Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. achieved their largest month-to-month hybrid car gross sales quantity ever within the U.S. market final month. Regardless of a pointy decline in electrical car gross sales, Hyundai Motor and Kia maintained gross sales efficiency that elevated in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, buoyed by robust hybrid car efficiency.
Hyundai Motor (together with Genesis) and Kia introduced on Dec. 3 that their mixed U.S. gross sales in November totaled 154,308 models, representing a 0.1% enhance in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months.
Hyundai Motor bought 82,306 models, down 2.0%, whereas Kia bought 72,002 models, up 2.7%. Genesis bought 8,017 models, up 0.2%. For Kia, this represented the best November gross sales quantity in its historical past.
At Hyundai Motor, the Tucson (23,762 models) bought essentially the most, adopted by the Santa Fe (14,004 models) and Elantra (10,389 models). At Kia, the Sportage (15,795 models), Telluride (10,054 models), and K4 (9,321 models) fashioned the highest 3.
Hyundai Motor and Kia’s November U.S. electrical car gross sales plummeted 58.9% to 4,618 models in comparison with the identical month final 12 months. Hyundai Motor declined 57.5% (2,907 models), whereas Kia dropped 60.8% (1,711 models). That is interpreted because the impression of the U.S. authorities ending the electrical car tax credit score of as much as $7,500 on the finish of September.
Nevertheless, Hyundai Motor and Kia offset the electrical car decline with hybrid fashions. Hybrid car gross sales surged 48.9% to 36,172 models, breaking the all-time gross sales file. Hyundai Motor (20,377 models) elevated 37.1%, whereas Kia (15,795 models) grew 67.5%.
At Hyundai Motor, gross sales of the Palisade HEV (3,405 models) started in earnest, whereas the Elantra HEV (2,208 models) elevated 95.7% and the Santa Fe HEV (5,664 models) rose 46.7%.
At Kia, the Niro HEV bought 5,040 models, recording a excessive development fee of 286.2%, whereas the Sportage HEV (6,385 models) additionally elevated 71.6%.
In consequence, whole eco-friendly car gross sales, combining electrical and hybrid vehicles, reached 40,790 models, a rise of 14.8% in comparison with the identical month final 12 months. The proportion of eco-friendly autos amongst whole car gross sales additionally rose to 26.4%.
