- 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 but it surely’s constructed on a extra superior 800-volt platform.
- In Europe, it has a beginning value of below €53,000 ($55,650), and in case you order one now, will probably be delivered in the summertime of 2025.
Zeekr was based in China in, 2021 aimed toward each native rival Nio and EV juggernaut Tesla. It was conceived as a worldwide model, and it’s already current exterior 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, but it surely’s most related in dimension and footprint to the Sensible #5. That’s not a coincidence as a result of it’s constructed on the identical PMA2+ variation of the platform because the Sensible. For American context, it is concerning the dimension of a Honda Prologue. There’s additionally a sedan equal to the 7X, the 007, but it surely’s unavailable exterior China but.
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Picture by: Zeekr
Deliveries of the 7X are anticipated to begin across the center of 2025. There are 4 obtainable paint choices and non-obligatory 20-inch wheels that change the usual 19s. All vehicles get a normal Nappa leather-based inside and a big 16-inch infotainment display screen. The latter could be complemented by a 36.2-inch augmented actuality head-up show.
The Zeekr 7X could be ordered in Europe with both a 75-kilowatt-hour LFP battery pack, which provides the car a claimed WLTP vary of 298 miles (480 kilometers), or a 100-kWh NMC pack that extends the vary to 382 miles (615 km). Word that WLTP figures are typically extra optimistic than U.S. EPA numbers. The 7X comes as customary 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-obligatory 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 at present’s change charges) and goes as much as €55,990 ($58,800) in case you spec the bigger battery. The Efficiency AWD model is the most costly, beginning at €62,990 ($66,150), and in case you tick all the choices bins it’s going to value round €70,000 ($73,500). It’s significantly cheaper than its Chinese language compatriot, the Nio EL7, which is simply 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 evaluation of it right here shortly. Spoiler alert: We actually preferred it.
