All-Time Greatest EV Gross sales for Kia America In April

Highest EV9 gross sales up to now results in a 144-percent year-over-year enhance in gross sales of Kia’s absolutely electrical automobiles

• The brand new Sorento elevated 24-percent over April 2023 as SUVs accounted for 81-percent of Kia’s U.S. gross sales, the very best month-to-month combine in firm historical past
• Greatest-ever April for 3 Kia utility automobiles: Carnival, Telluride and Sportage

Persevering with its push towards sustainable mobility management, the all-new EV9 delivered its greatest gross sales efficiency up to now in April and Kia America shattered its all-time month-to-month EV gross sales file, growing 61-percent over the earlier file set in April 2022 complete. Kia offered 65,754 items in April, with SUVs accounting for 81-percent of the combo.

Three Kia utility automobiles – Carnival (+18-percent); Telluride (+5-percent) and Sportage (+2-percent) – every delivered the most effective April gross sales of their respective histories. As well as, gross sales of the all-electric EV6 grew 65-percent year-over-year whereas the brand new Sorento (+24-percent) and ICE Forte (+11-percent) additionally posted year-over-year beneficial properties.

“The spectacular gross sales momentum generated by Kia’s EV and electrified fashions within the first quarter continued to speed up in April with best-ever EV and SUV performances,” stated Eric Watson, vice chairman, gross sales operations, Kia America. “With the brand new Sorento now in showrooms and refreshed Carnival and K5 fashions arriving later this summer time, Kia continues to seize new clients and retain model loyalists by providing customers world-class ICE, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and absolutely electrical decisions.”

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

• Kia obtained three awards for car excellence from the editors of Vehicles.com of their annual rankings of “2024 Greatest Worth New Vehicles.” Within the Compact Automotive class, the 2024 Forte sedan and 2024 Soul crossover led the pack with first and second place honors, respectively, and the all-electric 2024 EV6 obtained third-place honors within the Electrical Automobile (EV) class.
   
• The 2024 Kia EV9 was acknowledged as an business chief by AutoTrader within the publication’s annual rankings of “Greatest New Vehicles of 2024.” The all-electric EV9 SUV was honored alongside 10 different high automobiles. That is the fourth time in as a few years {that a} Kia car was named to the listing.
   
• Kia was honored on the 2024 Automotive Design Award ceremony, receiving the celebrated accolade for ‘Model Design Language’. As a part of its a lot lauded model relaunch, Kia unveiled its revolutionary new design philosophy, ‘Opposites United,’ in 2021. The design philosophy harnesses three energies – stress, concord, and dynamism – to create contemporary views and develop new concepts impressed by the contradicting forces skilled in every day life.