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China EV brand Zeekr to launch its first luxury sports car
  + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A man walks past a sign of Geely's new premium electric vehicle (EV) brand Zeekr at its factory in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Yilei Sun/File PhotoSHANGHAI, Aug 10 (Reuters) - China's Zeekr, Geely Automobile's (0175.HK) electric vehicle brand, said on Thursday it will launch its first luxury sports car, which will be priced above 1 million yuan ($140,000). BYD launched an electric off-road SUV with a starting price of 1.098 million yuan as the first model under its luxury brand Yangwang in January. Founded in 2021 as a premium EV brand, Zeekr has three models for sales with starting prices ranging from 189,800 yuan to 499,000 yuan. ($1 = 7.2116 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Zhang Yan, Brenda Goh; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Miral FahmyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Geely Automobile's, Tesla, EVs, BYD, Zeekr, Zhang Yan, Brenda Goh, Edmund Klamann Organizations: REUTERS, Yilei, HK, EV, Thomson Locations: Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China
LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) - Zeekr, Geely Automobile's (0175.HK) electric brand, said on Wednesday that two of its all-electric luxury cars are available for pre-order in the Netherlands and Sweden, joining a growing number of Chinese EV makers launching vehicles in Europe. Deliveries for the Zeekr 001 estate and the Zeekr X SUV are set to begin in the autumn, the company said. Pricing for the Zeekr 01 starts at 59,490 euros ($65,076) including taxes, while the Zeekr X starts 44,990 euros. "Our plan is that through 2026 we will cover the majority of western Europe," he told Reuters. Other Chinese EV makers including BYD, Xpeng and Aiways have all launched sales in Europe, seeking to gain market share while many consumers are still new to EVs.
Persons: Geely Automobile's, Spiros Fotinos, Europe's, Fotinos, Nick Carey, Johan Ahlander, Sameer Manekar, Janane Venkatraman, David Evans Organizations: HK, EV, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Netherlands, Sweden, Europe, Gothenburg, Spiros, Denmark, Germany, France, Norway, China, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Bengaluru
1 EV maker worldwide in 2022, but China's BYD (002594.SZ) and others are closing the gap fast, according to a Reuters analysis of global and regional EV sales data provided by EV-volumes.com. In fact, BYD passed Tesla in EV sales last year in the Asia-Pacific region, while the Volkswagen Group (VOWG_p.DE) has been the EV leader in Europe since 2020. Reuters GraphicsThe most significant challenges to Tesla are coming from established automakers and a group of Chinese EV manufacturers. Tesla's vehicles offered features, such as the ability to navigate into a parking space or make rude sounds, that other vehicles lacked. IDRA, the Italian company that builds huge presses to form large one-piece castings that are the building blocks of Tesla vehicles, said it is now getting orders from other automakers.
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