Kia Highlights “Electrified” Models as Boost to Record November Sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:55:21 +0000

Kia just had its best November ever in the USA. It passed 70,000 units for the first time ever in a record 70,107 vehicle sales. At the forefront of its statement about this, the company highlighted strong sales of its “electrified lineup.” Though, it also highlighted high SUV sales, and … [continued]

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Kia EV9, EV6, & EV3 News

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:00:28 +0000

Kia’s going on a bit of an EV news sprint. It’s got three EV stories out in the past week, in a time that has been quite an EV news drought among legacy automakers (for several months). There’s nothing revolutionary here, but the company keeps stepping forward. Interestingly, each story … [continued]

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Kia US EV Sales Grow 70% in October

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:54:25 +0000

Kia just announced its October sales for the US market, and it especially highlighted strong electrified vehicle sales. Tackling each segment of the “electrified” market separately, the company wrote: “Sales of Kia’s all-electric (EV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and hybrid (HEV) vehicles increased by 70-percent, 65-percent, and 49-percent respectively compared to … [continued]

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12 Months with a Kia EV6 GT — Putting the Hoons in Their Place

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 17:43:41 +0000

We met up with Shayne and Amy Aberhart at our Bundaberg EV display as part of Agrotrend. Amy was there to look after the First Aid needs of the attendees, and Shayne came along later to chat about his Kia EV6 GT. In a fortuitous turn of events, Amy happened … [continued]

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Kia America to Offer North American Charging Standard (NACS) Adapters in Early 2025

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 01:24:14 +0000

Adapters will vastly expand charger availability to Kia EV customers Current and recent EV6 and EV9 customers will receive free NACS adapter in coming months Kia EV6 and EV9 customers will have access to more than 16,5001 NACS DC fast chargers across the United States in January 2025 Kia America will … [continued]

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Australian EV Market Dips in August, New Zealand Steady

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:41:09 +0000

Battery electric vehicles only achieved a 5.9% penetration of the new vehicle market in Australia in August. This is 5,892 out of 100,786 total light vehicles sold. It was 6,743 in July. Perhaps it’s time to admit that there is a slowdown and a pivot to PHEVs. Strangely, the more … [continued]

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Kia Offering Extra Discounts to Tesla Drivers

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:30:45 +0000

Well, this is something new. One of my first thoughts was, well, that’s dirty. Kia is apparently offering extra discounts to Tesla drivers who ditch their Tesla and buy a Kia EV. Kia is offering a $1,000 discount if you buy an EV6 and a $1,500 discount if you buy … [continued]

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Kia Electric Car Sales Up 112% in USA!

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:25:03 +0000

IRVINE, California — Kia America delivered highest first-half EV sales in company history. Kia also marked the second-best first-half total sales. The brand’s best-selling models through the first half of 2024 were the Sportage SUV and Forte sedan. Kia America sold more than 5,000 all-electric vehicles for the third consecutive … [continued]

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Kia EV Sales Soar To New Monthly Sales Record In USA — But Still So Far To Go

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 15:25:30 +0000

Kia has some great electric vehicle news. It just reached a new monthly EV sales record for itself in the United States. In fact, the company’s US EV sales increased 61% compared to their previous monthly sales record, which was in April 2022 (yes, two years ago). The Kia EV9 … [continued]

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Kia Electrifying 2024 Australian Open — Let’s Go! Idemo! Vamos!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:57:20 +0000

Fun fact about me: I’m a tennis nut. As such, I’m super excited about the 2024 Australia Open, which has … [continued]

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