SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHARE if you want Clean Energy & Electric Vehicles to be the norm. Could this first ever electric hot hatch offering from Geely take EVs to the next level? We sent Elliot to test drive a pre-production model to see if it lives up to the hype. You don't need to look further than the large tyres to see that the (formerly known as Lynk and Co., now) ZEEKR 001 has been designed to be a performance car, but it's also pretty practical and could work for a family. It has nifty features, an impressive range, rapid charging and, with the strength and might of Geely behind it, this compelling EV looks destined for success. Make sure you are subscribed then enter 'The Great EV Giveaway' for your chance to win an EV for a year and lots of other fantastic prizes fullycharged.show/EV-Giveaway/ Fully Charged is 100% independent thanks to CZcams Memberships and Patreons. Without you this channel wouldn’t be possible! If you’d like to help support the Fully Charged channel and its mission: Become a Patreon: www.patreon.com/FullyChargedShow Become a CZcams member: use JOIN button above Subscribe to Fully Charged & the Fully Charged PLUS channels Buy the Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy : buff.ly/2GybGt0 Browse the Fully Charged store: shop.fullycharged.show/ Visit our LIVE exhibitions in the UK, USA & Europe: FullyCharged.Show/events Subscribe for episode alerts and the Fully Charged newsletter: fullycharged.show/zap-sign-up/ Visit: FullyCharged.Show Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/fullychargedshw Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/fullychargedshow Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:06 Brand new 2:05 Confused? 2:33 Hottest hatch? 2:57 Modular system 3:34 Big backside 4:02 Range & speed 4:44 Get a grip 5:13 Drift mode 5:52 Super stylin' 6:10 Built to perform 6:39 Automatic doors 7:26 Look inside 8:21 In the back 9:36 Hot lap 10:23 No drama 11:43 Practical performance 12:40 Subscribe, support, join
Thanks for the introduction. Looking forward to a full review of the production version, when it arrives. P.S. Sure, it's a catchphrase, but I've never understood the Fully Charged 'if you have been, thank you for watching.' thing. If someone isn't watching, they will never hear it, and everyone else is definitely watching. So, 'if you have been' is superfluous. 🤔
Finally this is the family car I want! And it's Chinese, even better! This will probably fit the stroller dog cage and food shopping hopwnitnwill come to Sweden!
Hi - i was wondering if you could do a review of the wuling hongguang mini ev please - as they have now announced it possibly coming to the UK - obviously with higher price tag - probably 8-10k? i am really interest to see that cause i think what we need is more affordable EV's rather than these 20k+ ones we have currently - i think there is a real opportunity here - people want to adopt EV's but i think the biggest barrier is price - all large manufacturers seem to be producing really good "BUT EXPENSIVE" EV's. If we can get a sub 10k EV's - don't necessarily need all the bells and whistles - just 150 mile plus range and decent specs & build quality - that is what will push it over the edge in my opinion. But yeah a £3-5k EV i would buy this in a heartbeat as my next car if it was availaible at this price - really interested to get your opinion on this, what do you think? Thank you
@@davidstuart4915 duh, you need to put batteries under the floor which is why all electric cars need to be slightly higher. Or you want to sit in a squatting position in the car??
@@stijnhs wakey, wakey..look at the unnecessary headroom - either raise the seat squab to meet with the thighs of humans (UV / saloon)) or lower roof line and add the 'S' suffix
It's all about the price. If this is on sale for around £15,000 it sells like hot cakes. At around £25,000 it's a family car for Zoe money and is an attractive option. If they put it on sale for £35,000 lots of legacy makers ev's like the ionic 5 start to look more attractive. If they pitch the price right, this should sell outside China.
@@neillgatley8770 With that performance on hand, I think they will price it around 50.000 to 60.000 euro. They will compare it to Porches and Mercedes which cost 100.000 with the same performance and people will think that this is a bargain at 60.000. There's no way that they will sell it for under 30.000 Euro, even with an entry level edition with half of it's performance. I hope I am wrong.
And the onslaught of Chinese EVs start. And they'll be so good certain Japanese manufactures are gonna sweat hard and American manufacturers in the dust. Competition will bring on an evolution of sharp, better compact EVs that offer great space/storage and driving dynamics.
Agree! The market needs less SUV's and more practical everyday EV's and if they have a "performance" ❤️ all the better. Great scoop @fullychargedshow 👍
In China, SUV is the everyday car... The Chinese really like large cars like SUV regardless of the practicability, despite the traffic jams and really limited parking space. I don't understand and won't buy SUV for sure but it's why Chinese manufacturers put SUV on highest priority for the best profitability🤧
So, I Live in china and ive recently bought a new house outside of the big city so i need a car. Wife and I decided to get an EV. We started by looking at the tesla...man what a crap-simplistic interior and mediocre exterior (great tech though), Moved on to the Voyah I-free, then the Nio, then the Li One, Then the Xpeng, Then I found the Ford Mustang Mach E. I owned a mustang back in america and this EV really called to me, we decided to buy the mustang next month...then on the way out we walked past a small store selling a ZeekR and man did it catch my eye. Its the first one i called "sexy" and the interior was so much nicer than the others. I love flashy lights (LEDs) im simple like that and Zeekr had some super nice LED accents on the interior that made it stand out without looking trashy. The interior styling was luxury and Techy..I loved it. Going for a test drive tomorrow. I have a feeling im going to forget all about the mustang Mach E.
Electric doors? FFS. More unnecessary BS that eats electrons, adds weight and isn't needed. This trend in adding crap to the standard cars to increase the profit margins is getting tedious.
