Zeekr announced yesterday that Formula One racing driver Kimi Raikkonen has become the company's chief performance advisor and will see the launch of the Zeekr 001 FR.

Zeekr was officially launched as a separate company in March 2021, and the regular Zeekr 001 was launched on April 17, 2021 and deliveries began in October 2021.

There are currently four versions of the Zeekr 001 on sale, two of which start at RMB 269,000, and the other two at RMB 319,000 and RMB 349,000 respectively, after Zeekr announced on August 11 a significant discount available until the end of the year.

Zeekr has two other models on sale -- Zeekr 009 MPV, and Zeekr X urban SUV. Its three models delivered 12,053 vehicles in September, up 45.64 percent year-on-year while down 2.03 percent from August.

From January to September, Zeekr's cumulative deliveries totaled 79,028 units, up 100.20 percent from 39,474 units in the same period last year.

($1 = RMB 7.3030)

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