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Like its shut cousin Hyundai, Kia didn’t get the memo that electrical automobile gross sales are presupposed to be dropping in america.
Within the month of Might, the Kia EV6 did see a slight decline yr over yr, dropping 13% from 801 in Might 2025 to 708 in Might 2026.
However that drop was negligible in comparison with the rise in gross sales from the bigger Kia EV9, which rose 43.5% from 37 gross sales in Might 2025 to 1,647 gross sales in Might 2026.
Throughout the primary 5 months of the yr as an entire, the EV6 was once more down. It dropped from 5,195 gross sales in January–Might 2025 to three,459 gross sales in January–Might 2026 (down 33%). Nevertheless, the EV9 was up by extra. It rose from 4,095 to five,726 in that very same time interval (+29%).
There’s additionally some excellent news this previous month that ought to give Kia a fair greater increase in June. The corporate simply reduce the worth of the EV6 by $5,000 to $5,900, relying on the trim. This could give the EV6 a severe gross sales increase and transfer it from the purple into the inexperienced/black. I count on to see a pleasant increase in gross sales within the second half of the yr if not already in June. Maybe it may rival its IONIQ 5 cousin finally?
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