Zeekr 007 One-Week Ownership Review

Hi, I recorded this video in Chinese but replaced the speech with English, which I interpreted afterwards, so the speech may not be in perfect sync with the video. Thank you for your understanding.

[@knuth.nyhagen82]

Great information. Bring more please - also from live driving and practical use. ✔

[@GTI_CHHA]

Hi Puppet, thank you for sharing your initial experiences about this car, I am very interested in them. There are hardly any real user experience videos on the 007 on YT, so it's great to see them here. I wish the 007 would be available in Germany, but unfortunately eveything moves very slowly in Germany. According to the website, 001 and X will become available in Germany this year, no any specific dates. I live in the west of Germany, only 2.5 hours away from Nordschleife Nurburgring, I visit it a couple of times per year, just to watch and hear the high performance sport cars, only real life can give you the real experience. Looking forward to more videos on your 007. Have a great Sunday and xie xie ni 🙂

[@RanLinlayrian]

Thanks a lot! Driving on Nurburgring has always been my dream. I’ll keep things posted.

[@lamrof]

That timidness in the cruise control is really a deal breaker

[@iLikeTigerz101]

Hi Burning Puppet or Peter Griffin, what country are you in? Here in the states we don't sell Chinese cars except for the Polestar, I want a zeekr that doesn't cost an organ to get. This car looks awesome!!

[@RanLinlayrian]

I’m in China, probably one of the first owners of the 007, I think Zeekr is considering expanding their business in the states?

[@LittleSpot]

Aah, the first very good hands on. Thanks a lot. How is the charging experience? I read that there is a Golden Battery from Zeekr in this cars, with very good charging speeds. Greetings from Germany.

[@RanLinlayrian]

I’ve installed a home charger so I haven’t gotten any chance to use the fast charge yet, and the battery I have chosen is not made by zeekr themselves, but I’ve upgraded to the 100 kWh battery made by CATL, which is 4C ready, meaning it can be charged at 4 times as its capacity, meaning the 100 kWh battery can take 400 kW charging input.

[@LittleSpot]

@@RanLinlayrian Yeah, I know the Zeekr001 using the Quilin Pack, and what I have heard, the 007 using the Golden Battery Pack, but 4C ist allready this, what is ridiculus awesome. All german carmakers are far behind this great charging speed.

[@RanLinlayrian]

@@LittleSpot sometimes when one has too much to lose, it’s much more difficult to start from the scratch, since it is way harder than passing on the lineage.

[@SM-km7oc]

Hi Puppet and thank you for your reviews on the 007. A few questions please, how irritating are the car's "beeping" warnings and more importantly can you turn them off (or mute them) permanantly, ie make your setting and not have to then reset it each and everytime you start the vehicle? Like you I like to actually drive and do not want any intrusive "lane assist" steering wheel corrections or constant beeping. Can you turn them off and make those settings permanant "default" settings? We have rough bitumin road surfaces on our highways here so intrusive road noise can be a problem at our open road speed limit of 100km. Have you noticed whether road noise at higher speeds is intrusive ie annoying? Thanks.

[@RanLinlayrian]

You can turn off the speed limit warning. I don’t think you can turn off the distance warning permanently, that comes when the car is too close to the things around it, I want to keep this warning myself.

[@SM-km7oc]

@@RanLinlayrian Thanks Puppet, so you are saying that you can permanently turn the speed warning off? Plus would you mind answering my other questions - ie can the steering wheel "lane assist" be permanently turned off? and how bad is the road noise? thank you.

[@RanLinlayrian]

@@SM-km7oc I don’t think you can permanently turn off the land assistance feature. This comes not very often for me because every time when I switch lame I always use the blinker so it’s not a problem for me, but for drivers who like to ride on the the lines, I think it would be quite a headache, but I wouldn’t recommend such driving as well. As for the road noise, I think that’s acceptable it’s definitely on par with other cars in this class, but the wheel well is made of plastic so when there are gravels being spun and hitting the wheel well, there would definitely be some noise.

[@aimekenovazamatkairlapovic346]

Hi man, I was thinking about buying this car. Do you recommend this car? You posted this video when it was 2 weeks when you bought, it would be great if you make new video about your experience and thoughts after 2 months. Thanks

[@RanLinlayrian]

Of course, I’ll post it when I have time. Now everything works great, nothing to complain.

[@Mikey-hs3ul]

Bought a BYD Seal in Australia start of the year. I looked at this a while back and thought dam this looks incredible. Even on paper it seems like the cheapest Zeekr blows even the most expensive Seal away (other than 0-60 but then of course a better 007 would win there too). Alas, I have no idea when it goes international, if ever, and when they'd sell it here (though the X and 009 is coming end of year). Also no idea on price. But I'm curious, how can BYD in China justify there current prices in China when cars like the 007 exist? Not sure if I'm missing something...just the 007 looks incredible. Though I believe I heard the Seal wasn't that successful there.

