Kia reviews that its world automobile gross sales in April elevated by 8.3 % year-over-year to 259,524 models. In the course of the first 4 months of 2023, the corporate offered 1,027,775 autos (up 11 % year-over-year).

The South Korean producer can be rising gross sales of its E-GMP-based all-electric automobiles, attaining one other first rate end result.

In April, the all-electric Kia EV6 famous 9,421 wholesale gross sales (intently associated to manufacturing), which is 30 % greater than a 12 months in the past.

Kia reviews wholesale gross sales (on the producer stage or plant gross sales), unaudited, and on a preliminary foundation.

The overall quantity contains 2,694 gross sales in South Korea and 6,727 export gross sales. Thus far this 12 months, export is steady at round 7,000 models monthly.

An attention-grabbing factor for us is that one other 19 models of the Kia EV9 appeared within the stats (after the primary seven in March), which signifies that the preparations proceed. Often, there’s a few months of low quantity manufacturing, earlier than it will increase to 4 digits a month. This mannequin will likely be produced additionally in america, beginning in 2024.

Thus far this 12 months, Kia EV6 wholesale gross sales exceeded 36,200 (up 29 % year-over-year).

In its month-to-month gross sales knowledge report, Kia lists additionally 4,551 retail gross sales of the Kia EV6 exterior of South Korea, together with 1,241 within the US.

The opposite electrical automotive fashions – Kia Niro EV and Kia Soul EV – famous one other year-over-year lower in retail gross sales exterior of South Korea: respectively 4,241 (down 0.7 %) and 173 (down 70 %). We do not have numbers for Kia’s residence market.

Kia BEV gross sales final month:

• EV6: 4,551 retail gross sales exterior South Korea
  (9,421 wholesale – 2,694 in South Korea and 6,727 exported)
• Niro EV: 4,241 retail gross sales exterior South Korea
• Soul EV: 173 retail gross sales exterior South Korea
• Complete*: a minimum of 11,659 (down 13% year-over-year) or 4.5% of the whole quantity
  *South Korea (EV6) + abroad retail gross sales knowledge (EV6, Niro EV, Soul EV)

Sadly, Kia doesn’t report PHEV numbers.

For reference, in 2022, the corporate offered greater than 130,000 all-electric automobiles.

2030 Aim: 1.6 Million BEVs Yearly

In April, Kia held the CEO Investor Day occasion in Seoul and introduced its mid-to-long-term enterprise technique with a deal with electrification.

The corporate’s up to date 2030 annual gross sales goal is 4.3 million models, of which 1.6 million models will likely be all-electric autos (over 133,000 a month). If achieved, it will imply that all-electric automobiles will symbolize 37 % of the whole world quantity (plus a further share for plug-in hybrids and traditional hybrids).

As we are able to see, inside seven years we should always see a rise in Kia BEV gross sales by greater than an order of magnitude, in comparison with 2022.