Hyundai Motor and Kia said on the 4th that last month's U.S. sales totaled 174,860 vehicles, up 2.7% from a year earlier.
Hyundai Motor's U.S. sales last month, including Genesis, came to 94,358 vehicles, up 3.4% from a year earlier. During the same period, Kia sold 80,502 vehicles, up 1.9%.
Hyundai Motor analyzed that increased hybrid and electric vehicle sales led to overall sales growth.
Hyundai Motor sold 6,479 electric vehicles in the U.S. last month, up 6.1% from a year earlier.
In particular, Ioniq 9 and Ioniq 5 recorded last month's sales of 1,145 and 5,002 vehicles, respectively, up 279% and 28.3% from a year earlier.
Hyundai Motor's U.S. hybrid sales during the same period rose 23.8% to 17,215 vehicles.
By model, Tucson posted sales of 20,581, up 3.4% from the same month a year earlier, and Elantra sold 16,819 units, with sales up 6.8% in the same period. Palisade sold 13,089 units, up 16.8% in the same period.
Genesis sales included in Hyundai Motor's tally reached 6,890 last month, up 2.5% from a year earlier.
GV70 sold 3,197 units, with sales up 2.1% from the same month a year earlier, while G70 sold 943 units, up 22% in the same period. G90 sold 151 units, with sales up 26.9% in the same period.
Kia's strong U.S. sales last month were also largely driven by higher hybrid and electric vehicle sales.
Kia's U.S. electric vehicle sales last month were 2,822, up 89.5% from a year earlier.
Notably, EV9 sales last month reached 1,647, a surge of 4,351% from a year earlier.
During the same period, hybrid sales came to 26,177 vehicles, up 138.6%.
In addition, SUV models remained strong, centered on the new Telluride. By model last month, Sportage sold 18,405 units, up 7.9% from a year earlier.
Telluride recorded sales of 13,665 units in the same period, up 18.2%, while K4 sold 12,592 units, down 9.2% from a year earlier.
With this sales momentum, Hyundai Motor and Kia set new monthly records for hybrid and eco-friendly vehicle sales in the U.S. market last month, and the share of eco-friendly vehicles in the U.S. market was 30.1%.
Last month, Hyundai Motor and Kia recorded U.S. hybrid sales of 43,392 vehicles and eco-friendly vehicle sales of 52,693 vehicles, respectively.