Help CleanTechnica’s work by way of a Substack subscription or on Stripe.
I’ve stated it for a decade — Hyundai and Kia develop nice electrical automobiles, however they don’t strive exhausting sufficient to provide them at excessive volumes and market them aggressively. I’m by removed from the one one saying this. Going again to the Kia Soul EV and Hyundai Ioniq (which got here in BEV, PHEV, and traditional hybrid variants), EV followers in Europe and the US have been impressed with Hyundai and Kia’s EV improvement, effectivity, and specs, however disillusioned by their obvious lack of curiosity in promoting these at very excessive volumes.
Alternatively, Chinese language EV firms have aggressively jacked up manufacturing volumes, minimize prices, and elevated gross sales. I lately famous that BYD’s gross sales had been up 207% in October. XPENG, Zeekr, Leapmotor, and others are rising their gross sales too.
However right here’s the shocker: Chinese language automakers bought extra automobiles than South Korean automakers in Western Europe (together with the UK) in September. Wow. I didn’t see that coming. I do know Hyundai and Kia don’t have practically the presence in Europe that they do within the US, however nonetheless….
If solely Hyundai and Kia had put as a lot effort into promoting electrical automobiles as BYD and different Chinese language automakers have.
Join CleanTechnica’s Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott’s in-depth analyses and excessive degree summaries, join our each day publication, and observe us on Google Information!
Have a tip for CleanTechnica? Wish to promote? Wish to counsel a visitor for our CleanTech Discuss podcast? Contact us right here.
Join our each day publication for 15 new cleantech tales a day. Or join our weekly one on high tales of the week if each day is just too frequent.
CleanTechnica makes use of affiliate hyperlinks. See our coverage right here.
CleanTechnica’s Remark Coverage