Looking around me, people would embrace anything to save them some effort, or increase the comfort...making them less human in the process....but hey, I can’t judge this now, give me 10 thousand years to make this clear.
This feature is really only for cars that wish to excel in minimizing air drag, and that's what EV manufacturers really want to do to make the car just a bit more efficient. But I do agree that on regular SUVs or something this feature makes no sense.
@@soundslave This is a show about electric cars, hence the name Fully Charged. And China is way ahead in the EV game with many more offerings than any other country in the world. He sort of has to cover Chinese brands.
Let’s hope we see this car in the uk at a realistic price. Legacy car makers need to get there fingers out or they are going to suffer. Great video thanks.
Well isn't Geely also a "legacy" car maker? Company was founded in the 1980s and built nothing but gas powered cars for years, and now sells more than a million cars a year, vast majority of which are still ICE powered.
@@tren133 exactly, imo legacy car makers in china are being slammed by the new internet brands, legacy brands aee just playing it too safe and behind on software and handling with EVs.
Yeah the comment about 21" wheels being 'performance' made me chuckle... and I'm not sure what defines a 'hot hatch' for an EV - ICE vehicles typically trade off economy etc for responsiveness and power - but EVs get both those in spades by default, so is it just suspension tuning? 'sporty style'? ability to switch off various assists?
No where near a hot hatch... it’s Tesla Y/Mustang elecy size... also will def will not be 30k, need a manufacturers to build a Mk1 ‘elec’ golf size car..
I'd be interested in seeing how the "base" version drives. It would be RWD with a smaller battery so might be well under 2 tons in weight, perhaps 400 kg lighter? That might be the most fun to drive version. Maybe they could make a stripped ultra light version as well. They own Lotus after all, just have them tune one for low weight.
Hello Elliot, I absolutely love your reviews of these new exciting BEV's coming out of China, This ZEEKR hot hatch is phenomenal, The CEO's of the the traditional ICE car manufacturers must be incontinent with what's coming out of China these days, Their days are surely numbered with the price, quality & range of cars coming out of China at present, What a fantastic era of electric motoring we have today & the upcoming years, Thanks for the video.
OK, I think when most people use the term Hot Hatch they're thinking of something SMALL with performance. This is a good looking car with a hatchback and supposed performance - but it's 5cm less than 5 metres long... that's a foot longer than a Porsche Macan (which I think it bears a resemblance to), and more than 2 foot longer than a VW ID3. It's the same size as my campervan! Nice review, terrible click bait title......(Which Fully Charged has now changed)
The price in China is already released during Shanghai Auto show：Long Range version（NEDC 526km，0-100 3.8s 544ps with 86KWh battery）with Dual motors costs 35862 Euro；Super Long Range version（NEDC 712km 0-100 6.9s 272ps with 100KWh battery）with Single motor costs 35862 Euro （same price with previous version）；Super Long Range version（NEDC 606km 0-100 3.8s 544ps with 100KWh battery）with Dual motors，Air suspension，Electric doors and Yamaha Audio costs 45944 Euro
What I like about the camouflage is that the regular pattern makes it really easy to see where the shape changes are making it easier to see what it looks like than a regular glossy paint job. 😂
Flying around the corners - with 777k subs in the seats - in a car that aims to be an ICE Zeekr missile....What a great way to spend your day, Elliott...
A really great review, car looks cool and can't wait to see the finished product and what we get over in the UK with it! It'll be interesting to know what price bracket its ... it looks a bit like a Taycan Cross Turismo or Mustang MachE with the sloping roof. Looks cool!
@@finchbevdale2069 I'm sure you're not wrong! They certainly seem to be an unstoppable force at the moment - could ramble on for ages about the subject but as for which German legacy brand to go bust first - i'd say BMW - they have a tech savy customer base but are still pumping out old technology... Mercedes probably not so far behind them!
Another excellent new EV and I agree with you that it's good to see manufacturers moving away from just producing enormous SUV models and starting to produce smaller family cars ........ that can go like stink! I reckon this could become very popular in those markets it's available in. The shape seems very similar to the recently announced Kia EV6 ....... which I think looks fantastic. The GT version of that may be beyond my budget but it's a great looking car that's very well equipped, has great charging speeds and really moves the development of EV's forward. I also couldn't help but notice just how quiet the ZEEKR 001 was.
'quite a low car...compact hot hatch?!' ...says 6ft guy with 1 ft headroom...and look at size of rear! - compact hot hatch is a Fiesta / Focus ST...this is the Routemaster version?
@@henrikmanitski1061 But what will it actually do in the real world? Geely own Polestar and claim a WLTP of 470 km/292 miles for the Polestar 2 but it cannot actually come close to that. Real world range for the Polestar 2 is about 260 km/160 miles on a 5°C day and maybe 350 km/220 miles in Summer at a speed of 113 kph/70 mph. That probably represents a 17% improvement in range ie equivalent to Tesla Model 3 in range but still not the performance to match the MP3. Should have had that tech in the Polestar 2. What will be interesting is if Geely sells the Polestar 2 AWD for £50,000 and will sell the FWD car for £40,000, then Geely might market the Lynk/Zeekr AWD at £40,000 and then the RWD version at £30,000. This could match the Tesla M3SR+ for performance but undercut it for price and, as we all know, the M3 cars built in China are a much higher quality than those thrown together in Fremont.
