Text Pan Yuchen Editor Zhang Guangkai) A few days ago, Yueda Kia announced its sales in January 2024. In January this year, Yueda Kia produced a total of 1330,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 241%; Sales of cars 1630,000 units, an increase of 86% year-on-year; Its first mouth was 9,300 units, a year-on-year increase of 178%, accounting for more than 57% of the month's sales.
Yueda Kia said that since January this year, export shipping has faced difficulties such as tight shipping schedules and high transportation costs, and the company is still expanding its export business in an all-round way. Mobilize overseas resources and increase the number of new export models SONET. The car is positioned as a small SUV model, and adopts the latest family-style design language in terms of appearance. The first batch of 888 Sonet units will be shipped to Mexico, Dominica, Colombia and other Central and South American countries, with the company planning to export 40,000 units throughout the year.
It is worth mentioning that Yueda Kia launched its first pure electric model, the Kia EV5, during the Guangzhou Auto Show last year, with a price range of 14980,000-17480,000 yuan. Positioned as a compact SUV, it is based on Kia's e-GMP platform for electric vehicles and has a CLTC standard range of 530 km.
With the launch of the Yueda Kia EV5, large-scale centralized deliveries of the model began in January in Shanghai, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and other regions across the country.
In addition, the Kia EV5 720km long-range version will also be available from February 1, with a price range of 18480,000-22580,000 yuan, one month ahead of the original plan to go public in March.
Compared with the standard version of the Kia EV5, the EV5 long-range version not only has a range of 720km, but also adds a zero-gravity pressure relief seat in the driver's seat, a **drawer-type cooling and heating incubator, a UWB digital key, and a folding table on the right side of the rear row. In addition, the long-range version also has upgraded intelligent driving technology, providing forward collision avoidance assist II (FCA2), highway driving assist (HDA2), blind spot collision avoidance assist (BCA), rear cross-collision avoidance assist (RCCA), safe exit assist (SEA) and other auxiliary driving functions, and the four-wheel drive version is optional.
In the past 2023, Yueda Kia has sold a total of 16640,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 312%, accounting for 5% of total global sales. Its first mouth sales vehicle 8060,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 125%, accounting for nearly half of Yueda Kia's total sales.
In line with Kia's global strategy, the Yancheng plant in Jiangsu Province, which manufactures automobiles in China, will be built into a global export base. According to Yueda Kia's plan, it will export a total of 170,000 vehicles this year. In addition to SONET, Yueda Kia will also add new export models such as EV5, K5 and Liontop, and the destination countries will also increase from more than 50 countries in the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and Central and South America to more than 80 countries.
This article is an exclusive manuscript of the Observer.com, and it is not allowed to be unauthorized and shall not be allowed.