Your favourite odd couple is again: me and Editor-in-Chief Patrick George. This time, we’re behind the wheel of one thing that truly could also be extra related to U.S. market automobile patrons—the Lynk & Co 900. This plug-in hybrid guarantees to hit all the correct notes of an electrical automobile melded with a gas-powered one. It’s not an EREV, however it may possibly act like one.
This was throughout this yr’s Shanghai Auto Present. Patrick and I have been carted off about two hours from Shanghai to Hangzhou, which is the house base of Lynk & Co’s mother or father firm, Geely.
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We’ve talked about this automobile earlier than right here at InsideEVs, and each of us have been impressed with the extent of refinement and energy of the 900.
For individuals who don’t know, the 900 is Lynk & Co’s flagship SUV. It’s based mostly on a modified platform used within the Volvo XC90 known as SPA Evo, and is strictly a plug-in hybrid. The entrance half of the automobile has both a 1.5- or 2.0-liter turbo engine mated to Geely’s “devoted hybrid system”, whereas the electrified automobile half comes from massive motors and batteries that match what you’d discover in a high-performance EV.
The unit we drove had a 52.4 kWh battery and three electrical motors that might ship a shocking 845 horsepower.
It was all actually, very nice. So good that Patrick George mentioned this was in all probability his favourite automobile he bought behind the wheel of in China. The factor is fast, quiet and nicely completed. And the kicker is it isn’t even all that costly. Since we drove the 900, Lynk & Co has launched pricing. The 900 could be had for as little as $42,500, though our top-of-the-line instance could be simply shy of $60,000.
That’s nonetheless a loopy, loopy deal. For not way more than a prime trim Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid, you get a much bigger automobile with way more energy. This is the reason the world has a tough time maintaining with China.
Anyway, give the video a gander.
Contact the creator: Kevin.Williams@insideevs.com
