144-percent year-over-year increase
in sales of Kia’s fully electric vehicles
    
(May 1, 2024) IRVINE, Calif. — Continuing its push toward sustainable mobility leadership, the all-new EV9 delivered its best sales performance to date in April and Kia America shattered its all-time monthly EV sales record, increasing 61-percent over the previous record set in April 2022 total. Overall, Kia sold 65,754 units in April, with SUVs accounting for 81-percent of the mix.

Three Kia utility vehicles — Carnival (+18-percent); Telluride (+5-percent) and Sportage (+2-percent) — each delivered the best April sales in their respective histories. In addition, sales of the all-electric EV6 grew 65-percent year-over-year while the new Sorento (+24-percent) and ICE Forte (+11-percent) also posted year-over-year gains.

“The impressive sales momentum generated by Kia’s EV and electrified models in the first quarter continued to accelerate in April with best-ever EV and SUV performances,” said Eric Watson, vice president, sales operations, Kia America. “With the new Sorento now in showrooms and refreshed Carnival and K5 models arriving later this summer, Kia continues to capture new customers and retain brand loyalists by offering consumers world-class ICE, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electric choices.”