US Auto Industry Down 8% Since 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
It’s time for another one of our quarterly US auto sales reports. No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these.
US Auto Industry Down 3+ Million Sales (19%) Since 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. Compared to 2020, there were “only” down by 725,726 units (5%).
US Auto Industry Up 10% In 4th Quarter — But Down 16% Compared To Q4 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […] In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. But was it just a lucky little blip?
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BYD to Chinese Auto Industry: "Demolish the Old Legends" in the EV Race
The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 14, 2023
Though enormous, BYD isn’t satisfied with dominating its home market and wants the rest of the Chinese electric auto industry to come with it. Tesla reigns supreme here, but Ford, Hyundai, Kia, and others have made significant steps toward knocking the company out of its top spot. million units manufactured in 2022.
Hyundai, Kia & Factorial Energy partner to develop solid-state batteries for next generation EVs; strategic investment
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Start-up solid-state battery company Factorial Energy , Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are partnering to test Factorial’s novel solid-state battery technology and its integration in Hyundai electric vehicles.
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Tesla US Sales Up 104% While US Auto Industry Down 22%
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.
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Hyundai/Kia Lock Solution Panned by Security Pro
The Truth About Cars
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
It’s a rare day this author gets to combine his interests of the automotive industry and the YouTube channel for security expert LockPickingLawyer. The whole thing is worth a watch , especially since it is produced from the vantage point of someone whose focus is on security, not the auto industry.
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Hyundai Mobis to invest $926M in EV systems plant in Georgia
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Hyundai Mobis has operated a manufacturing facility with almost 1,200 employees in West Point since 2009 as the largest Tier 1 supplier to Kia Georgia. Hyundai Mobis’ investment project in Bryan County reflects an acceleration in the development of the EV supply chain in Georgia’s auto industry.
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Hyundai-Kia: eight electric cars by 2022, dedicated EV platform
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 17, 2017
It's long been said in the auto industry that Hyundai-Kia is the only competitor that truly scares industry colossus Toyota. Thirty years ago, the Korean company was a bit player, producing designs adapted from obsolete Mitsubishi technology.
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US Auto Sales Down 8% in Q3 2023 vs. Q3 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
DECEMBER 17, 2023
The US auto industry is bouncing back compared to the past couple of years, but it’s still significantly below its. continued] The post US Auto Sales Down 8% in Q3 2023 vs. Q3 2019 appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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Tesla Now 8th Best Selling Auto Brand In USA — US Auto Sales Up 9%, But Down 11% vs. 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 23, 2023
It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker.
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LG Energy Solutions & Hyundai team up for battery plant in the United States
Teslarati
MAY 31, 2023
Hyundai Motor Group is focusing on its electrification efforts to secure a leadership position in the global auto industry. manufacturing facilities producing Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis EV models. Hyundai will launch 31 EV models from its brands, including Kia and Genesis, to reach its goal. million globally by 2030.
Hyundai Nexo hydrogen fuel-cell prototype drives itself 118 miles without human input
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
As it does in every other aspect of the auto industry, Korean carmaker Hyundai-Kia has set itself an aggressive goal and a fast pace for rollout of self-driving vehicles.
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US Auto Sales: Tesla Had Highest % Increase from Q2 2019 to Q2 2021, 5th Highest Volume Increase
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 12, 2021
Another quarter has wrapped up and we have more grand trends in the US auto industry. In the charts and text below, I’m comparing Q2 2021 (the second quarter of 2021) with Q2 2020 and also with Q2 2019. Naturally, year-over-year changes are interesting, but given how unique last year was, I think it’s more […].
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GM’s rosy year-end figures obscure the fact that legacy automakers are in deep trouble – Charged EVs
Baua Electric
JANUARY 8, 2024
Duplicitous doublespeak has become de rigueur dialect in the auto industry. “We We strongly believe in EVs,” say auto dealers as they support efforts to slow the EV transition. Hyundai/Kia and the Chinese certainly aren’t waiting. The other 82% were the Bolt EV and EUV—which it has taken out of production.
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Hyundai announces new Hail Mary EV production goal
Teslarati
APRIL 11, 2023
Hyundai and its subsidiary brands Kia and Genesis are top contenders in EV sales in many parts of the world, including in the United States, where the group has consistently ranked as a top three EV seller. Hyundai has announced it aims to become a top three global automaker by 2030, primarily through the production of electric vehicles.
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Highlights from the untouched ‘Day by day Force’ podcasts, July 17-20
Baua Electric
JULY 22, 2023
.” — Michael Martinez, Automobile Information reporter, at the UAW president’s determination to forgo the ordinary handshaking ceremonies with Detroit 3 CEOs as word talks start “The trick for the auto industry to do this is not to discover the material. The material is out there somewhere.
