Hyundai and Kia have the main hope for 2025 with new electric SUVs.
Although Hyundai Motor Company, including Kia’s, global sales slipped 1% last year, the Korean auto giant expects things to pick up in 2025.
Hyundai Motor sold more than 7. 23 million cars last year, 1% less than 2023. The sales sales were basically due to the slightest called in its Korean market, while the expansion in the US to compensate him.
A Hyundai Motor Company official said that despite the evolution environment, “we continue to grow while sales in the US region continue to develop. ” Hyundai Motor and Kia plan to ensure that the new electric SUVs will be deployed this year.
After unveiling the IONIQ 9 at the LA Auto Show in November, Hyundai is expected to launch the larger electric SUV in the US and Korea in the first quarter of 2025, with full-scale sales in Q2.
At 5,060 mm (199.2″) long, 1,980 mm (78″) wide, and 1,790 mm (70.5″) tall, the IONIQ 9 is slightly bigger than Kia’s three-row EV9. The latter is already off to a strong sales start in the US, with over 22,000 models sold last year.
It is also powered through a massive 110. 3 kWh battery, which provides a diversity of practices of up to 335 miles (620 km WLTP). In comparison, the EV9 has an estimated EPA engine diversity of up to 304 miles. Your “living room-shaped” cabin offers more internal space.
The rationalized roof and external discharge design allow an open and spacious interior with up to seven passengers. In the United States, it will also be delivered with a local NACT port to load super loaders Tesla.
Hyundai will build the largest electric SUV in its new Georgia production plant along the Ioniq Five up to 202 years, as US production expands. The costs and more will be revealed closer to the launch.
On the other hand, Kia will introduce several new EVs in 2025 as it expands its mass-market lineup. The EV5 will launch in Europe, Korea, and other global markets. It has been on sale in China since late 2023, starting at around $20,500 (149,800 yuan).
According to Korean media Newsis, the EV5 has already helped renew the Chinese business of Kia, with more than 10,000 models in 2024.
After launching its even smaller EV3 SUV last summer, Kia’s EV3 is the best-selling electric vehicle in Korea at the time of 2024. In November, Kia introduced the EV3 in Europe, starting at around 36,000 euros ($38,000).
Although it is a SUV, Kia also launches the EV4, its point of view on an electric sedan. The EV4 follows the EV5 and the EV3 in the diversity of electric cars in the Kia mass market.
After each sold over 200,000 electric vehicles last year, can Hyundai and Kia top it in 2025? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Newsis, Hyundai Motor Company
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