makers in China, initially supplied solely BEVs.
Nevertheless, with quickly altering market situations over the previous few years, virtually all native EV makers have begun so as to add hybrid fashions to their lineup, along with BEV choices, to focus on a bigger market.
Zeekr confirmed in August 2024 that it could be launching hybrid fashions, saying on the time that its first hybrid providing can be a flagship SUV to be launched within the second half of 2025.
The mannequin can be powered by Nvidia’s Drive Thor autonomous driving chip and can be out there in variants that includes new electric-hybrid powertrain know-how, Zeekr CEO Andy An stated on August 21, 2024.
Zeekr would launch three all-new fashions in 2025, one in every of the second by way of fourth quarters, An stated on a January 2 name.
The corporate would launch a full-size flagship SUV within the third quarter, and a mid-to-large-size luxurious SUV within the fourth quarter, each of which might be out there in BEV and PHEV variants, An stated on January 2.
The Zeekr 9X would include an engine however drive a lot better than PHEVs out there, the EV maker stated at this time in an announcement shared with CnEVPost.
Extra particulars concerning the new powertrain know-how can be introduced later, Zeekr stated.
The Zeekr 9X Grand would be a part of the Zeekr 009 Grand to type the “Grand household” underneath the Zeekr model, which provides ultra-luxury merchandise and experiences for the premium section, the model stated.
The Zeekr 009, initially launched on November 1, 2022, is Zeekr’s second mannequin after the Zeekr 001, with deliveries starting in February 2023.
The EV maker launched the Zeekr 009 Grand on April 19, 2024, a extra luxurious variant of the common Zeekr 009, which is presently priced from RMB 789,000 in China.
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