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The new polar krypton 009 model was officially launched in Hong Kong on the evening of July 19, and the left and right rudder versions are available simultaneously around the world. Among them, three models have been launched in the Chinese mainland region, with a price range of 43.90 yuan to 469000 yuan. Delivery of the new car will begin on July 22nd. As a modified model, the new car carries out minor upgrades and optimizations for its appearance and interior, and introduces a 7-seat version of 2x2x3, all of which adopts 800V electrical architecture and CLTC's maximum battery life 900km. In addition, the right rudder version for the Hong Kong market is also on the market at the same time, priced from HK $755000, and will be delivered in the fourth quarter.

In terms of appearance, the new car basically continues to use the cash model design style, with a straight waterfall closed grille design on the front face, matrix daylight sets on both sides, and a front enclosure to retain the air intakes on both sides. Compared with the old model, the biggest change of the new car is the addition of chrome trim on the front skirt to make the car look more recognizable. The side of the car body, the outline of the new car is square, the line is capable, using suspended roof, now popular one-piece door handle design and dense spoke wheel design. Different from the old model, the new side skirt also adds chrome decoration and lidar on the roof. In terms of body color, the new car offers five color announcements, including the original extreme night black, extreme day white, star blue, and two new options: Qingyun gray and auroral green. In the rear part, the new car adopts the classic square shape of MPV, and the taillight group is a popular through-through design, with a lightable "ZEEKR" sign in the middle to enhance identification. Compared with the old model, the new car cancels the shark fin antenna design, the visual effect is more concise.

In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 5217/2024/1812mm, the wheelbase is 3205mm, and the positioning is medium and large MPV. For comparison, the length, width and height of the old model are 5209/2024/1856mm and the wheelbase is 3205mm. In contrast, the length of the new car increases by 8mm, the height decreases by 46mm, and the width and wheelbase remain the same.

In the interior part, the new car adopts Geely family design style, and the car is still wrapped in a large area of leather, but the bright side decoration texture on the center console is adjusted to a dot matrix design, and replaced with a new steering wheel style. In the seat layout, the new car adopts the layout of 6 seats and 7 seats, of which 7 seats are 2'2'3, which is a new version of the car.

In terms of power, the new car upgrade 800V architecture, the whole upgrade is equipped with high-performance silicon carbide electric drive system, dual-motor four-wheel drive version of 788Ps, equipped with 108kWh/140kWh5C Kirin battery. Considering the positioning and price of the new car, the strongest competitor after the launch of the new car is the ideal MEGA. In addition, Teng Teng D9 EV and Lanto dreamer EV are also its potential competitors.

Polar Krypton 009 first went on sale in November 2022, when it launched two models with a price of 49.9-588000 yuan. As the second production model of extreme krypton, the car is based on Geely SEA vast architecture, positioning medium and large MPV, with 6-seat layout; extreme Krypton 009 brilliant version went on sale on April 19 this year, the price is 789000 yuan, the car is a four-seater version of extreme krypton 009, positioned as medium and large MPV.

An Conghui, CEO of extreme Krypton Intelligent Technology, said at the press conference that more than 75% of the users of the extreme Krypton 009 come from traditional luxury brands, but the car does not have a high sense of presence in the car market. Retail data show that polar krypton sold a cumulative total of 87870 vehicles in the first half of 2024. Among them, the model with the highest sales volume was 54568, accounting for 62.10% of the total sales, followed by Ting 007 and X, which were 27164 and 3231 respectively, while 009 was 2907, with monthly sales of less than 500.

As Geely's new intelligent pure electric car brand, Polar Krypton is actively laying out new products. In March this year, Polar Krypton MIX officially announced the official name ZEEKR MIX, the car has been released at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, is expected to go on sale in the fourth quarter; on the 10th of this month, Polar Krypton also announced that the first household SUV named 7X, the car has appeared in the latest issue of the new car declaration catalogue disclosed on the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology yesterday, based on SEA vast architecture, positioning of medium-sized pure electric SUV, the whole department standard 800V high-voltage platform.

According to the plan, the annual sales target of polar krypton is 230000 vehicles this year, and the annual delivery target of 650000 vehicles will be achieved by 2025, making it the top three in the global luxury electric car market. From the first half of the sales analysis, polar krypton car sales target completion rate of 38.20%, polar krypton cars to achieve the annual sales target is still facing a lot of challenges.

It is worth mentioning that after the launch of the new polar krypton 009, an Conghui, president of Geely Holdings Group and CEO of polar krypton intelligent technology, said at the communication meeting: "it is not ruled out to be an extended range hybrid in the future." According to previous news, Polar Krypton plans to launch six new models in the next three years. In addition to the two models to be launched in the second half of the year, Polar Krypton will launch a total of three new models in 2025, codenamed EX1E, DX1E and CC1E (Polar Krypton 007 travel version). In 2026, it will launch MPV codenamed Beluga and SUV codenamed Grampus.

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