- Hyundai and Kia posted file November gross sales.
- The EV and electrified lineups of each automakers noticed strong will increase final month.
It’s protected to say that each Hyundai and Kia are doing fairly nicely on the all-electric and electrified automobile entrance. The 2 Korean automakers posted best-ever November gross sales numbers in the USA, thanks partially to their battery-powered mannequin lineup.
Hyundai’s whole gross sales, together with combustion, hybrid and electrical fashions, went up 8% final month. Nevertheless, it’s on the electrified entrance the place the numbers are really staggering: EVs went up 77% year-over-year, hybrid gross sales grew by 104% and all electrified mannequin gross sales (EVs, hybrids and plug-in hybrids) elevated by 92%.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV went up a formidable 110% year-over-year in November. Gross sales of the Santa Fe hybrid jumped 64% whereas the Tucson plug-in hybrid went up 23%. In whole, Hyundai Motor America offered 76,008 vehicles in November–out of those, 4,989 had been Ioniq 5s and 1,121 had been Ioniq 6s.
In the meantime, Kia offered 70,107 models final month. That’s a 20% improve over November 2023 and the first-ever November to surpass the 70,000-unit mark stateside. A giant a part of this success is attributed to the SUV lineup’s gross sales efficiency, in addition to the numerous positive aspects recorded by the automaker’s electrified automobile lineup.
“Hyundai delivered an distinctive gross sales month, pushed by the robust efficiency of our EV and hybrid automobiles,” mentioned Randy Parker, CEO of Hyundai Motor America. “Clients proceed to be interested in Hyundai’s numerous automobile lineup which might meet quite a lot of buyer wants. We additionally noticed vital curiosity and pleasure for the worldwide debut of the U.S.-built IONIQ 9 and we are able to’t wait to carry it to market subsequent yr.”
The all-electric EV6 noticed gross sales climb 46% year-over-year, whereas the Sportage fashions (combustion, hybrid and plug-in hybrid) went up 28%. The EV9 electrical three-row household offered 2,155 models final month, barely higher than the EV6’s 1,887 models. In whole, Kia offered 20,066 EV9s and 19,604 EV6s within the first 11 months in the USA.
The Ioniq 5 was Hyundai’s best-selling EV in November.
Picture by: Peter Holderith / Motor1
At Kia, the EV9 surpassed the EV6 to turn out to be its best-selling EV in November.
“Kia is clearly a model on the transfer with world-class ICE and electrified automobiles that far exceed client expectations which have helped us obtain back-to-back month-to-month gross sales data in This autumn,” mentioned Eric Watson, vice chairman, gross sales operations, Kia America. “The Telluride has had an immeasurable influence on Kia since launching in 2019, and to achieve all-time greatest month-to-month gross sales in 2024 speaks to its enduring attraction. And with 5 all-new and considerably redesigned automobiles lately unveiled on the Los Angeles Auto Present, we’ve got no plans of slowing down.”
With an growing portfolio of electrical automobiles, together with the Hyundai Ioniq 9 and sporty Kia EV9 GT, the 2 Korean automakers are on their method to an excellent yr in gross sales. Nevertheless, wanting on the numbers posted up to now, it’s clear that there’s nonetheless a protracted method to go till pure EVs catch as much as their combustion and hybrid counterparts. At Hyundai, the mixed year-to-date gross sales of the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 quantity to 50,860 models–simply 6.7% of the overall 758,304 automobiles offered. It’s price mentioning that the gross sales of the Kona EV will not be reported individually from the remainder of the variations, nevertheless it’s unlikely it could make an enormous dent within the large image.
At Kia, the story is analogous: the person gross sales of the Niro EV will not be reported individually, however the EV6 and EV9 managed to promote 39,670 models mixed within the first 11 months–simply 5.5% of the overall quantity of 723,185 vehicles offered to this point.
