Introduction

Zeekr Intelligent Technology recently released the world’s first native all-electric luxury MPV, Zeekr 009, with its launch focusing on 5 aspects: avant-garde and trendy front-end design, ultra-strong body strength, comfortable second-row seating, spacious third-row seating, and excellent driving experience. Today we will discuss some of the features of this product:

Avant-garde Design

Aesthetics is always a mysterious thing, opinions vary. I believe that with the passage of time, people will give an answer.

Body Strength

Zeekr 009 claims that the entire vehicle body torsion stiffness reaches 36450 N·m/deg in terms of passive safety. How does this data compare to others? I can only say that it is moderate. Let’s take a look at two other brands; NIO ES6’s body torsional stiffness can reach 44930 N·m/deg and BAIC’s polar fox alpha S reach 60000 N·m/deg. Both models are pure electric vehicles. Compared to these two, Zeekr 009’s score is indeed relatively average, not as outstanding as advertised.

Internal Space

There is also the seating layout of the second and third rows. Perhaps Zeekr 009 did not consider the scenario where passengers would board both the second and third rows simultaneously. Since the second row does not have an entryway, it causes the boss sitting in the second row to wait in place for about 30 seconds while the electrically adjustable second-row seats move forward to allow the secretary in the third row to enter the car. Once the secretary is boarded in the third row, the second-row seats slowly return to their normal positions, and the boss finally enters the car. Yes, the entire process is electrically operated, but it cannot accelerate. Therefore, it seems that not crossing the middle row is more graceful for the secretary. In summary, customers with similar demands should choose a vehicle model that allows for middle-row entry.

Driving Experience

Do MPVs need driving control? I think so. After all, drivers need speed and passion after work and on their own time. Don’t forget, Zeekr received tuning from the Lotus team, so it’s not impossible to take Zeekr 009 for a spin on the racetrack.

Finally, I want to say that in order to replace AlphaGo, I think Zeekr 009 still has a long and difficult road to go.

This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.