Hyundai Has Best Month Ever in U.S. Electric SUV Sales Suddenly Double (electrek.co)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/04/0515221/hyundai-has-best-month-ever-in-us-electric-suv-sales-suddenly-double
- Source link: https://electrek.co/2024/12/03/hyundai-ioniq-5-sets-new-us-record-sales-double-november/
> Hyundai's impressive EV lineup is charging up demand, with its best-selling [2]Hyundai IONIQ 5 SUV also setting a new U.S. record after sales more than doubled in November. With 76,008 vehicles sold in November, Hyundai's record-breaking U.S. sales streak is not slowing down. Hyundai Motor America CEO Randy Parker credited the growing demand for EVs and hybrid vehicles to the growth.
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> Hyundai's EV sales rose 77% from last year, while hybrid sales surged 104%. Electrified retail sales (EV, PHEV, and hybrid models) climbed 92% in total last month. Several vehicles, including the Santa Fe HEV, Tucson PHEV, Tucson HEV, and IONIQ 5, had their best-ever sales month.
The article also notes increasing sales for Hyundai's electric SUV, the IONIQ 5. Starting at $43,975 — and recently upgraded to a range of 245 miles (or 318 miles for the $46,550 extended-range model) — it features an NACS port for accessing Tesla's Supercharger network.
[1] https://electrek.co/2024/12/03/hyundai-ioniq-5-sets-new-us-record-sales-double-november/
[2] https://electrek.co/guides/hyundai-ioniq-5/
NACS port (Score:2)
The NACS port is not simply for Tesla's Supercharger network, it's an actual standard and it is used. I've seen it at evGo charge stations. NACS is the port every EV car producer has (finally) agreed to use.
"SUV" (Score:2)
Man, can we please stop grossly misusing that term?? In no world is the Ioniq 5 an SUV.
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It looks more like a VW GTI sized-hatchback than an SUV. It's definitely bigger than the GTI but yeah it's a 4-door hatchback IMO.
It's a large hatchback. (Score:2)
It's not a crossover either since that implies ground clearance. It's not a station wagon because it is too short.
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There is no universally accepted definition for SUV, particularly across country boundaries. The only real differentiator seems to be available 4-wheel drive. Assuming the Ioniq 5 is the AWD versions and not the RWD ones, I guess it fits the most basic definition.
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Hey, let's get into a fight over whether EV's have AWD or 4WD.
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"Crossover SUV" is a good term - nebulous enough to rule out only traditional-height cars and body-on-frame SUV's.
Starting at $43,975 - nope (Score:2)
Still too expensive.
Pull out the ipad crap, put in knobs, make a cheap trim. 25k is all i'm paying for a friggin car. Me buying electric, pulling oil out of my heating system, etc WON'T save the world... so I'm not gonna try by bankrupting myself. neither will most normies.
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The bottom of the barrel cheapest vehicle is now $19,000. [1]https://www.kbb.com/best-cars/... [kbb.com]
[1] https://www.kbb.com/best-cars/cheapest-new-cars/
New Ioniq 5 owner (Score:1)
Got an Ioniq 5 in Sept. Been planning on switching the primary car to EV for a long time. NACS switch is great; I will be using an adapter on current car (J1772) for the next few years...but wasn't a deal breaker. Car isn't perfect, but very nice. Not an SUV, came from a subaru crosstrek, these are just AWD cars, maybe crossover?...we need a better term.
What put it over the top was the paddle shifting for different regenerative states. Switching to coast for highway or long stretches, then i-pedal for
So which manufacturer screwed up... (Score:2)
... so badly that all these customers went to Hyundai instead? Because I very much doubt all these news customers suddenly decided to go EV instead of ICE.
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> very much doubt all these news customers suddenly decided to go EV instead of ICE.
It's not sudden and doubting the truth does not make it less true.
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Even if they are taking potential sales from Tesla, some or many of those would have been first-time EV buyers. The share of the US auto market going EV has been and is rising consistently - EV sales share doubled from 2021 to 2023:
[1]https://theicct.org/us-ev-sale... [theicct.org]
[1] https://theicct.org/us-ev-sales-soar-into-24-jan24/
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It's a great vehicle and uses a platform shared with the Kia EV6. Yes I know it's difficult to believe that a company built a good EV and customers are buying it.
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MIL got an EV6 about a week ago.
Nice little car.
Glad to see some real competition in the EV space.
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FORD! Their engineers should be locked up in an asylum. They clearly do not have brains that work a normal human way.