Zeekr goes to production on 1,000-km electric car using CATL batteries

Geely’s electric brand Zeekr has teamed up with Chinese battery giant CATL on an ultra-long-range version of its Zeekr 001 shooting brake, resulting in a production electric car capable of doing more than 1,000 km (621 miles) on a single charge.The collaboration will be the first to use mass-produced versions of CATL’s liquid-cooled, highly-integrated Qilin batteries, which offer a specific energy of 255 Wh/kg, as well as a “record-breaking volume utilization efficiency” of 72%. CATL claims the Qilin battery pack can deliver some 13% more power than Tesla’s new 4680 batteries, given the same chemistry and pack size.The company doesn’t specify the capacity of the pack in terms of kilowatt-hours, but touts an impressive 10 minute fast charge from 10-80%, provided high-power charge stations are available, as well as the capability to warm itself up for a hot start within 5 minutes in…

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