Zeekr 009: electric MPV from sister brand Volvo

Nowadays you have to look for the MPV on the European car market with a magnifying glass, but elsewhere in the world the space giant is still very much alive, including in China. Volvo’s sister brand Zeekr is also going to venture into the MPV and immediately hangs an electric powertrain in it.

You may remember Zeekr from the 001, an electric crossover that was actually intended as Lynk & Co but dried up as Zeekr’s first production model. The brand will only sell electric cars and of course does not stick to the 001. Zeekr releases two dark teaser plates of the 009 and that promises to be an electric MPV. The 009 will have a face much more than the 001 and that is good news for the Chinese Zeekr driver who thinks his 001 looks too much like Lynk & Co cars.

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Like the 001, the Zeekr 009 probably uses Geely’s Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) platform, a basis that you will soon also encounter at Volvo and Polestar. Smart and Lotus also use it for successively the #1 and the Eletre. The Zeekr 009 will have a high nose with a square, illuminated ‘grille’ with angular headlights on both sides. Count on an MPV of at least 5 meters long that should respond to the Mifa 9 from Maxus in China’s home country. Will the 009 also come to Europe? That is still the question. Zeekr once said that he wanted to include the European market as part of his sphere of influence, but we have heard nothing more about this. Other large but not always electric MPVs in China include the Trumpchi M8, the Buick GL8 and the Roewe iMax8.

Could MPVs with electric powertrains, because they avoid the bpm penalty in the Netherlands and can therefore be relatively favorably priced, tap into a potentially successful market? We are curious about your opinions!