A few days ago, Zhidian Travel learned that Kia Motors' operating profit in 2023 will reach 116 trillion won (about 61.6 billion yuan), a year-on-year increase of 605%, sales also increased by 15% year-on-year3% to 998 trillion won. As can be seen from the published sales data, Kia Motors' cumulative global sales in 2023 will reach 308570,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 63%, which is more than 60,000 more than BYD's global sales.
In addition, it can be seen in the detailed sales data that Kia's sales in the Korean domestic market in 2023 will reach 56360,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 46%, while sales outside the domestic market reached 25160,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 67%。Among them, Yueda Kia will sell a total of 166,395 units at home and abroad in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 312%, and the export sales of finished vehicles have also reached 860,000 units, up 125% y/y.
Since Yueda Kia started its new energy strategic transformation in the Chinese market, it has successively launched two pure electric models, EV6 and EV5, in the domestic market, and plans to launch a pure electric model every year in the future. Kia's all-new EV9 flagship SUV will also be officially launched this year, an entry-level model EV3 will be launched in 2025, a high-end electric sedan (or EV4) based on a next-generation EV dedicated platform will be launched in 2026, and a mid-size SUV model is planned to be launched by 2027.