Elliott its always a pleasure to have you on, I find that your reviews are how a normal person would tackle it, which I enjoy. The car, looks like a lowered SUV that's Mercedes E class sized. Positives are decent sized boot space, nice cockpit layout and sports seating. 700km range but I expect it'll be less. I like the design language the brand has adopted. The negative, I don't like electric doors- a waste of precious weight and unnecessary energy consumption, plus another thing to maintain or break. Like most other EVs, all it needs is just cruise control, sat navigation, a few helpful apps heated seats and aircon, everything else is a drain on the battery and the pleasure of driving manually.
Great video! The car looks really nice and it’s probably well built. Only drawback is that typical Lync&Co front which many of us have been seeing for quite a while now on WTCR... but for everyone who doesn’t watch that, it’s nevertheless a refreshing front end
Promising looking car. I am amazed EV manufacturers haven't looked at the hot hatch segment before. Range isn't an issue: you just need to be able to drive from your home in your mum's house to do doughnuts in the local supermarket car park.
Invaluable having him there, detailed review that doesn’t hit you with a load of figures. China are going to take over the EV market if the build quality is good. There so confident there letting people drive it - Lucid could learn a thing or two. Is this actually coming to Europe.. ?
1) How is a key card a 'unique' feature? 2) Alcantara is made from Polyester and Polyurethane, how is that not plastic? 3) How is this not an CUV? Why is an iPace or Bolt, not a hot hatch?
@@OrangutanSquash We need to wait for Jonny to be able to test it for having a real review. But this is still more like a review than Robert reading the specs without any comment.
A 21 inchs wheel look like this doesnt seem to be small car. And the inside is way more spacious than a Civic or Imperza. I think this might fall under Gran Tourner catagrory like ferrari FF and Prosche Panamera
The 4WD drive version with air suspension is very comfortable. Steering and overall handling feels great as well. I don't think there is any EV car at this price level (360K RMB) with such notable features. My only complaint is that both test drive cars had Akebono brakes which were screeching at low speeds.
Boom! Massive smile, great video. What a car... my 16 (and 53) year old fantasy hot hatch! Elliot you are living the dream. Your best video yet - really enjoying your no nonsense personable presenting style 👍
To all that are saying that it's too up scale, too much range, too big, etc. I think they're trying to follow the Telsa model. Announce a big splash product to get a bunch of attention and prove that they can make a highly desirable performance vehicle. Then they'll go down market with the hype they get from this car to help boost the brand image. Hopefully that next product will be a good one for the masses.
Very interesting. The actually car itself doesn't interest me hugely, however the fact that we're starting to see these 'smaller' and hot-hatch electric cars very much does excite me!
I don’t get why Geely needs another brand. They already have a big and diverse portfolio: Geely, Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, Proton, Lynk & Co, LEVC, 1/2 of Smart…
This seems like legitimate rival to the very recently debuted Kia EV6. The proportion also eerily similar. Kia also got the top of the line GT version that can do 0-62 mph in 3.5 seconds. Anyway glad to see EV got more competition, just wished the car has wider availability.
Lynk&co, the former name of Seekr was already advertising in Europe since late last year. They already have a full dealer network in place since the parent company Geely owns Volvo
@@ursodermatt8809 1. Boot space 2144 liters with the rear seats folded. 2. 700km NEDC range (so probably near 600km WLTP) 3. 0-60mph in 3.88 sec 4. 4wd 5. Over 2000kg 6. Automated doors, front and rear Just a few facts that spring to mind after watching.
I like it - and I think they seem to understand that any performance EV will need fast charging if it's to do track days, though I doubt that 120KM range in 5 mins is 120km at track pace (if the can have good linear brake feel with strong regen then that will help a lot). There's no doubt EVs can do one or two fast laps, but I haven't seen much serious discussion about a performance EV that could do a full track day - which in an ICE car would generally start around 10 AM after a safety briefing, warm up lap, 3-5 full tilt laps, cooldown lap, come in to let the car cool down for 10-15 minutes, repeat until lunchtime, stop for lunch for an hour, repeat all afternoon tl about 4:30. I'd be really interested to see if someone will crack this - without unduly shortening the battery lifespan either, so would love to see you revisit this or a similar car later for this sort of test. I think what's generally missed in the conversation about performance EVs is raw numbers aren't going to win over people who want proper drivers cars. 0-60 in 2 seconds, nice party trick, but who cares outside top trumps. It's not how fast you go, it's how you go fast. Some of the most fun cars are relatively slow - what we care about is 1) is it fun! (good steering feedback, you can easily adjust it's angle mid corner, etc.) and 2) can I hoon it all day without breaking it or cutting my day short because I've used all the electrons.
Looks very nice but it‘s to large for a hot hatch. I would really love a small electric hot hatch for me it wouldn‘t even need any gimmicks like self opening doors or self driving capabilities. Makes it lighter and hopefully cheaper. Alternatively Cupra is free to release a road version of the awesome looking e_racer.
Good point about the Jag looks. iPace but not an SUV. But not, IMHO, a Hot Hatch. Looks about a third as big again as a Golf GTI or my CRX so maybe a nice saloon along the lines of Tesla Model 3. Nice car though. Now...if somebody was to make a two seat, shorter wheelbase and put the battery behind the driver and passenger - then we might be on for a realistic hot hatch.
This is the Lynk & Co prototype based on Zero Concept and indeed a very exciting and highly anticipated car. Is it too much to ask Fully Charged to apply correctness??? Lynk & Co indeed is older than "a week ago" (2016) ... Our friend Wikipedia; "Lynk & Co is a Chinese-Swedish automobile brand owned by Geely Automobile Holdings. Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016, its cars will be positioned between those of the Geely brand and Swedish brand Volvo, which was purchased by Geely in 2010."
