Zeekr to roll out extensive OTA update for 001, 2022 MY to receive hardware improvements

Geely-owned EV maker Zeekr announced that it will roll out extensive over-the-air (OTA) updates for its 001 EV. According to the Chinese automotive brand, the upcoming OTA updates for the Zeekr 001 will cover upgrades in the areas of driver comfort, cockpit interface, and smart driving technologies.

The announcement was made during the brand’s “Zeekr Experience Day,” held less than one year after the first products were delivered to customers in China.

In addition, Zeekr also announced that the 2022 model year 001s will also feature a host of hardware improvements to the body and chassis.

“Zeekr 001 is now the world’s first production car equipped with two 7nm autonomous driving chips, which are embedded within a complete visual fusion sensing system and enable a 001 to self-adapt autonomously at speeds of up to 130kph. In testing environments, a 001 will automatically slow when it detects pedestrians or non-motor vehicles approaching. The 001 will also automatically detect a car door open on the side of the road or a truck approaching on the side, turning wheels slightly to avoid a possible side collision,” Zeekr said in a recent press release.

The latest upgrades also include a high-performance 8155 Snapdragon microchip which has optimized over 200 key items of user control functions within the cockpit.

Zeekr’s brand-new intelligent driving system boasts signal transmission and a processing rate that is 10 times faster than most existing systems, bringing computing down to milliseconds.

Per the electric car maker, this improves acceleration performance of the shooting brake EV by 31 percent on harsh road surfaces, or in snow and ice conditions, whilst increasing the maximum controllable concerning speed. This newly updated driving system will give users the option to switch between rear-wheel-drive, all-wheel-drive, and real-time adaptive four-wheel-drive systems based on the road conditions.

More information is expected to be announced soon. 

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