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Big DEED turnout in Dayton
Electric Auto Association
APRIL 22, 2021
Later, Pizza stated that he believes auto industry pundits grossly underestimate general public interest in electric vehicles, and that based on his sales experience, EVs will reach 12 percent of new sales much sooner than analysts forecast. We also had two private Kia Soul EV s on display and a Nissan LEAF.
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Hyundai's Auto Expo Presentation: Our Thoughts
Plug In India
JANUARY 23, 2023
Hey Hyundai- we understand that the South Korean government has been lobbied by the auto industry to support Hydrogen - but no one in India cares. Back to the Hyundai event at the auto Expo - It was all about the Ioniq 5 electric car. This makes it Rs 16 lakh cheaper than the Kia EV6. The main USP of the car is the 72.6
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Forget the Milano EV – Alfa Romeo changes name to something non-Italian-sounding
Baua Electric
APRIL 15, 2024
Of course, plenty of vehicles bear names of cities that have no connection whatsoever to their production sites (Kia Sorento and Rio, Hyundai Santa Fe and Tucson, Toyota Tacoma, Chevrolet Malibu, etc.), but this issue is more about Italy vs. Stellantis than anything else.
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Opinion: Hey VW, Electric Vehicles Are Not a Joke
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 1, 2021
The auto industry is not known as a second career for comedy writers. Kia’s near-future EV is no joke. Kia showed off its coming EV6 that ups the design game for an electric crossover. It happens every year. Some get a chuckle; many more a groan. 4 battery electric crossover and the corporate commitment to EVs.
June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was the best selling car in Sweden
Push EVs
JULY 12, 2023
4, and the Kia EV6 took third. Outlook The Swedish auto industry association, Mobility Sweden , points out that H1’s overall auto market was 2% down in volume, year on year, saying “The low registration figures are largely an effect of the current economic situation which affects the car market.”
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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?
EV Adoption
JANUARY 22, 2022
I’m estimating 28,000 as an executive with a leading auto analyst firm confirmed to me privately that their registration estimates for 2021 put the RAV4 Prime and Wrangler 4xe as a toss up. Auto Industry Analyst. I can’t tell you our exact number but if they beat RAV it was very narrow. Flip a coin.
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Auto Alliance urges EPA to withdraw premature Final Determination on light-duty GHG regulations, resume Midterm Evaluation process with NHTSA
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
This request by the Alliance echoes a similar, earlier request by Global Automakers, the trade association representing the US divisions of 12 international automakers (Aston Martin, Ferrari, Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, Kia, Maserati, McLaren, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota). Earlier post.).
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Tesla Model Y wins UK bestseller spot in March
Push EVs
APRIL 13, 2023
Being a similar size and shape to the very popular Kia Niro, the Atto 3 has every chance of eventual success in the UK market. The auto industry body, the SMMT, is forecasting the auto market to be one of the few prospective growth stories of the coming year.
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Tesla Model Y strengthens its position in Sweden
Push EVs
APRIL 7, 2023
Outlook Sweden’s auto industry organization, Mobility Sweden , has recently downgraded its overall auto sales forecast for 2023, from 290,000 down to 265,000 units. The former leader, the Volvo XC40, has been displaced, now in 2nd, and the VW ID.4 4 has likewise been shuffled down a spot, into 3rd.
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59 New DOT research shows drivers support connected vehicle technology, appreciate potential safety benefits
Green Car Congress
MAY 23, 2012
Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc., Earlier post.). Eight major automotive manufacturers are working closely with the Department on this research through partnering agreements: Ford Motor Company, General Motors LLC., Honda R&D Americas, Inc., Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, Inc.,
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KPMG survey finds global auto execs ranking fuel efficiency the top consumer priority
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2011
The 2011 KPMG survey also finds the auto industry heavily investing in future technology, new products and safety improvements. In fact, Hans Flick, national tax leader for KPMG’s automotive practice noted that executives appear to indicate that the idea of entry level cars may not have met expectations. Investments.
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Welcome to the Year of the EV—Whatever It Will Be
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 4, 2022
The impact on the auto industry, particularly the still growing electric sector, could be profound. There may be no more “return to normal” or even a semi-normal. Mass events may become a thing of memory. Masks may become everyday wear and precautions will be permanent. A shift to online car buying is already underway.
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Hyundai Motor Group plans to become top 3 EV manufacturer by 2030; investing US$18.2B in Korean EV market
Green Car Congress
APRIL 12, 2023
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) today announced its goal to become one of the world’s top 3 EV manufacturers by 2030 through the combined sales of Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis electric models, at the groundbreaking ceremony of Kia’s dedicated plant for purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production in Korea. million units by 2030.
