Kia reports that its global vehicle sales in September increased by 4.8 percent year-over-year to 261,322 units. After nine months of 2023, the South Korean brand sold 2,354,072 vehicles (up 8.4 percent year-over-year).<\/p>\n
In terms of all-electric car sales, September brought a significant increase in wholesale shipments (closely related to production) of Kia’s E-GMP-based models, which amounted to 10,322 (up 69 percent year-over-year).<\/p>\n
Kia reports wholesale sales (on the manufacturer level or plant sales) – unless otherwise specified, unaudited, and on a preliminary basis.<\/em><\/p>\n What is most interesting is that last month, the Kia EV9 wholesale shipments not only surged to 6,015 units but also exceeded the Kia EV6, which noted only 4,307 units (down 29 percent year-over-year) – the lowest result since the start of volume production in August 2021.<\/p>\n Because the overall E-GMP volume was relatively stable over the past several months, it almost looks like Kia redirected its resources from EV6 to EV9.<\/p>\n Another finding is that the vast majority of EV9s were for export (almost 5,000 units), which suggests that soon we should see volume deliveries in the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n Kia Wholesale BEV sales last month (YOY change):<\/p>\n\n