Hyundai’s US Sales Jump 15 % in the Year in January – 코리아타임스

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The Hyundai Motor, the best carmaker of South Korea, saw that its sales in the United States were rising by 15 percent compared to a year ago in January, noting its largest sales for the month until now, the company said on Sunday.

Hyundai Motor’s US sales reached 54 503 units last month, compared to 47,543 units sold last month, according to the automaker.

The growth of the year was conditioned by the 74 percent jump in sales of hybrid models and a 15 percent increase in electric vehicle sales (EVS), such as Santa Fe Hybrid EV (Hev), Tucson Hev, Ioniq 5 and 6 EVS All publication of Record sales for January.

Kia, the sister company of Hyundai and South Korea’s second largest cars, has also seen that US sales increased by 12 percent a year to 57,007 units in January, according to the company. He scored Kia’s record sales for January.

The company attributes an increase in sales to its range of sports utilities (SUVs) and solid sales of the new K4 sedan. (Yonhap)