The Chinese car manufacturers sure seems good in everything they do! Of course shortcomings in the manufacture of large heat engines punished them when this energy was at its peak. But with gradual changes in the car market to fully electric they have definitely jumped on the bandwagon in recent years. Champions in the production of batteries and semiconductors. The crisis that traditional Western manufacturers are currently experiencing has exposed all their technological know-how. IN production of electric, hyper-connected cars with record autonomy. in Geely Group is a champion in this field. Of the leading Chinese manufacturer by volume (2.15 million units in 2021)!

Chinese number 1, world champion

Chinese manufacturer independent (as opposed to large government groups such as SAIC, FAW or Dongfeng). The east of Gili the most European of Chinese manufacturers. In this way, he bought and absorbed the manufacturers Volvo and Polestar, and also received a controlling stake in Lotus and Smart. The one with whom Reno became a co-founder of the Horse company, will soon produce for diamond hybrids and electric vehicles in China and South Korea. He also owns 10% of Mercedes-Benz Group shares ! Thanks to these numerous successesthe Chinese manufacturer also has one created their own brandsas Lynk&Cocommon in France with its model 01 in particular. Today, another brand of the group is about to come to our region: Zeekr.

Expected arrival in Europe

Founded less than a year ago, Zeekr is limited to manufacturing 100% electric vehicles. His relationship with Geely is direct, as the stunts of his models are very close to the products Lynk&Co ! His first model, 001 is a 100% electric shooting break. He will position himself in competition with Tesla Model Y, although their philosophies are quite different.

001 already promises a record autonomy of 1000 kilometersthanks to new generation batteries origin of CATL. Situated premiumit should, like most Chinese cars, offer unbeatable value for money. Especially in the premium market prices can be high. According to our colleagues at JA, the brand was sold from January to September 39,474 cars in China. She recently introduced the second model of its history (which is only one year), the 009and luxury electric van will appear in 2023but definitely not with us…