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I used to be very dissatisfied in the present day when checking Kia’s US EV gross sales numbers for April. They crashed — onerous.
Kia EV6 gross sales have been down from 2,051 gross sales in April 2024 to 656 gross sales in April 2025. Kia EV6 gross sales have been down from 1,572 gross sales in April 2024 to 232 gross sales in April 2025. Not good….
Nevertheless, it appears there could be a proof for it — and it’s not that the CEO has been making Nazi salutes and telling folks it’s time to recover from World Struggle II. Does anybody even know who the CEO of Kia is?
“Kia has formally commenced manufacturing of EV6 and EV9 at our manufacturing facility in Georgia, the place each fashions qualify for federal tax incentives. And now, Kia’s EV clients will profit from enhanced charging flexibility and extra comfort than ever earlier than since Kia adopted each CCS and NACS charging requirements, which opens entry to greater than 40,000 charging factors nationwide. Just lately, Kia unveiled important enhancements to our mannequin lineup with the debuts of the EV4, K4 hatchback, and the EV9 Dusk Version on the New York Worldwide Auto Present,” the corporate writes. Kia doesn’t say so, however maybe this transformation of manufacturing location led to a brief manufacturing and gross sales drop. One can hope!
Kia additionally famous on this information launch in addition to a world-focused information launch from the Kia World Media Heart that the Kia EV3 gained the celebrated World Automobile of the Yr just lately, which we coated. “Lastly, Kia’s award streak continued with the EV3 named ‘World Automobile of the Yr.’ This marks the second consecutive 12 months Kia took dwelling this prestigious award as EV9 was the 2024 ‘World Automobile of the Yr’ winner,” Kia writes.
Within the world launch, Kia indicated that EV gross sales have been boosted by the brand new fashions. “The addition of recent fashions — such because the EV3 full-electric SUV, named World Automobile of the Yr on the 2025 World Automobile Awards — the EV4 full-electric sedan, and the Tasman pick-up truck, helped increase gross sales.” Although, there was no point out of the EV6 and EV9. We’ll should keep watch over this and see the place issues go.
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