--- title: "ZEEKR 9X, the luxury hybrid from pure electric" type: "Topics" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/31913073.md" description: "ZEEKR has made another high-profile move—the ZEEKR 9X, a flagship ultra-luxury hybrid SUV. With prior experience from models like the ZEEKR 009, ZEEKR is a veteran in the luxury tech sector but a newcomer in the hybrid field. This doesn’t stop the ZEEKR 9X from making three bold claims in this arena: the vast super hybrid system, including a full-stack 900V high-voltage electrical system, 6C battery, and megawatt electric drive; the vast digital chassis, featuring a 48V active stabilizer bar, closed dual-chamber air suspension, and dual-valve CCD electromagnetic dampers; and the vast H9 long-range system..." datetime: "2025-07-17T09:45:39.000Z" locales: - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/31913073.md) - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/31913073.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/31913073.md) author: "[汽车之心](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/3726156.md)" --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/31913073.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/31913073.md) # ZEEKR 9X, the luxury hybrid from pure electric ZEEKR has made a high-profile move again - ZEEKR 9X, a super luxury hybrid SUV flagship model. With the experience of ZEEKR 009 and other predecessors, ZEEKR is a veteran in the luxury technology field, but a newcomer in the hybrid field. This does not affect ZEEKR 9X from launching three heavy attacks in this field: - Vast super electric hybrid, including full-stack 900V high-voltage electrical system, 6C battery, megawatt electric drive; - Vast digital chassis, including 48V active stabilizer bar, closed dual-chamber air suspension, dual-valve CCD electromagnetic shock absorber; - Vast H9, including dual NVIDIA Thor-U chips, dual 8295 chips, 5 laser radars. Every line of parameters pulled out has reached the industry-leading level. Within Geely, ZEEKR is the brand at the top of the pyramid, and ZEEKR 9X is the flagship of Geely's 9 series, forming a luxury matrix with Lynk & Co 900 and Galaxy M9. Thus, under the definition of super luxury, ZEEKR 9X has chosen a fierce offensive approach. It directly attacks the luxury hybrid SUV heartland, competing head-to-head with traditional luxury cars like Rolls-Royce Cullinan, Porsche Cayenne, and Range Rover, priced in the millions. The simple and straightforward way is that ZEEKR 9X not only matches and surpasses in luxury, performance, and handling but also sets the price range at 500,000 to 600,000 yuan. Positive market feedback is gradually emerging, with 10,000 people joining the early enjoyment plan within 2 hours after the launch event - users pay a 5,000 yuan deposit before the pre-sale at the end of August to enjoy priority appreciation, test drive, and delivery rights. Obviously, under the grand strategy of "ZEEKR going up", the problem-solving logic of ZEEKR 9X should be like this, and it must be like this. _**01,**_**Hybrid track, ZEEKR crosses the river by feeling the pure electric stones** In the matter of building a luxury hybrid SUV, ZEEKR's methodology is very clear: strengthen hybrid advantages, optimize current disadvantages. The advantage of hybrid lies in four words: **efficiency is king**. This is also the underlying reason why Wei Jianjun of Great Wall "refuses to make range extenders". - The essence of range extenders is a series logic. It relies solely on the motor for driving, with the range extender only serving as a "power bank". Its drawback is the long energy transmission chain: fuel → range extender → generator → battery → motor → wheels. Multiple rounds of energy conversion lead to cumulative losses. - The essence of hybrid is series, parallel, and mixed logic. There are multiple efficient paths for power sources, such as "battery → motor → wheels" or "fuel → engine → wheels", and it can also charge the battery like a range extender. The system intelligently allocates different working conditions, allowing for single direct drive or parallel output. In high-speed conditions, engine direct drive results in 15%-20% lower fuel consumption than range extenders. Obviously, the complex design of hybrid architecture means that a qualified hybrid system must rely on strong energy management capabilities, which is precisely a technical game that requires a powerful large factory to master. As a new entrant, ZEEKR chooses to actively break the situation in this field, with confidence stemming from itself. The vast-S super electric hybrid architecture is derived from the SEA vast pure electric architecture, essentially an original design **based on pure electric**. On the other hand, traditional large factories are based on **fuel architecture to create hybrids**, with the core logic being the extension of fuel vehicles, viewing hybrids as a transitional form. When early hybrid technology was born, the pure electric market was not yet mature, and car companies were more inclined to graft three-electric systems onto existing fuel vehicle platforms, achieving oil-electric synergy through mechanical coupling structures, with the advantage of reducing R&D costs and quickly launching products. But the drawbacks are also obvious: - Battery capacity is limited by the chassis space of fuel vehicles, often only using small capacity batteries; - The power of high-voltage systems is restricted by the low-voltage architecture of fuel vehicles, making it difficult to improve charging speed. As a result, although hybrid vehicles seem to have the differentiated characteristics of "saving more fuel than fuel vehicles, longer range than pure electric vehicles, and more efficient than range extenders", there are still many complaints in terms of user needs. A very paradoxical phenomenon is that users prefer pure electric drive