It just a bit heavy and too large. Unfortunately, the Nismo version wasn't anything special (but the interior was sporty). But this Chinese car isn't an hot hatch: way to heavy, big, with ridiculous features (automatic doors in a parking lot?). And it doesn't look like 3.5s at all.
Electric closing doors is a bit much imo. Just one more thing to break. As someone else pointed out. The main want from people is for EVs to be affordable with rapid charging. Not fussed about performance. Cost!
Maybe if you’re willing to literally sit on batteries....or drive in a sleeping position.... Jokes aside, I think the electric Mustang is a car for any sort of drivers...sporty, roomy, nice (or not offending to some pedestrians, like the stinky noisy gas Mustangs).
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Could this first ever electric hot hatch offering from Geely take EVs to the next level? We sent Elliot to test drive a pre-production model to see if it lives up to the hype.
You don't need to look further than the large tyres to see that the (formerly known as Lynk and Co., now) ZEEKR 001 has been designed to be a performance car, but it's also pretty practical and could work for a family. It has nifty features, an impressive range, rapid charging and, with the strength and might of Geely behind it, this compelling EV looks destined for success.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:06 Brand new
2:05 Confused?
2:33 Hottest hatch?
2:57 Modular system
3:34 Big backside
4:02 Range & speed
4:44 Get a grip
5:13 Drift mode
5:52 Super stylin'
6:10 Built to perform
6:39 Automatic doors
7:26 Look inside
8:21 In the back
9:36 Hot lap
10:23 No drama
11:43 Practical performance
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110, 120, 130, 140 miles per hour or km ?
@@typxxilps Km/h. He's in China.
Thanks for the introduction. Looking forward to a full review of the production version, when it arrives.
P.S. Sure, it's a catchphrase, but I've never understood the Fully Charged 'if you have been, thank you for watching.' thing. If someone isn't watching, they will never hear it, and everyone else is definitely watching. So, 'if you have been' is superfluous. 🤔
Finally this is the family car I want! And it's Chinese, even better! This will probably fit the stroller dog cage and food shopping hopwnitnwill come to Sweden!
Hi - i was wondering if you could do a review of the wuling hongguang mini ev please - as they have now announced it possibly coming to the UK - obviously with higher price tag - probably 8-10k? i am really interest to see that cause i think what we need is more affordable EV's rather than these 20k+ ones we have currently - i think there is a real opportunity here - people want to adopt EV's but i think the biggest barrier is price - all large manufacturers seem to be producing really good "BUT EXPENSIVE" EV's. If we can get a sub 10k EV's - don't necessarily need all the bells and whistles - just 150 mile plus range and decent specs & build quality - that is what will push it over the edge in my opinion. But yeah a £3-5k EV i would buy this in a heartbeat as my next car if it was availaible at this price - really interested to get your opinion on this, what do you think? Thank you
My goodness, the Chinese really nails all the high-tech and luxury features on their new automobiles.
China will domunate. Mark my words.
"Thank God it's not another SUV" - Amen to that! Wonder if it will be released into Europe under one of Geeley's existing brands?
looks too close to being an SUV for comfort..
@@davidstuart4915 duh, you need to put batteries under the floor which is why all electric cars need to be slightly higher. Or you want to sit in a squatting position in the car??
It is just as big if not bigger than some SUVs though at 4.95m
@@stijnhs wakey, wakey..look at the unnecessary headroom - either raise the seat squab to meet with the thighs of humans (UV / saloon)) or lower roof line and add the 'S' suffix
@@stijnhs gee, ...never knew power-packs went under the floor...
5:30 If you want people to adopt EVs... make them affordable!
Chinese manufacturers make a lot of affordable but still long range EVs but currently only supplying their domestic market.
car manufacturers do not care. they want to make profit
It's all about the price. If this is on sale for around £15,000 it sells like hot cakes. At around £25,000 it's a family car for Zoe money and is an attractive option. If they put it on sale for £35,000 lots of legacy makers ev's like the ionic 5 start to look more attractive. If they pitch the price right, this should sell outside China.
@@neillgatley8770 With that performance on hand, I think they will price it around 50.000 to 60.000 euro. They will compare it to Porches and Mercedes which cost 100.000 with the same performance and people will think that this is a bargain at 60.000. There's no way that they will sell it for under 30.000 Euro, even with an entry level edition with half of it's performance. I hope I am wrong.
@@blakoemail You are not wrong. 15k is fantasy territory. 35 absolute minimum.
Having a correspondent in China is a big plus for Fully Charged. Elliot has brought us some very good cars that will be in the UK sometime hopefully.
And the onslaught of Chinese EVs start. And they'll be so good certain Japanese manufactures are gonna sweat hard and American manufacturers in the dust. Competition will bring on an evolution of sharp, better compact EVs that offer great space/storage and driving dynamics.
You left out price.
And half of Tesla in the world will be made in China. 😁
kinda big for a hot hatch isn't it? More of an electric panamera
It's basically a crossover suv
@@oscarsands1237 ;0)
first ever 2 ton hot hatch?
This is a shooting brake
full size shooting brake
Fun EV that goes round corners ? Excellent! - thanks for the review.
