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On July 22, Polar Krypton released its brand-new MPV preview, the new car named Polar Krypton ZEEKR 009. It is understood that ZEEKR 009 positioning pure electric medium and large MPV, new car based on Geely SEA vast architecture built, the future will compete with Tengshi D9, Buick GL8, Lantu Dreamer and other models.

According to the preview, the front face of the new car will continue the family design style of extreme krypton, still adopting the split-type headlight design. The difference is that, as an MPV model, its front face adopts straight waterfall grille, equipped with 32 independent luminous lamp groups inside to realize streamer lighting effect, vertical daytime running lights on both sides, double laser radar on both sides of bumper, and the overall gas field is improved through the shape of embedded lamp groups. From the side, the new car as a whole adopts a relatively square modeling design, the roof tends to be straight, while maintaining the traditional MPV modeling style, using a one-piece door handle. At the rear of the car, the tail lamp group is similar to the currently available polar krypton ZEEKR 001, continuing the through-type design, and vertical treatment on both sides, with the ZEEKR logo in the center, which is highly recognizable.

Interior, through the exposure of spy photos, is expected to adopt a similar design style to ZEEKR 001, including flat-bottom multi-function steering wheel, 8.8-inch full LCD instrument and 15.4-inch central control screen are the same as ZEEKR 001. It is not difficult to see through spy photos that its second row of seats support electric adjustment, and the range of front and rear adjustment is very large, but the central aisle has been occupied by armrests. Refer to the new Krypton 001 and Krypton 009, which are equipped with a brand-new generation of smart cockpit with standard 8155 chip and ZEEKR OS 3.0 vehicle system, making the human-computer interaction experience smoother. In terms of power, the new car will be built based on SEA's vast architecture. It has been reported that its NEDC range can exceed 700km. As for the specific information, it has yet to be announced by the official.

ZEEKR 009 will become the second production car of polar krypton car, positioning pure electric medium and large MPV. Compared with cars and SUV markets, MPV market sales are not high. According to the latest retail sales data statistics of the Passenger Association, the sales volume of domestic narrow passenger car market in 2021 was 20.146 million, with a year-on-year growth of 4.4%. Among them, the sales volume of cars was 9.846 million, down 6.4% year-on-year; the sales volume of MPV was 1.079 million, down 1.0% year-on-year; and the sales volume of SUV was 9.221 million, up 3.0% year-on-year. MPV accounts for only 5% of the passenger car market.

As the high-end MPV market is still blank at present, and with the change of consumers 'concept of car purchase and the promotion of relevant policies, more and more brands begin to layout and transform into high-end new energy MPV. Since the end of last year, many brands including Lantu Automobile, Tengshi Automobile and SAIC Chase have launched brand-new MPV models, further enhancing the popularity of MPV market. Among them, Tengshi Automobile's first MPV Tengshi D9 pre-sold 335,000 - 660,000 yuan, positioning medium and large MPV, launching pure electric and plug-in hybrid two power versions.

From the known news to see, Tengshi, Hongqi, Wei brand will also continue to launch high-end MPV models, perhaps the price will be different, but also began to set foot in the high-end travel market. From the current situation, ZEEKR 009 overall shape is relatively atmospheric, and with the positioning of large MPV, and after the future market, its competitors are expected to include Tengshi D9, Lantu Dreamer, SAIC Chase MIFA 9 and other models competition. However, at present, the information about polar krypton ZEEKR 009 is still relatively limited, and the author will continue to pay attention to the subsequent progress.

Polar Krypton is Geely's brand-new smart pure electric car brand, released on April 15,2021, the first model ZEEKR 001 is based on Linkages ZERO Concept. According to the official website, the current price range of ZEEKR001 is 2990 - 386,000 yuan, among which the long-endurance motor WE version and long-endurance dual-motor WE version are priced at 299,000 yuan, and the long-endurance dual-motor YOU version is priced at 368,000 yuan. The conference will add a new long-endurance dual-motor ME version with a price of 349,000 yuan. It is understood that ZEEKR 001 was delivered in October 2021, with a cumulative delivery of 25017 new vehicles by June.

Geely has revealed that Polar Krypton 001 is expected to hit the sales target of 70,000 vehicles this year. In the next three years, Polar Krypton will launch 6 brand-new products; by 2025, the annual sales target of Polar Krypton is 650,000 vehicles, ranking among the top three in the world in terms of market share of high-end electric vehicles.

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