mode, but due to charging anxiety, they do not choose pure electric vehicles, and can only consider range extenders or hybrids, but the pure electric experience is very limited, and there are very few hybrid models with pure electric range exceeding 200 kilometers. For example, the Hi4 hybrid architecture created by Great Wall, based on a 400V architecture platform, can achieve a maximum pure electric range of 201 kilometers. But Great Wall's approach to hybrid systems is still **engine-led, with electric drive as an auxiliary**, so it is limited by battery capacity and low voltage issues, unable to achieve a pure electric experience without difference. And ZEEKR 9X starts from a pure electric architecture, **the engine is mainly used for power generation, and the motor is responsible for driving**, providing very flexible space for pure electric experience. On the super electric hybrid architecture, ZEEKR 9X has output many performance "hard currencies", such as a pure electric range of up to 380 kilometers, charging the battery from 20% to 80% in just 9 minutes, 0-100 km/h acceleration in 3.1 seconds, and no difference in full and depleted battery experience, etc. Many people think these capabilities come from ZEEKR 9X stacking parameters, such as full-stack 900V architecture, 70-degree 6C battery, 2.0T engine, 145KW generator. This is equivalent to throwing enough quality ingredients into the pot and being able to cook good dishes, ignoring the culinary skills. Culinary skills are essentially the art of integration. In fact, if you lay out the entire power architecture of ZEEKR, you can find that these so-called hardcore parameters are backed by a set of precise system engineering. Due to the electric hybrid architecture being based on pure electric, it starts from the bottom with "electric drive priority", thus reserving high-voltage fast charging interfaces, expanding battery compartment space, and adopting electronic and electrical architecture of the same origin as pure electric, fundamentally avoiding physical limitations. Therefore, the full-stack 900V high-voltage architecture can smoothly enter the field, compared to the traditional hybrid 400V architecture and the latest pure electric 800V architecture, achieving a generational leap in energy efficiency optimization. Subsequently, a series of positive chain reactions occur, the 900V architecture can extend pure electric range and support 6C ultra-fast charging, and can cooperate with the 145KW range extender generator, in high-speed depleted battery conditions, the generator can recharge 20 degrees of electricity per hour, achieving charging while driving. Similarly, the megawatt electric drive is also realized on the 900V architecture foundation, with the 2.0T engine (205KW), range extender generator (145KW), front (290KW)/rear dual drive motors (740KW) working together, achieving 0-100 km/h acceleration faster than Lamborghini and Ferrari. You can see that the entire powertrain architecture of ZEEKR 9X is very self-consistent, fundamentally, from luxury pure electric to luxury hybrid, ZEEKR is crossing the river by feeling its own stones. This also explains that ZEEKR 9X is not just creating a super hybrid car, but also a super range extender, and even a super pure electric. _**02,**_**The luxury technology of ZEEKR 9X is about driving pleasure** ZEEKR 9X is undoubtedly the product with the most "ZEEKR-style luxury technology temperament" so far. In fact, ZEEKR's interpretation of luxury technology is different from other players. For example, Aito's luxury technology core lies in Huawei's intelligent ecosystem, conveying a stable and leading intelligent experience; Nio interprets luxury technology as user-first, highlighting the luxury sense of life quality through battery swapping systems and user operations; Li Auto focuses on family needs with scene-based luxury technology, emphasizing family comfort without anxiety. Through performance and avant-garde design, ZEEKR emphasizes a luxury technology sense of **looking cool and driving pleasure** in the new energy track. This is also why ZEEKR 9X wants to create **AI digital chassis**, directly hardcore benchmarking luxury fuel flagship benchmarks like Rolls-Royce Cullinan and Range Rover. Traditional luxury car suspensions are usually open dual-chamber air suspensions + dual-valve CCD electromagnetic shock absorbers, but ZEEKR 9X has changed the former to closed dual-chamber air suspensions, bringing lower noise and high-altitude performance advantages. And the 48V active stabilizer bar, exclusive to million-dollar luxury car configurations, is realized by ZEEKR 9X for the first time in China. Its value lies in nearly zero body roll during high-speed cornering and extreme stability on bumpy roads. The "Dinghai" intelligent hub (AI chassis algorithm) equipped on ZEEKR 9X works in coordination with the architecture platform and battery technology, forming a stronger comprehensive performance foundation. With this combination, the vehicle can stably drive on the Kunlun Mountains at an altitude of 5000 meters and pass extreme tests such as **120km/h dual-wheel blowout and level 10 crosswind**. But many people may overlook some simple and pragmatic concepts under the strong expression of ZEEKR 9X. That is, luxury configuration is about solving real problems. The most direct point is that crosswinds and blowouts are not exclusive to laboratories but are real risks that may occur during sharp turns or crossing sea bridges. ZEEKR's high-profile showmanship is essentially a guarantee for daily safety and comfort. The same scenario also occurs on the technological side of ZEEKR 9X, namely the **industry top-level vast intelligent driving H9 solution**. With the dual Thor-U chips (1400+ TOPS) and 5 laser radars, its hardware stacking has reached the industry's only level. ZEEKR's Vice President of Technology, Chen Qi, clearly