Inovev forecasts 150,000 units per year of the new Kia Niro
- Kia unveiled the second generation of the Niro C-segment SUV, which was one of the brand's first models to feature alternative powertrains. The current model is available in hybrid (HEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and battery-electric (BEV) versions. The new model uses the same engines as the current model.
- Launched in 2016, the first-generation Niro has been sold at 676,000 units, totally. Peak production was reached in 2020 with 137,000 units produced. The best-selling version today is the battery electric version (58% of Niro's sales in 2020 compared to 28% in 2019) and the new generation of the Niro is likely to boost the share of sales of the electric version.
- Inovev forecasts 150,000 sales per year of the new Kia Niro, including 100,000 in the BEV version. This model does not use the E-GMP platform of the Kia EV6, more expensive and exclusively adaptedto battery electric powertrain. Moreover, the Nirois not integrated into the range of Kia EV4, EV5, EV6, EV7, which is the specific Kia battery electric models line-up (the EV5 and EV7 are not yet launched).
- The Kia Niro will be assembled at the Korean plant of Kwangju, alongside the Kia Soul and Sportage which share the same platform. The Kia Niro will therefore not be produced in Europe, even if 75,000 units were sold in 2020 against 55,000 in 2019 and 42,000 in 2018. In the first 10 months of 2021, the Kia Niro sold 73,000 copies in Europe and will certainly exceed 85,000 copies by the end of the year. As a reminder, Kia wants to sell 880,000 electric cars worldwide in 2030, ten times more than in 2020 (88,000 sales).
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