Lynk & Co’s second fully electric model will be unveiled in October in Europe. Following on from this, the Z20 will then debut in China at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November. It’s believed that the car will be sold in Europe as the Z02 rather than as the Z20, as it will be known in China.
An unveiling in Europe in October is certainly in line with previous information given by Alain Visser, former CEO of Lynk & Co International, who said in 2023 that the company would bring an EV to Europe in 2024. Currently, Lynk & Co only offers the 01 PHEV in Europe and changing the car’s name to Z02 may be an effort to make the range look more coherent.
Known internally by the code name E335, the car is built on Geely’s SEA2 platform, which is a version of the sustainable experience architecture targeted towards smaller cars. The Z20 can be seen as a Lynk & Co version of the Zeekr X, not only does it share the same platform technology but similarly it is a small SUV.
Little concrete is known about the forthcoming Z20, and it seems as if the car may have been largely developed in Europe, with many spy shots so far seen having come from there. Both the cars spotted testing in Europe carried UK number plates. DVLA information showed that both had been registered on July 17 and that the vehicle maker was noted as Zhejiang Geely. Under the camouflage, one car is white, and the other is blue, according to registration information.
Design-wise, features should be fairly similar between the recently launched Z10, Lynk & Co’s first all-electric model, and the forthcoming Z20/Z02. Unfortunately, the only shot so far of the front of the car is one from Europe, where it is heavily camouflaged. In the case of the Zeekr X (see specs) it has dimensions of 4450, 1836, 1572 mm (l/w/h) and a wheelbase of 2750 mm. We should expect the Lynk & Co. car to be of a similar size, although possibly slightly bigger.
A previously published interior spy shot reveals the car has a flat-bottomed steering wheel, dual wireless mobile phone charging pads, and square tandem drink holders. Also visible is a floating infotainment screen. Drive selection is by way of a steering column-mounted stalk.
There is often little variation in the key details between brands in the Geely stable and so it is a safe assumption that powertrain information for the new Lynk & Co Z20/Z02 will be mainly in line with that of the Zeekr X. If that is indeed the case then the Lynk & Co will have a rear-mounted 200 kW electric motor which will be supplemented on all-wheel drive versions by a front-mounted 115 kW motor. Acceleration times 0-100 km/h for the Zeekr X are 5.8 and 3.7 seconds, respectively, for the single and dual motor versions. The Lynk & Co may well also inherit the same 66 kWh battery pack, which for the Zeekr gives a range of up to 560 km for the single motor version and 512 km for the all-wheel drive.
Sources: Autohome, Fast Technology
