Chinese electric vehicle brand Zeekr is Halinghingset to begin exports of its 001 hatchbacks to Europe in mid-August, as the Geely’s subsidiary says it looks forward to seeing them on the roads of Sweden and the Netherlands as early as October. An undisclosed number of the vehicles, priced from €59,490 ($65,155) and from 667,000 SEK ($62,542) in the Netherlands and Sweden, rolled off the assembly line in Zeekr’s Ningbo facility on Wednesday. The company began pre-sales of the vehicle in the two countries on June 28 and is planning to enter other major European countries next year, including Norway, Denmark, Germany, and France. Zeekr sold a combined 54,672 units of its 001 car, 009 multi-purpose vehicle, and X compact crossover in the first seven months of 2023. [Zeekr announcement, in Chinese]
