Upmarket Chinese EV brand ZEEKR has bagged itself two Guinness World Records. First, the brand’s all-electric ZEEKR 001, which launched in its home market earlier this year, set a new record for the fastest drift by an electric vehicle at 129.24mph (207.996kmh). 

It then bagged the record for the fastest electric car slalom by weaving in and out of cones for 49.05 seconds without knocking any over.

We weren’t sure what relevance either record would have for potential buyers of the ZEEKR 001 but the brand says they have ‘fully verified the three core strengths that underpin the 001, it is fast, accurate and stable’.

Other than the top speed achieved, there are no details of the 001’s record-breaking drift. The manufacturer says though that the driver was able to maintain consistent and precise drifting and allow the car to ‘truly dance right on the edge of the limit’.

And no sooner had car and driver finished dancing than the 001 set a new benchmark for the fastest ever all-electric car slalom. The vehicle weaved between 50 cones equally spaced and completed the course, without touching or knocking any down, in 49.05 seconds.

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