- Hyundai and Kia posted report November gross sales.
- The EV and electrified lineups of each automakers noticed stable will increase final month.
It’s protected to say that each Hyundai and Kia are doing fairly nicely on the all-electric and electrified car 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. Nonetheless, it’s on the electrified entrance the place the numbers are actually 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 bought 76,008 vehicles in November–out of those, 4,989 have been Ioniq 5s and 1,121 have been Ioniq 6s.
In the meantime, Kia bought 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. An enormous a part of this success is attributed to the SUV lineup’s gross sales efficiency, in addition to the numerous good points recorded by the automaker’s electrified car lineup.
“Hyundai delivered an distinctive gross sales month, pushed by the sturdy efficiency of our EV and hybrid automobiles,” mentioned Randy Parker, CEO of Hyundai Motor America. “Prospects proceed to be drawn to Hyundai’s numerous car lineup which may 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 deliver 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 bought 2,155 models final month, barely higher than the EV6’s 1,887 models. In whole, Kia bought 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 develop into 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, vp, gross sales operations, Kia America. “The Telluride has had an immeasurable impression on Kia since launching in 2019, and to achieve all-time finest month-to-month gross sales in 2024 speaks to its enduring attraction. And with 5 all-new and considerably redesigned automobiles not too long ago unveiled on the Los Angeles Auto Present, we have now no plans of slowing down.”
With an rising portfolio of electrical automobiles, together with the Hyundai Ioniq 9 and sporty Kia EV9 GT, the 2 Korean automakers are on their solution to an excellent yr in gross sales. Nonetheless, wanting on the numbers posted thus far, it’s clear that there’s nonetheless an extended solution 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 bought. It’s value mentioning that the gross sales of the Kona EV usually are not reported individually from the remainder of the variations, nevertheless it’s unlikely it might make a giant dent within the massive image.
At Kia, the story is analogous: the person gross sales of the Niro EV usually are not 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 bought thus far.