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EVs dominated the UK car market in December
Push EVs
JANUARY 9, 2023
On the flip side, Kia dropped from 7th to 14th, and Hyundai from 3rd to 10th. Since we reached the end of another year, the UK auto industry association, the SMMT , provided a top 10 chart of the bestselling BEV models for the year. Renault also did well (15th to 9th), and Nissan climbed from 9th to 5th.
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First videos of Rivian R2 and R3 driving on public roads show size comparisons
Baua Electric
MARCH 9, 2024
A Hyundai Tucson and Kia Soul drive by behind the R2, with the R2 looking a bit taller than both (when accounting for road crowning), but definitely in the same “mid-size SUV” ballpark (and note Rivian auto design chief Jeff Hammoud is sighted in the end of the video, taking his own video of the car driving by on his phone).
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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Finance coverage at the end of October suggested a valuation of $50 billion or more—higher than Kia or Nissan, both of which are decades old and make millions of cars a year. In fact, it sounds suspiciously like another startup EV-maker—one that, as of this writing, is worth more than the entire rest of the auto industry put together.
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US Auto Sales Down 21% vs. Q3 2019 — Tesla Up 169%
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 12, 2022
US auto sales were up 1% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, but they were down 13% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2020 and down 21% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, which we use as a bit of a control year since it was before […].
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Tesla Now Selling More Vehicles In USA Than Lexus, Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, & Many Others
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 18, 2021
I just published a report highlighting the fact that Tesla’s US sales have been growing as the overall auto market has tanked, and I also published one looking at companies’ EV share of auto sales (Tesla being at 100%, of course). I nearly closed all my Google Sheets and left the topic of US EV […].
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Hyundai looks to start U.S EV production early to catch new incentives
Teslarati
AUGUST 22, 2022
According to Reuters , an inside source at Hyundai-Kia has stated the company is now considering attempting to start U.S. This requirement had led many foreign manufacturers to scramble to plan new production facilities that could mean that their vehicles would remain covered by the latest incentives: Hyundai-Kia is just one of them.
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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year
EV Central
DECEMBER 28, 2022
The Model Y is not the best driving EV of 2022 (it’s still comfortably outdone by the Kia EV6 and the Tesla Model 3 is nicer to drive, too) or the most daring (I’d stick the Genesis GV60 high on that list). The Audi e-Tron GT , Kia EV6 GT and Hyundai Ioniq 5 N would be at the top of that list. Toby Hagon: Tesla Model Y.
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USA Q1 2021 Auto Sales Up 13% vs. Q1 2020, But Down 1% vs. Q1 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 26, 2021
Tallying up US auto sales for Q1 2021 at long last, I was only slightly curious to see how they compared to Q1 2020 (and perhaps that’s why it took me so long). Clearly, with the US in lockdown for part of Q1 2020, it was just a poor quarter to compare to and this […].
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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs
Charged EVs
JULY 29, 2021
Upcoming entries include the Audi Q4 e-tron, Kia EV6, Nissan Ariya, Subaru Solterra, Toyota bZ4X, and a Chevrolet crossover to be launched in 2023. But the Ioniq 5 and its underlying technology show how serious Hyundai-Kia has become about offering EVs that appeal to mass-market buyers. 800-volt battery. A carmaker to watch.
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EAA National Board nominations from across North America
Electric Auto Association
OCTOBER 28, 2021
I have 35 years of experience as a Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Specialist in the construction industry. I am a "car guy" from Detroit and have worked in the auto industry from both a construction and facility service standpoint. They also have a Chevy Bolt and Kia Niro PHEV.
EAA National Board nominations from across North America
Electric Auto Association
OCTOBER 28, 2021
I have 35 years of experience as a Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Specialist in the construction industry. I am a "car guy" from Detroit and have worked in the auto industry from both a construction and facility service standpoint. They also have a Chevy Bolt and Kia Niro PHEV.
Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15
EV Adoption
MARCH 15, 2021
The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. In a press release, Kia called the exterior design “crossover inspired,” but the EV6’s sleek lines are still quite car-like.
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VW Joke, Kia EV6 Details – EV Week in Review: March 23-30
EV Adoption
MARCH 31, 2021
This past week not only had the usual automaker electrification declarations and teases of EVs to come such as the Kia EV6 and Lexus LF-Z concept EV, but we had a huge April Fools’ joke from Volkswagen. According to the Asian auto industry gurus at ZoZo Go , it’s the strongest product debut in the history of four-wheeled vehicles.
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