Very impressive - hopefully they’ll bring it (whether rebranded or not) to the UK
UK taxi is produced by geely, zeekr may have great chance to be brought to UK
Agree! The market needs less SUV's and more practical everyday EV's and if they have a "performance" ❤️ all the better. Great scoop @fullychargedshow 👍
In China, SUV is the everyday car... The Chinese really like large cars like SUV regardless of the practicability, despite the traffic jams and really limited parking space. I don't understand and won't buy SUV for sure but it's why Chinese manufacturers put SUV on highest priority for the best profitability🤧
I'm not gonna lie. Elliot is my favourite reviewer.
He's still not 100% comfortable in front of camera (though he's definitely getting there), but Elliot always covers the most interesting stuff on FC.
Just look at his reviews from not long back when he started - his learning curve on presenting is fantastic!
Robert is my favourite
He isn't negative enough for me, always fawning
As a woman he creeps me out. He's clearly one of those yellow fever types, and just looks seedy and knows it.
So, I Live in china and ive recently bought a new house outside of the big city so i need a car. Wife and I decided to get an EV. We started by looking at the tesla...man what a crap-simplistic interior and mediocre exterior (great tech though), Moved on to the Voyah I-free, then the Nio, then the Li One, Then the Xpeng, Then I found the Ford Mustang Mach E. I owned a mustang back in america and this EV really called to me, we decided to buy the mustang next month...then on the way out we walked past a small store selling a ZeekR and man did it catch my eye. Its the first one i called "sexy" and the interior was so much nicer than the others. I love flashy lights (LEDs) im simple like that and Zeekr had some super nice LED accents on the interior that made it stand out without looking trashy. The interior styling was luxury and Techy..I loved it. Going for a test drive tomorrow. I have a feeling im going to forget all about the mustang Mach E.
Electric doors? FFS. More unnecessary BS that eats electrons, adds weight and isn't needed. This trend in adding crap to the standard cars to increase the profit margins is getting tedious.
Looking around me, people would embrace anything to save them some effort, or increase the comfort...making them less human in the process....but hey, I can’t judge this now, give me 10 thousand years to make this clear.
It's a "must have" feature in China and Japan and is very common over there.
@@evilutionltd Do their arms not work properly?
@@xxwookey they do not reach and drag on the ground no. Unlike Trump supporters :)
This feature is really only for cars that wish to excel in minimizing air drag, and that's what EV manufacturers really want to do to make the car just a bit more efficient. But I do agree that on regular SUVs or something this feature makes no sense.
While a lot of channels report the same stuff, Fully Charged diggs out one brand new EV after another. Impressive!
Geely is doing some good work. Gonna pick up some of their shares for long. Also a good time now to get the dip.
Excellent, really starting to hit your stride as a reviewer/presenter :)
shame he only gets to cover the crappy Chinese brands.
Such a pleasure to have Elliot as the Chinese reviewer! Awesome car & Review (despite the weather)
@@soundslave This is a show about electric cars, hence the name Fully Charged. And China is way ahead in the EV game with many more offerings than any other country in the world. He sort of has to cover Chinese brands.
@@fredfunn5413 but they aren't. Their battery tech is worse. They use a cheaper composition which holds less power and lasts for fewer cycles
Let’s hope we see this car in the uk at a realistic price. Legacy car makers need to get there fingers out or they are going to suffer. Great video thanks.
Well isn't Geely also a "legacy" car maker? Company was founded in the 1980s and built nothing but gas powered cars for years, and now sells more than a million cars a year, vast majority of which are still ICE powered.
what's a realistic price for a 700km 2 ton monster, it's not going to be under £40k, look at the Polestar for a clue.
@@edc1569 it is 280000 to 360000 chinese yuan, £31K to 39K
@@tren133 exactly, imo legacy car makers in china are being slammed by the new internet brands, legacy brands aee just playing it too safe and behind on software and handling with EVs.
Hey guys, i ordered a red one. Rly proud that Geely could make this high quality car.
21 inch wheels..electric doors 2 tonnes..hot hatch it is not..Still looks quite good,it just needs to be 30k to be a hit
Yeah the comment about 21" wheels being 'performance' made me chuckle... and I'm not sure what defines a 'hot hatch' for an EV - ICE vehicles typically trade off economy etc for responsiveness and power - but EVs get both those in spades by default, so is it just suspension tuning? 'sporty style'? ability to switch off various assists?
No where near a hot hatch... it’s Tesla Y/Mustang elecy size... also will def will not be 30k, need a manufacturers to build a Mk1 ‘elec’ golf size car..
Forthcoming mini JCW/GP2/cooper electric will be the first me thinks
30k? Not a chance. With the size and performance it’ll be at least 40-45k.
I'd be interested in seeing how the "base" version drives. It would be RWD with a smaller battery so might be well under 2 tons in weight, perhaps 400 kg lighter? That might be the most fun to drive version. Maybe they could make a stripped ultra light version as well. They own Lotus after all, just have them tune one for low weight.
Excellent delivery... watch out Robert!
I'm very happy to take a back seat. That's why I asked Elliot to contribute and he's brilliant and getting better each episode he does.
@@fullychargedshow u get excited when u see 3lliot he is your type
Hello Elliot, I absolutely love your reviews of these new exciting BEV's coming out of China, This ZEEKR hot hatch is phenomenal, The CEO's of the the traditional ICE car manufacturers must be incontinent with what's coming out of China these days, Their days are surely numbered with the price, quality & range of cars coming out of China at present, What a fantastic era of electric motoring we have today & the upcoming years, Thanks for the video.
Those are the best opening doors I've ever seen on a car in my life.
