Move Over Ford And General Motors, There's A New No. 2 Electric Vehicle Maker In The US Behind Tesla
Move Over Ford And General Motors, There's A New No. 2 Electric Vehicle Maker In The US Behind Tesla
The South Korean manufacturer trails onlyAutomaker Hyundai Motor Company (OTC:HYMTF) has claimed the title of the second-largest electric vehicle company in the U.S. through the first six months of the year.
汽車製造商現代起亞汽車公司（OTC: HYMTF）通過今年前六個月成爲美國第二大電動汽車公司。
What Happened: Hyundai — owner of the Genesis and Ioniq brands, as well as 34% of Kia — accounts for roughly 10% of the EV market within the U.S., according to a new Motor Intelligence report shared by Electrek.
發生了什麼：根據「Electrek」發佈的新的Motor Intelligence報告，擁有Genesis和Ioniq品牌以及34％起亞的現代佔美國電動汽車市場約10％。
Sales of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6 models are up 25% and 54% year-to-date, respectively. The Kia brand also saw EV sales pace higher in July, led by the EV9 — a three-row electric SUV.
Hyundai Ioniq 5和6型的銷量分別增長了25％和54％。 Kia品牌在7月份也看到電動汽車銷量加速上漲，其中以EV9爲主，這是一款三排座電動SUV。
The South Korean manufacturer trails only Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), which saw their U.S. market share fall below 50% to 49.7% in the second quarter.
這家韓國製造商僅次於特斯拉公司（NASDAQ：TSLA），在第二季度其美國市場份額下降至49.7％。
With 10% of the U.S. EV market, Hyundai is now ahead of large U.S. automakers Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), which have 7.4% and 6.3% market share, respectively.
在美國電動汽車市場佔有10％的Hyundai現在領先於大型美國汽車製造商福特汽車公司（NYSE：F）和通用汽車公司（NYSE：GM），它們分別佔有7.4％和6.3％的市場份額。
Read Also: Hyundai To Introduce Refreshed Ioniq 5 In 2025 To Take On Tesla Model Y And Ford Mustang Mach-E
閱讀更多：Hyundai將於2025年推出翻新的Ioniq 5以對抗特斯拉Model Y和福特野馬Mach-E
What's Next: The bad news for Ford and General Motors and potentially Tesla is that Hyundai is ramping up its plans to grow its electric vehicle market share.
對於福特、通用汽車，以及潛在的特斯拉來說，令人沮喪的消息是，現代正在加速增加其電動汽車市場份額的計劃。
Genesis is ramping up U.S. market coverage. The brand has added 21 new dedicated Genesis retailers in the U.S. in 2024, including entering eight new states. Genesis has 56 standalone facilities in the U.S. now.
Genesis正在加速美國市場覆蓋。該品牌在2024年爲美國增加了21家專門的Genesis零售商，包括進入八個新州。現在，Genesis在美國擁有56個獨立設施。
Hyundai's market share gains are credited to producing affordable and fuel-efficient EVs. New Hyundai and Kia Plants in Georgia could also help boost market share. Vehicles made at the factories will qualify for the $7,500 EV tax credit.
Hyundai的市場份額增長歸功於生產價格合理、燃油效率高的電動汽車。在佐治亞州新建的現代和起亞工廠也可能有助於提高市場份額。在這些工廠生產的車輛將有資格獲得7500美元的電動汽車稅收抵免。
Kia EV9 vehicles began production in Georgia in May and are expected to begin U.S. deliveries in October. These will be the first Hyundai model to qualify for the credit.
Kia EV9車型於5月份在佐治亞州開始生產，預計將於10月份開始在美國交付。這些將成爲第一款有資格獲得貸款的現代電動車型。
An upcoming Ioniq 9 three-row SUV from Hyundai could be built at the new factory and qualify for the credit as well.
現代即將推出Ioniq 9三排座SUV，該車型也可以在新工廠生產，並有資格獲得此項貸款。
The Hyundai Metaplant will have annual capacity of producing 300,000 electric vehicles with the potential to expand to 500,000 annually according to a report from AutoNews.
據《汽車新聞》報導，現代元山工廠的年產能將達到生產300,000輛電動汽車，有望擴大至每年生產500,000輛電動汽車。
While GM and Ford have put an emphasis on transitioning from internal-combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles to take on market leader Tesla, it is currently Hyundai Motor Company that is beating them in the battle against the market leader.
儘管通用汽車和福特汽車已經強調從內燃機車轉向電動車以挑戰市場領導者特斯拉，但目前仍是現代汽車公司在與市場領導者的競爭中獲勝。
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