Car and City: Shanghai tops other cities by ZEEKR 001 registrations in Q1 2022

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- In March, the monthly registrations of the ZEEKR 001, the first and only production model under Geely Auto's premium car brand ZEEKR, reached 2,273 units, sliding 16% over the previous month, according to the data compiled by Gasgoo Auto Research Institute.

As of March 2022, there had been 13,858 ZEEKR 001s registered across China, 8,292 units were registered in the first quarter of this year.

As for ownerships, private users accounted for up to 84.6% of the first-quarter ZEEKR 001 registrations.

ZEEKR 001; photo credit: ZEEKR

In March 2022, there were five cities whose monthly registrations of the ZEEKR 001 all exceeded 100 units, of which Hangzhou ranked highest with 259 units registered.

By March registrations of the BEV model, the three first-tier cities—Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing—ranked 4th, 8th, and 11th among cities in China.

Regarding the ZEEKR 001 registrations in the first quarter, both Shanghai and Shenzhen broke into the top 3 cities, while Beijing and Guangzhou ranked 6th and 10th respectively. Among the top 15 cities, 6 were provincial capitals.

ZEEKR announced earlier this month the ZEEKR 001 would rise in price due to the factors like the continuous growth in upstream raw materials prices. Effective from May, prices of the ZEEKR 001's super-long-range AWD YOU version will be raised by 18,000 yuan ($2,745) to 368,000 yuan ($56,100).