[@RanLinlayrian]

You have no idea how competitive the Chinese EV market is, so you’re right, the BYD seal isn’t sold very well here in China. I think you should look into the recently launched Xiaomi SU7, which is a true competitor against Zeekr 007. However, the only reason I didn’t choose the SU7 is that it looks like a knockoff of Porsche Taycan and McLaren 720S. Personally, I prioritize original designs.

[@lamrof]

That timidness in the cruise control is really a deal breaker

[@LittleBoobsLover]

how about distance, battery usage, charging and battery size? Wind and road noises?

[@RanLinlayrian]

Currently in winter in the place where I live, the average temperature is around 5°C, and the range of the car is around 500 km but I believe in warmer climates. The range can go up to 650 or even more. About the wind and tire noises, I don’t think this car is as good as my old Cadillac ATS, which has Bose Active noise canceling technology, and every window glass is double layered, but this car only has single layer window glass.

[@cocoaiscool2709]

do you think this car is on par with BMW i3?

[@RanLinlayrian]

I would say it is much better than the BMW i3 since the BMW i3 is a traditional combustion engine platform, which is trying to adopt the battery and motor into its chassis

[@helikopter4786]

Hi, what's the consumption at around 120km/h?

[@RanLinlayrian]

around 20 kwh per 100 km

[@theartofgaming527]

range test and charge test would like to know about it

[@RanLinlayrian]

Now the temperature is around 5 degree Celsius, and the energy consumption is around 20 kilowatt hour per 100 kilometers, translating into around 500 kilometers of range. People in the southern regions report around 15 kilowatt hours per 100 kilometers. That’s about 600 kilometers of range.

[@theartofgaming527]

@@RanLinlayrian what is the average speed that u drive in and what's average length of the trip ?

[@RanLinlayrian]

@@theartofgaming527 mostly driving in the city, with an average speed around 35 kph

[@mohammadalrashdan9407]

@@RanLinlayrianthis is quite surprising, isn’t this the new model with new battery technology that should support 800+ km of range. I know this is the best scenario but from 800 to 500 is crazy 💀

[@RanLinlayrian]

@@mohammadalrashdan9407 it really depends on the model, the temperature, and the way you drive it, if it’s 20 degrees Celsius, and it’s the rear wheel drive model, and you don’t accelerate or brake often, and keep at 100 kph, the energy consumption can be as low as 12 kWh per 100 km, so the 100 kWh battery does give you over 800 km of range. However, mine is a four wheel drive version, and my driving is more spirited, and the temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius these days, so it comes at the cost of higher energy consumption.

[@ktwei]

Still need to bump the volume up a bit bro.

[@RanLinlayrian]

Sorry for that, I’ve already set the volume to 400%, but that’s all I’ve got.😂

[@pedipedi9559]

I want to this car to come to Europe ASAP so I can get rid of my Tesla Model 3 (worst car experience ever).

[@rescuehelly271]

What are the problems of model 3?

[@pedipedi9559]

@@rescuehelly271 Quality as always and the functionality is outdated with everything over the main screen. No hud or front display, front camera, and the wiper sensor that just does not work period. I'm hoping the Zeekr will come to Europe in the next two years, then I will definitely trade my Tesla in for something like the Zeekr 007 or for a Zeekr 007.

[@rescuehelly271]

@@pedipedi9559 the new Model 3 with no stalks is even worse.

[@barygol]

​​@@rescuehelly271but the quality of the interior and the drivability have been vastly improved. So has been the quietness. I've driven the M3 2022 and the new Highland and trust me, the new Highland is a car you'd keep for sure.

[@Seve_The_People]

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[@RanLinlayrian]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@gohkairen2980]

this is probably my favourite looking china ev in the market but i hate this brand lol. they shamelessly copied tesla design language and even the UI of the software is similar? like wtf man at least make it look like you've done yr homework by changing out something and adding in abit of yr own innovation. this is basically a model 3 interior with a different skin lol

[@RanLinlayrian]

Interior wise, the 007 is much better than the model 3, and I cannot really stand the turning signal switch on the steering wheel on the model 3 that is really counterintuitive

[@cyberhawk9]

I think this shows you that the Model 3 is the best, otherwise why would they copy it? This is what chinese car industry does. Try to Imitate what works and manufacture it cheaper.

[@gohkairen2980]

@@RanLinlayrian funny thing is this. When tesla does it everyone complains and hate on it. But when Ferrari does it, it's considered revolutionary. Think about it logically, you'll nvr need to touch the turn signal stock while turning, thus having button as turn signal takes practice but is nvr an issue. If it ain't an issue on Ferraris then why would it be an issue on tesla?

[@gohkairen2980]

@@cyberhawk9 tesla is the leader in ev for the longest time and I believe model 3 is one of the best value for money sedan. But China is indeed catching up (of course by copying tesla). Therefore tesla can only win via software and ecosystem. Imo

[@cyberhawk9]

@@gohkairen2980 I agree and so does Elon Musk I think, :) He who solves FSD will be the next winner. Other than that it's just batteries og hardware and in that, economy of scale wins.