ZEEKR 001 goes into production

The first production-ready ZEEKR 001 rolled off the production line in the company’s Intelligent Factory in Ningbo, China. The factory has a 5G+ system that allows for agile and transparent production management. 

Areas such as the welding section are fully automated with more than 300 robots performing the work with limited human intervention due to the factory using an Internet system that allows production to be planned, tracked, and checked transparently. 

In addition, the ZEEKR production process allows for continuous self-optimization, ensuring the quality of each product. The welding production line adopts monitoring systems such as glue application visual guidance, online measurement, and ultrasonic self-inspection, and uses intelligent self-adaptation for welding control to continually improve the welding process.

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Product upgrades

Since the unveiling of the ZEEKR 001 in April 2021, ZEEKR has listened to initial feedback from users who have seen and tested the 001 at dedicated Experience Center locations or have taken part in real world testing, on city roads, in the mountains, and in the desert. 

As a result, the final production ZEEKR 001 model has been upgraded in several areas to reflect on feedback from end users. ZEEKR is also working on the first Over The Air (OTA) updates to further improve the ZEEKR Assisted Drive (ZAD) system, where the car will keep updating to adapt to the newest software technologies, to give users the best mobility experience in the future. This is an intelligent vehicle in its true form.

Introducing the 001 

Based on Geely Holding Group’s Sustainable Electric Architecture (SEA), the vehicle can create 400kW of power with max torque of 768N-m through a twin motor system capable of sending the 001 from 0 to 100km/h in 3.8 seconds and from 100 to 0km/h in 34.5m.  

The 100kWh Z-Battery can charge from 10% to 80% within 30 minutes. 

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First deliveries of the ZEEKR 001 are expected in October, 2021 in the ZEEKR Intelligent Factory and through ZEEKR Experience Centers and ZEEKR Spaces across China. 

 By the end of 2021, ZEEKR will open two Experience Centers in Hangzhou and Shanghai. The first ZEEKR Space’s opened last month in Hangzhou and Tianjin, with 10 more to come online within weeks.  

As part of ZEEKR’s commitment to create the best user experience for existing and future users, it will open ultrafast 360kW charging stations in 10 cities by the end of the year. There will also be third party charging stations available for users across 272 cities in China.