Guangzhou Auto Show recap: BEV debuts from ZEEKR and more

3 years ago by schizoidman to c/evs

We’ve been covering several prominent Chinese automakers teasing their latest EV models in the preceding weeks, ahead of the Guangzhou...
LeanFemurs 7 points 3 years ago

ZEEKR sounds like a weird brand that you only see on random Amazon listings.

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schizoidman 7 points 3 years ago

Zeekr , Volvo & Polestar are all subsidies of Geely. Many of their cars share the same platform. For example the Volvo em90 is a badge-engineered ZEEKR 009.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...

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qdJzXuisAndVQb2 2 points 3 years ago

It does. Didn't Opel/Vauxhall use different brands in different markets? Can't they do something like that? Have the original brand im China and pay some marketing firm to invent a decent name for western markets?

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Hildegarde 3 points 3 years ago

How does "Build Your Dreams" not appeal to westerners? That sound so incredibly western.

The Chinese own MG now. They can just use western defunct brands at a low cost. But as this is an event in China they will be using the Chinese market names.

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