Car and City: ZEEKR X records June registrations exceeding 2,000 units

ZEEKR, the premium electric vehicle (EV) brand of Geely Auto Group, saw its monthly registrations reach 9,487 units in the sixth month of 2023, according to the data compiled by Gasgoo Auto Research Institute ("GARI").

ZEEKR’s monthly registrations in June 2023 soared 134.59% compared to the previous year, while also rose 16.66% from the previous month.

For the first six months of this year, ZEEKR’s cumulative auto registrations amounted to 40,929 units, surging 117.59% from a year earlier.

ZEEKR began the nationwide delivery of its third production model, the ZEEKR X, in mid-June. In the month, registrations of the model reached 2,099 units, with Shanghai and Shenzhen as the top 2 cities in terms of June registrations.

Breaking down the data by specific models, with 5,449 units registered, the ZEEKR 001 accounted for 57.44% of the brand’s total registrations in June 2023, representing a year-on-year jump of 34.7%, but facing a month-on-month drop of 9.8%.

In terms of June registrations of the ZEEKR 001, Shanghai ranked highest among all cities on the Chinese mainland. It was followed by Yangzhou and Beijing, which were the other two cities with over 300 ZEEKR 001s registered last month. 

As of June 2023, there had been 107,298 ZEEKR 001s registered cumulatively across the world’s largest auto market, 30,305 units of which were registered this year.

In June, the automaker had 2,023 ZEEKR 009s registered, indicating a slight 0.6% month-over-month growth. Cumulative registrations of the MPV model came in at 8,525 units for the first six months of this year.

Notably, among all domestically built new energy MPV models in China, the ZEEKR 009 was the runner-up by June registrations, but it was outnumbered by the champion, the DENZA D9, by 7,837 units.

Hangzhou outshone other cities in China with 185 ZEEKR 009s registered last month. Besides, there were five cities whose respective ZEEKR 009 registrations also exceeded 100 units in June.