- Chinese car bloggers leaks suggest that the powerful model is on its way
- An EV of 2,000 HP would eclipse the powerful 1,500 horsepower
- Only the fridge rimac is boast more than that figure, but it costs millions
Together with an increasingly competitive EV market, China is also apparently involved in a power struggle, since several of the country’s most popular manufacturers are resorting to performance statistics as the last way of convincing buyers to separate from their cash. And now it is rumored that Zeekr will launch a new model that will establish a new high bar for the performance of EV.
The 001 FR of Zeeker is already located towards the top of the high -performance tree, with about 1,300 HP and the rocket capacity from a point to 62 mph in just over two seconds. All this for 769,000 yuan, or around $ 107,000 / £ 79,000 / AU $ 164,000.
Motor Motor Transmission and the 100 KWh battery are joined to produce twinkling performance statistics, but several high -profile bloggers have led Chinese social networks to declare that an updated version is already on its way and that it is scheduled to develop more than 2,000 HP.
Car News China reported that several bloggers and high -profile influencers took Weibo to declare that Zeekr is preparing an updated version, presumably to recover its high performance crown of Xiaomi, which recently introduced the 1,500HP SU7 Ultra, a vehicle that exceeded the times of Lab of Nurburging Lab established by the most famous motorists in the world.
The media of Chinese automotive news continues to affirm that the new Zeekr model is expected to present a revised exterior style, numerous measures of weight and suspension savings and improved brakes to handle such energy.
Despite being only four years old, Zeekr already offers a line of seven vehicles in China (with about four or five in the Asian and European markets), including a 001 model to adapt to most budgets and tastes.
These range from a luxurious long distance cruise to the Sport 001 model recently announced that it will be the first sample of their performance for customers outside their domestic market.
Limited to only 250 units, Sport 001 will accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in less than four seconds, will offer a custom sports style and deliver 544 HP, as well as 363 miles of reach. It is now available to order in several European countries.
China comes for the performance crown
It is revealing that the RIMAC Nevera R of $ 2.6 million is among the few electric hypercarers that can improve the 2,000 HP monster proposed by Zeeker, since Chinese car manufacturers are repeatedly rotating the rules book.
Do you need more examples? Well, Su7 Ultra Ultra, the technological giant, Xiaomi recently launched to translate about 1,550 HP to the road and still cost only $ 73,000, far from the $ 231,995 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, which could be said to be its only current competitor.
Both extremes of the EV spectrum are being beaten by Chinese competition at this time, whether those are the cheapest everyday things that currently challenge Tesla’s dominance or the high -performance market that once was the Porsche, BMW, Audi and more reserve.
Okay, these ‘inherited’ car manufacturers still produce the best driver’s cars, but the gap is quickly reduced. The recently launched European 7x of Zeekr is a great example of this.
But even Zeekr made the mistake of boldly proclaiming that “competitors could not build this in five years” after launching the original 001 FR, only for Xiaomi to respond and improve in less than two.
The rhythm of progress in the Chinese EV market is amazing and, despite the recent efforts made by most western car manufacturers, it is difficult not to think that they are still drastically delayed.
