Hyundai's accumulated sales of electric cars top 1 mil.

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Hyundai's accumulated sales of electric cars top 1 mil.

Posted : 2023-01-24 11:25

Updated : 2023-01-24 15:41

A Hyundai IONIQ electric vehicle is on display at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show in California, in this Nov. 17, 2022 file photo. AFP-Yonhap

Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday its total global sales of electric vehicles had exceeded 1 million as of 2022, 11 years after the conglomerate entered the market.

Hyundai Motor and Kia saw their accumulative sales of EVs reach 1.02 million as of the end of December, according to the automotive group, which launched the country's first all-electric car, the BlueOn, in July 2011.

Hyundai Motor accounted for 601,448 of the EV sales, with its smaller sister Kia taking up 420,836, it added.

In 2022 alone, the group sold 371,838 EVs, growing sharply from just 101,362 tallied in 2019.

The most popular model so far was the Hyundai KONA EV with 256,907 sold, followed by the Kia Niro EV with 200,302 and the Hyundai IONIQ 5 with 165,637, data showed.

Hyundai Motor Group, meanwhile, earlier said it plans to release 31 additional EV models by 2030 to reach annual sales of more than 3 million. (Yonhap)