The cat is out of the bag – the facelifted Zeekr 7X has been revealed in China, barely a year after it was first shown. The electric SUV receives some minor styling tweaks that belie a comprehensive mechanical overhaul under the skin.
On the outside, you get a new, more aggressive front bumper with corner air inlets, similar to the 007 GT wagon. The number plate recess at the back has also been moved up into the tailgate – just beneath the full-width taillight bar – complemented by an increased use of body colour on the rear bumper. Chrome skirting all around helps give the 7X a more upmarket air.
The 7X’s most recognisable feature, the optional Stargate customisable light curtain consisting of 1,831 LEDs, continues to feature at the front. However, the full-width light strip below now turns blue when in automated driving mode – something that’s repeated on the door mirrors and in the lamps in the rear bumper.
Inside, the 7X continues unchanged save for the new orange and purple colour options. That means it’s still fitted with a 13.02-inch digital instrument display, a 16-inch mini-LED infotainment touchscreen and certain China-exclusive features such as a reclining rear passenger-side seat with an ottoman, a massage function, a fold-out table and another 13-inch OLED touchscreen.
The changes are instead focused on the drivetrain. As previously mentioned, the 7X receives uprated 900-volt motors from the 2026 001, with even the single-motor rear-wheel-drive version boosted significantly to 503 PS (370 kW) and 535 Nm. This gets it from zero to 100 km/h three tenths of a second quicker at 5.4 seconds, or 5.1 seconds for the long range variant. Opt for the dual-motor all-wheel-drive 7X and power swells to 795 PS (585 kW), allowing it to complete the century sprint in a blistering 2.95 seconds.
As for range, the base model soldiers on with a 75 kWh Golden Brick lithium iron phosphate battery, although Zeekr has freed up a bit of extra range at 620 km – still on China’s wildly optimistic CLTC cycle. Long range variants upgrade to a 103 kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) pack to bump up the range figures to 802 km with RWD and 715 km with AWD.
The 7X has always been strong at DC fast charging, and the base model continues to offer “5.5C” charging, meaning that it accept up to 5.5 times of its battery capacity in charging input (around 450 kW, the same as before). That means it will still charge from 10 to 80% in 10.5 minutes.
As for the long range models – previously the poor relation in this regard – DC charging has been uprated to “6C” (around 650 kW) thanks to a new full-stack 900-volt electrical architecture, taking just ten minutes flat to top up from 10 to 80% charge.
Safety-wise, all models now come standard with Geely’s G-Pilot H7 suite of driver assists, powered by the latest Nvidia Drive Thor-U chips. With lidar sensors all around, the 7X is capable of door-to-door highly automated driving and remote parking assist.
The facelifted 7X will be launched in China on October 28. What do you think of these updates, and would you like to see them in Malaysia? Let us know in the comments.
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