Kia reports that its global vehicle sales in October increased by almost eight percent year-over-year to 257,709 units. After ten months of 2023, the South Korean brand sold 2,611,938 vehicles (up 8.3 percent year-over-year).<\/p>\n
The South Korean brand is especially quick at increasing its all-electric car sales, which in October almost reached a new monthly record.<\/p>\n
The wholesale shipments (closely related to production) of Kia’s E-GMP-based models, last month amounted to 10,645 (up 63 percent year-over-year), including a near-record export level of 8,248 (up 90 percent year-over-year).<\/p>\n
Kia reports wholesale sales (on the manufacturer level or plant sales) \u2013 unless otherwise specified, the numbers are unaudited and on a preliminary basis.<\/em><\/p>\n The wholesale shipments of the all-new Kia EV9 amounted to almost 4,800 units, in the case of the Kia EV6 it was 5,855 (down 10 percent year-over-year).<\/p>\n It seems that the E-GMP production and sales are quite stable at over 10,000 units a month, and soon might accelerate to new records.<\/p>\n After adding the Kia Niro EV and Kia Soul EV, the total all-electric car wholesale shipments are 13,747, which represents more than five percent of the brand’s total volume.<\/p>\n Kia wholesale BEV sales last month (YOY change):<\/p>\n\n