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Kia simply had its greatest November ever within the USA. It handed 70,000 items for the primary time ever in a document 70,107 car gross sales. On the forefront of its assertion about this, the corporate highlighted robust gross sales of its “electrified lineup.” Although, it additionally highlighted excessive SUV gross sales, and “electrified” fashions embody typical hybrids and plugin hybrids with comparatively small batteries. Nonetheless, it was thrilling to see electrical autos put ahead because the star characters in a boast about document gross sales — fairly a break from the favored (and incorrect) narrative in 2024 that EV gross sales are falling.
The highest spotlight for gross sales development was the Kia EV6, which had 46% extra gross sales in November 2024 than in November 2023. The EV6 had 1,887 gross sales in November, in comparison with 1,290 gross sales in November 2023. The EV9, not highlighted by Kia, did even higher! It had 2,155 gross sales in November 2024, in comparison with simply 5 in November 2023. It is sensible, and is good, that Kia wouldn’t put out some loopy proportion development determine in comparison with the trickle of preliminary deliveries a 12 months in the past, however I’d have thought the corporate would spotlight that the EV9 was the model’s high EV vendor (amongst pure EVs). That mentioned, a pleasant pic of the EV9 was the lead picture for the press launch.
Total, electrified fashions accounted for 16% of Kia’s gross sales. (We don’t but know the share full electrics had, as Kia didn’t point out that and hasn’t damaged out the EV share of Niro gross sales. Although, EV6 and EV9 gross sales accounted for five.8% of Kia’s gross sales in November, and Niro EV gross sales wouldn’t have contributed an excellent deal extra.)
Kia did spotlight the brand new Kia EV9 GT that was simply unveiled, though that had no relevance to its November gross sales figures. “As well as, the high-performance 2026 Kia EV9 GT SUV and the considerably refreshed Kia EV6 had been additionally unveiled on the on the present,” Kia writes. “With a Kia-estimated 501 horsepower propelled by means of twin electrical motors mounted entrance and rear, the EV9 GT is focused to hit 60 mph in simply 4.3 seconds and represents probably the most highly effective three-row SUV Kia has ever produced. The 2026 EV6 options up to date entrance and rear designs, enhanced premium inside touches, and newly packaged trim ranges with added options and facilities. The EV6 continues to strengthen its place within the CUV and EV segments by constructing on its award-winning formulation.”
The corporate additionally highlighted two absolutely electrical ideas it confirmed off on the SEMA present. “Kia returned to the Specialty Gear Market Affiliation (SEMA) Present in Las Vegas with two ideas that supplied a peek into the longer term when autos will supply the final word in functionality, adaptability, utility and group, all with an eye fixed on innovation,” Kia notes. “The 2 Kia ideas — the EV9 ADVNTR CONCEPT EV SUV and the PV5 WKNDR CONCEPT EV VAN — represented ‘leveled up’ variations of the model’s rugged and succesful utility autos which have lengthy been identified for being versatile, adaptable and comfy and for suiting the wants of a variety of customers.”
Clearly, regardless of the at the moment standard anti-EV rhetoric within the trade, Kia remains to be eager to level out that the longer term is electrical and Kia is doing properly “main” on EVs. (I do know, relative to Tesla gross sales, BYD gross sales, and even NIO and XPENG gross sales, Kia’s EV gross sales are tiny. However that is the US, not China and even Europe, and Kia is evaluating its present numbers to its previous numbers and to the slower-to-electrify legacy competitors’s numbers.)
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