According to foreign media reports, although Kia’s first three-row electric SUV EV9 is currently very popular in the United States, the company has decided to wait until next year to expand production.
Currently, Kia is phasing out the EV9 at its West Point, Ga.
, plant while waiting to receive a $7,500 federal electric vehicle tax credit.
In December last year, Kia released the three-row electric SUV in the United States.
Since then, Kia has sold nearly 14,000 EV9s in the United States.
In August this year, EV9 sales in the United States were 2,388 units.
As of the end of August, cumulative sales of this model in the United States this year reached 13,874 units.
, However, although the EV9 has made a good start in the United States, Kia is still waiting to expand the scale of EV9 production in the United States.
Steven Center, chief operating officer and executive vice president of Kia America, said Kia’s decision involved complex conditions to meet for receiving a $7,500 tax credit, especially battery assembly requirements.
Photo source: Kia, in May this year, Kia’s first American-made EV9 rolled off the production line at its Georgia factory.
However, the company will wait until next spring to increase production.
The EV9 is expected to become Hyundai Motor Group’s first model to qualify for a full US$7,500 electric vehicle tax credit.
, The Center said incentives, including federal and state incentives, are “an important factor in car prices.
” Center explained that if the $7,500 tax credit were eliminated, as former U.S. President Donald Trump said, it “would have an impact on many car buyers in the middle and lower classes.
” Trump had previously said that if he was elected the next US president, he would cancel the tax credit for electric vehicles.
Foreign media reported that in June this year, the Kia EV9 was one of the highest discount models in the United States, with an average discount of US$18,081.
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