OK, I think when most people use the term Hot Hatch they're thinking of something SMALL with performance. This is a good looking car with a hatchback and supposed performance - but it's 5cm less than 5 metres long... that's a foot longer than a Porsche Macan (which I think it bears a resemblance to), and more than 2 foot longer than a VW ID3. It's the same size as my campervan! Nice review, terrible click bait title......(Which Fully Charged has now changed)
unfortunately...the reviewer believes it...
Maybe chinese "politely" asked him to believe this product....
The price in China is already released during Shanghai Auto show：Long Range version（NEDC 526km，0-100 3.8s 544ps with 86KWh battery）with Dual motors costs 35862 Euro；Super Long Range version（NEDC 712km 0-100 6.9s 272ps with 100KWh battery）with Single motor costs 35862 Euro （same price with previous version）；Super Long Range version（NEDC 606km 0-100 3.8s 544ps with 100KWh battery）with Dual motors，Air suspension，Electric doors and Yamaha Audio costs 45944 Euro
Looks great - like the camo too. Seats look nice/sporty.
Heh, I said on the Patreon page I liked the camo paint job. Glad its not just me being odd (again!).
Fun fact: Zeeker CEO has promised to offer this urban camo in production upon fans huge wishes.
I like the front, the headlights gave it a unique look
Polestar 1, Lynk & Co 01 and Zeekr 001. All the first cars from new Geely sub-brands, designed in Göteborg, Sweden. Anyone spot a pattern here?
What I like about the camouflage is that the regular pattern makes it really easy to see where the shape changes are making it easier to see what it looks like than a regular glossy paint job.
😂
It reminds me in profile Jaguar I-Pace which is a compliment.
Yep, iPace mostly with a Mach-E rear end.
Or KIA EV6
I would hate dealing with automatic doors when you get in and out
7:15 Lynk & Co on the rear lights ;)
yeah they were developing it under the lynk & co brand the whole time until like a week or two ago, they somehow decided to make it a new brand lol
On the wheel hubs too
@@jchrisssinshs5058 they made a new brand so they can sell it online only to cut the dealers out
The Chinese camouflaging their product so no one steels their ideas 😂😂😂😂 oh how things change
no, it's because they copy everything, independent of their understanding
Nah, they saw the camo and copied that as well.
They assumed it was meant to look like that.
No, because they're better than anybody else now
Better than anybody? LOL, yeah if u ment copying
@@dot7107
better at stealing than everybody else
Flying around the corners - with 777k subs in the seats - in a car that aims to be an ICE Zeekr missile....What a great way to spend your day, Elliott...
I think the statement "there's no plastic in this car" maybe needs revision! A slight overstatement but I think we know what they mean!
Production value on these are getting better and better, both of visuals and sound. Great work team
A really great review, car looks cool and can't wait to see the finished product and what we get over in the UK with it! It'll be interesting to know what price bracket its ... it looks a bit like a Taycan Cross Turismo or Mustang MachE with the sloping roof. Looks cool!
Looks very good! Lovely scenery too, China looks beautiful!
yes, the pile of gravel looks very attractive
@@ursodermatt8809 I was thinking more the backdrop but hey ho!
@@finchbevdale2069 Well Geely is already the largest shareholder of Mercedes, owning about 10% of its parent company Daimler Benz.
@@finchbevdale2069 I'm sure you're not wrong! They certainly seem to be an unstoppable force at the moment - could ramble on for ages about the subject but as for which German legacy brand to go bust first - i'd say BMW - they have a tech savy customer base but are still pumping out old technology... Mercedes probably not so far behind them!
Hopefully this car will be available in Germany soon! This could become my next car and first Chinese one ever.
Another excellent new EV and I agree with you that it's good to see manufacturers moving away from just producing enormous SUV models and starting to produce smaller family cars ........ that can go like stink! I reckon this could become very popular in those markets it's available in.
The shape seems very similar to the recently announced Kia EV6 ....... which I think looks fantastic. The GT version of that may be beyond my budget but it's a great looking car that's very well equipped, has great charging speeds and really moves the development of EV's forward.
I also couldn't help but notice just how quiet the ZEEKR 001 was.
It’s better more than Kia you can go China see
'quite a low car...compact hot hatch?!' ...says 6ft guy with 1 ft headroom...and look at size of rear! - compact hot hatch is a Fiesta / Focus ST...this is the Routemaster version?
honestly i doubt the 700km, but even 500km would be good enough ... hell, in Europe even 300KM+ is considered good
They use NEDC in China, which you might conclude stands for Not Even Darned Close.
EPA range of 490 km, WLTP range of 548 km
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But what will it actually do in the real world? Geely own Polestar and claim a WLTP of 470 km/292 miles for the Polestar 2 but it cannot actually come close to that.
Real world range for the Polestar 2 is about 260 km/160 miles on a 5°C day and maybe 350 km/220 miles in Summer at a speed of 113 kph/70 mph.
That probably represents a 17% improvement in range ie equivalent to Tesla Model 3 in range but still not the performance to match the MP3. Should have had that tech in the Polestar 2.
What will be interesting is if Geely sells the Polestar 2 AWD for £50,000 and will sell the FWD car for £40,000, then Geely might market the Lynk/Zeekr AWD at £40,000 and then the RWD version at £30,000.
This could match the Tesla M3SR+ for performance but undercut it for price and, as we all know, the M3 cars built in China are a much higher quality than those thrown together in Fremont.
Nice. And it's another high performance not cheap car. We need affordable, long range cars with fast charging please.
