Kia Electrical Automobile Gross sales Up 112% in USA! – CleanTechnica – Uplaza

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IRVINE, California — Kia America delivered highest first-half EV gross sales in firm historical past. Kia additionally marked the second-best first-half whole gross sales. The model’s best-selling fashions by way of the primary half of 2024 had been the Sportage SUV and Forte sedan.

Kia America offered greater than 5,000 all-electric automobiles for the third consecutive month and 29,392 whole EVs by way of the first-half, leading to 112-percent development year-over-year and indicating robust EV gross sales development momentum for the corporate.

4 Kia fashions — Carnival (+18-percent), Forte (+13-percent), Sportage (+11-percent) and Seltos (+1-percent) — set new first-half gross sales data.

“Kia’s leadership as a sustainable mobility solutions provider and our growing selection of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and all-electric utility vehicles are delivering one of the most balanced lineups in the industry,” stated Eric Watson, vp, gross sales operations, Kia America. “With the first-ever hybrid Carnival MPV arriving soon and a growing supply of the updated K5 sedan, Kia continues to provide customers with award-winning choices, and we anticipate consumer demand and Kia showroom traffic to further increase during the second half of the year.”

Along with the month-to-month gross sales efficiency, Kia America introduced a number of initiatives, together with:

• Kia participated in Electrify Expo Lengthy Seaside the place the model displayed the all-electric EV6 and EV9 fashions. As well as, attendees had been in a position to take part in a ride-and-drive to expertise the EV6 and EV9 automobiles for themselves.
• Durham, North Carolina, was chosen because the headquarters for IONNA, the charging community based by a coalition of the world’s high automakers: along with Kia, BMW, GM, Honda, Hyundai, MB, and Stellantis.

Information from Kia America