stated that the upper limit of H9 is not only L3 but also L4. Although limited by regulations, ZEEKR 9X has not focused much on L3 capabilities. But from the algorithm and function expansion, it can be seen that ZEEKR's technical path is in the "first echelon of intelligent assisted driving" camp. One is the **VLA multimodal large model**, giving the system "predictability", able to proactively decelerate and avoid when an electric vehicle protrudes half a wheel. The second is the **end-to-end safety adversarial model**, adding a safety adversarial network to the end-to-end model, providing double insurance for decision-making. The third is the **new park roaming function** added on H7. That is, completely autonomous park passage capability without maps, presets, or memory, equivalent to clearing the "parking space to parking space" difficult dungeon, able to autonomously identify exit signs on irregular road sections in any parking lot, and respond flexibly according to user instructions. In fact, although ZEEKR was a chaser in the field of assisted driving in the past, it is now clearly leading other players by a position. However, ZEEKR has done very thorough preparation work. Its understanding of L3 is a qualitative rise in system capabilities, so from L3 onwards, redundancy backup of hardware and software is crucial for systematic design, and H9 has expanded the backup range to the HMI (human-machine interaction) level to prevent warning loss when the system fails. This is also an expression of pragmatic philosophy. _**03,**_**Starting from 9X, ZEEKR finally let go and did it** The establishment of ZEEKR is essentially a deep practice of "brand migration" capability within the Geely system. It can be said that ZEEKR is the brand closest to the "new car-making force approach" within the Geely system, emphasizing direct sales systems, independent technology stacks, high-end positioning, and user operation capabilities, once regarded as an independent growth body benchmarking Nio, XPeng, and Li Auto. Four years of continuous upward movement, from category to technology, and then to performance, ZEEKR has always maintained disruptive product thinking: 001 created a new category of shooting brake cars, 009 established a new benchmark for luxury MPVs, 007 anchored a new standard for intelligent family sedans, and 9X once again broadened market boundaries with super electric hybrid + digital chassis + H9 intelligent driving. And with the merger of ZEEKR and Lynk & Co, they are unified into the "One Geely" strategic system. This shift is not a contraction but a reconstruction and reorganization of the Geely brand matrix, focusing **core resources of technology, manpower, and brand on the direction of market and profit leverage**. The most direct point is that the intelligent driving teams of both sides no longer fight separately but are streamlined around the vast intelligent driving product system, achieving capability stacking through unified combat forms. This also makes the echelon effect of ZEEKR and Lynk & Co more obvious: Just like **ZEEKR 9X and Lynk & Co 900** form a dual 9 flagship matrix, sharing a set of platform genes, but with clearly differentiated role positioning: - ZEEKR 9X anchors the 500,000+ super luxury market, constructing a full-link luxury experience through parameter crushing, able to "suit business and family", aiming to establish "all-round luxury new flagship". - Lynk & Co 900 anchors the 400,000+ mid-to-high-end market, solidifying market brand premium through explosive strategies, focusing on family scenes, with sales exceeding 5,593 units in the first month of listing, aiming to drive volume and market vitality. This is a coordinated battle, ZEEKR is the top force, Lynk & Co is the backbone force, both filling the upper space while leaving room for Geely's Galaxy and other mass brands to play. This also explains why ZEEKR chooses to voluntarily delist, equivalent to its task **shifting from pulling valuation from external capital markets to improving quality within the internal system**. ZEEKR's Vice President of Technology, Xu Yun, mentioned that in the past four years, ZEEKR's product pace was fast, unable to polish each car to perfection, but starting from ZEEKR 9X, it will be different. To some extent, this flagship car, ZEEKR 9X, indeed seems like a work produced by ZEEKR after shedding the burden of financial reports and directly injecting all resources into the technical attack zone. This has already proven that the ZEEKR brand is starting to maintain strategic determination without being constrained. As ZEEKR's Vice President of Technology, Lin Jie, said, **China has never lacked low-priced brands, adding another ZEEKR is meaningless**. What China truly lacks is a brand that can shake the status of traditional luxury fuel vehicles, and ZEEKR should be one of them. From deep cooperation with NVIDIA and Qualcomm to vast intelligent driving, self-developed large models, and independent energy replenishment network layout, it can be seen that ZEEKR is taking a high-specification path of new energy nouveau riche, this ecological approach proves that Chinese brands are not always standing on the cost-leading end, but also on the value innovation end. Clearly, in the future architecture of "One Geely", ZEEKR is the character role that must constantly break boundaries. Its task is not only to go viral but also to lead. $Geely Auto(GELYY.US) ### Related Stocks - [ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Holding Limited (ZK.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ZK.US.md) - [Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (GELYY.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GELYY.US.md) - [GEELY AUTO (00175.HK)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/00175.HK.md) - [GEELY AUTO-R (80175.HK)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/80175.HK.md)