Elliott its always a pleasure to have you on, I find that your reviews are how a normal person would tackle it, which I enjoy. The car, looks like a lowered SUV that's Mercedes E class sized. Positives are decent sized boot space, nice cockpit layout and sports seating. 700km range but I expect it'll be less. I like the design language the brand has adopted. The negative, I don't like electric doors- a waste of precious weight and unnecessary energy consumption, plus another thing to maintain or break. Like most other EVs, all it needs is just cruise control, sat navigation, a few helpful apps heated seats and aircon, everything else is a drain on the battery and the pleasure of driving manually.
Great video! The car looks really nice and it’s probably well built. Only drawback is that typical Lync&Co front which many of us have been seeing for quite a while now on WTCR... but for everyone who doesn’t watch that, it’s nevertheless a refreshing front end
Hopefully it’ll be priced to compete with current ice hot hatches.
That sit in the same traffic jam that I sit in.
@@andyphillips7435 😆 🤣
Reminds me a lot, conceptually speaking, to the new ionic 5 and kia ev5.
Looks more like the new Volvo c 40.
@@Mr_Seppo well, volvo's parent company is Geely so imagine the R&D to be shared.
Awesome 🙌
Promising looking car. I am amazed EV manufacturers haven't looked at the hot hatch segment before. Range isn't an issue: you just need to be able to drive from your home in your mum's house to do doughnuts in the local supermarket car park.
I think it looks great and it's not an SUV so even better!
beautiful, and sporty. love the lights all around the vehicle. i would love that for sure. cool.
Thank you for bringing new tech wherever it is happening.
Look at you! Went a long way since the videos from China. Pleasure to watch!
Beautiful looking back! Thumbs up!
Yay, this is the market I'm in ... the sooner the better for these cars at a reasonable price and I'm all in.
Invaluable having him there, detailed review that doesn’t hit you with a load of figures. China are going to take over the EV market if the build quality is good. There so confident there letting people drive it - Lucid could learn a thing or two.
Is this actually coming to Europe.. ?
Another Chinese brand called Nio has already landed in Europe. It also has a Formula E team.
@@cyntiedan5654 And it fails to sell any good number of cars. :) their stock is going down hard. They are a big failure.
1) How is a key card a 'unique' feature?
2) Alcantara is made from Polyester and Polyurethane, how is that not plastic?
3) How is this not an CUV? Why is an iPace or Bolt, not a hot hatch?
You’re mistaking fully charged for a serious car review channel and not EV enthusiasts.
@@OrangutanSquash Nope. Even if you only consider EVs, my questions remain.
@@OrangutanSquash We need to wait for Jonny to be able to test it for having a real review. But this is still more like a review than Robert reading the specs without any comment.
Looks like a modern fiat coupé. I like it!
Agree, its DRL looks like the Fiat Coupe.
Nice, UK and right price please lol.
Love the fully charged tee shirt, can I have one with Fan Boy added to the bottom lots of us would buy
Nice to see a different market segment addressed.
Charge on!
A 21 inchs wheel look like this doesnt seem to be small car. And the inside is way more spacious than a Civic or Imperza. I think this might fall under Gran Tourner catagrory like ferrari FF and Prosche Panamera
It really does have the size of a Panamera.
The 4WD drive version with air suspension is very comfortable. Steering and overall handling feels great as well. I don't think there is any EV car at this price level (360K RMB) with such notable features. My only complaint is that both test drive cars had Akebono brakes which were screeching at low speeds.
Boom! Massive smile, great video. What a car... my 16 (and 53) year old fantasy hot hatch! Elliot you are living the dream. Your best video yet - really enjoying your no nonsense personable presenting style 👍
To all that are saying that it's too up scale, too much range, too big, etc. I think they're trying to follow the Telsa model. Announce a big splash product to get a bunch of attention and prove that they can make a highly desirable performance vehicle. Then they'll go down market with the hype they get from this car to help boost the brand image. Hopefully that next product will be a good one for the masses.
Totally digging the wrap.
front angle in the intro gives me Fiat Coupe vibes with those lights
Could it be a Pinifarina design? :) Jokes apart I agree with you.
Very interesting. The actually car itself doesn't interest me hugely, however the fact that we're starting to see these 'smaller' and hot-hatch electric cars very much does excite me!
Looks promising. Hope it comes to the UK!
Are the headlights visible from the drivers seat so you know where the corners are?
You would imagine that since Fully Charged were invited to see it, that it will be.
UFO spotters?!
I don’t get why Geely needs another brand. They already have a big and diverse portfolio: Geely, Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, Proton, Lynk & Co, LEVC, 1/2 of Smart…
out of all EV cars I saw, this one has the best design.
This seems like legitimate rival to the very recently debuted Kia EV6. The proportion also eerily similar. Kia also got the top of the line GT version that can do 0-62 mph in 3.5 seconds. Anyway glad to see EV got more competition, just wished the car has wider availability.
I agree it looks a lot like the Kia EV6 from the side. Hopefully a lot cheaper than the EV6 GT is going to be in the UK, which starts at 58,000 GBP.
Love it. I guess it will be pretty expensive and I don’t think it will be sold in New Zealand unfortunately.
Sell 280,000 RMB in China, which is 43,000 U.S. dollars
Great content, great presenter in my top 2 presenters on this channel 👍
Amazing Car, I would love to see more. The upper headlights look terrible though.
Not sure I agree, in dark green it would look like a crocodile from the front!
(ok possibly its a matter of taste)
They look great
I'd actually like it in that camo paint job.
The frustration is not knowing when these cars will ever make their way to Europe, or even venture outside of China. Review, as ever, is great!
