Zeekr, the premium electric vehicle (EV) maker, owned by Geely, delivered 8,101 vehicles in April, up 279.08 percent from 2,137 in the same month last year and up 21.58 percent from 6,663 in March. This is the third consecutive month-on-month increase in Zeekr's monthly deliveries and also the third consecutive year-on-year increase.

In January-April, Zeekr's deliveries were 23,335 units, up 124.85 percent from 10,378 units in the same period last year. By the end of April, Zeekr's cumulative deliveries since its inception stood at 101,283 units. The company saw its 100,000th vehicle delivery milestone on April 25.

Zeekr is currently delivering the Zeekr 001 shooting brake as well as the Zeekr 09 MPV. The average order value for the Zeekr 001 is RMB 336,000 and the Zeekr 009 is RMB 527,000.

Zeekr was officially established as an independent company in March 2021, and its first model, the Zeekr 001, was launched on April 15, 2021, with deliveries beginning in October 2021.

On April 18, Zeekr unveiled its European strategy, which will be based on a direct-to-customer business model to deliver an EV experience to European customers. Its first models in Europe are the Zeekr 001 and the Zeekr X, which will start arriving in Sweden and the Netherlands in the fourth quarter, with other countries to follow quickly. Zeekr aims to be one of the leading brands in the European EV market by 2030, Spiros Fotinos, the company's vice president and CEO of European sales.