Lynk&co, the former name of Seekr was already advertising in Europe since late last year. They already have a full dealer network in place since the parent company Geely owns Volvo
Ah. Not the part of Europe I find myself in at the moment. I can hope.
you can buy in China take to Europe
And nice seats too! 😊
Elliot and team: This was just a perfect presentation in quality and mix of facts and entertainment. Thank you!
what facts?
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1. Boot space 2144 liters with the rear seats folded.
2. 700km NEDC range (so probably near 600km WLTP)
3. 0-60mph in 3.88 sec
4. 4wd
5. Over 2000kg
6. Automated doors, front and rear
Just a few facts that spring to mind after watching.
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yes
4 wheels
4 passenger doors
2 window wipers
I just wish that the Lead-esque lights were removed.
I think the lower light bar and grill gives this car a really distinctive and tasteful look.
Nice to see how this presenter has developed. Not so long ago he seemed like a deer in the headlights, but now he has confidence
How will those doors work in a car park with not a lot of space between cars?
err, ..badly /expensively
I like it - and I think they seem to understand that any performance EV will need fast charging if it's to do track days, though I doubt that 120KM range in 5 mins is 120km at track pace (if the can have good linear brake feel with strong regen then that will help a lot). There's no doubt EVs can do one or two fast laps, but I haven't seen much serious discussion about a performance EV that could do a full track day - which in an ICE car would generally start around 10 AM after a safety briefing, warm up lap, 3-5 full tilt laps, cooldown lap, come in to let the car cool down for 10-15 minutes, repeat until lunchtime, stop for lunch for an hour, repeat all afternoon tl about 4:30. I'd be really interested to see if someone will crack this - without unduly shortening the battery lifespan either, so would love to see you revisit this or a similar car later for this sort of test.
I think what's generally missed in the conversation about performance EVs is raw numbers aren't going to win over people who want proper drivers cars. 0-60 in 2 seconds, nice party trick, but who cares outside top trumps. It's not how fast you go, it's how you go fast. Some of the most fun cars are relatively slow - what we care about is 1) is it fun! (good steering feedback, you can easily adjust it's angle mid corner, etc.) and 2) can I hoon it all day without breaking it or cutting my day short because I've used all the electrons.
The price has been announced, rang from 40,000 to 50,000 USD, depending on different configrations...
Are those cool doors or what...
Great review. Thank you.
Awesome little hatch. Nice review. Keep up the good work.
Seems like you have so much fun lol great video but sure we will have to wait a long time for it in Australia
. Still waiting for ldv Van's.
Looks very nice but it‘s to large for a hot hatch. I would really love a small electric hot hatch for me it wouldn‘t even need any gimmicks like self opening doors or self driving capabilities. Makes it lighter and hopefully cheaper. Alternatively Cupra is free to release a road version of the awesome looking e_racer.
Google Alpha Ace, thank me later.
@@iowgtr Yes This one just looks awesome I hope it makes it into production and somehow gets to be affordable.
Great review Elliot 👏👌 and wow amazing to see what Geely are doing .
Good point about the Jag looks. iPace but not an SUV. But not, IMHO, a Hot Hatch. Looks about a third as big again as a Golf GTI or my CRX so maybe a nice saloon along the lines of Tesla Model 3. Nice car though.
Now...if somebody was to make a two seat, shorter wheelbase and put the battery behind the driver and passenger - then we might be on for a realistic hot hatch.
This is the Lynk & Co prototype based on Zero Concept and indeed a very exciting and highly anticipated car. Is it too much to ask Fully Charged to apply correctness??? Lynk & Co indeed is older than "a week ago" (2016) ... Our friend Wikipedia; "Lynk & Co is a Chinese-Swedish automobile brand owned by Geely Automobile Holdings. Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016, its cars will be positioned between those of the Geely brand and Swedish brand Volvo, which was purchased by Geely in 2010."
My LEAF is a hot hatch. Tell me I’m wrong. 150bhp. Cross junctions while people day dream on the line.
My ID.3 Pro Performance is a hot-hatch when in Sport mode.
It just a bit heavy and too large. Unfortunately, the Nismo version wasn't anything special (but the interior was sporty).
But this Chinese car isn't an hot hatch: way to heavy, big, with ridiculous features (automatic doors in a parking lot?). And it doesn't look like 3.5s at all.
@@pbyfr A true Chinese hot hatch might be the Good Cat GT, that one is more closer to the size of a Panamera.
i'm sure the rear floor height will be addressed before full product launch/production
Very interesting - Geely comes powerful!
How the electric doors work at narrow parking spot, when there is cars parked next to it? Does it always bangs the doors to other cars?
Looks nice 👍I like the size/proportions
Funny how you don't mention Polestar 😝
Electric closing doors is a bit much imo.
Just one more thing to break.
As someone else pointed out. The main want from people is for EVs to be affordable with rapid charging.
Not fussed about performance. Cost!
very TopGear style! especially the intro
Love this model very much. ^_^ But i don't like automatic door. same EQS ^_^
sod SUVs, bring back the hot hatch!
Maybe if you’re willing to literally sit on batteries....or drive in a sleeping position....
Jokes aside, I think the electric Mustang is a car for any sort of drivers...sporty, roomy, nice (or not offending to some pedestrians, like the stinky noisy gas Mustangs).
I would have more fun in the current e Corsa. Nice car and hot. Can open your own doors and boot.
Manufactures- nah, we just make SUV look like hot hatches instead!
THREE DOOR hot hatches! I don't want back doors, I want bigger front doors!
What is a hot hatch?
Looks great, excellent numbers too. Now, just how much this will cost?
42k-55k US Dollar