[단독] I can not promote it as a result of I haven’t got it within the US … Hyundai Motor Firm makes ‘essential resolution’ amid Tucson storm

Photograph = Hyundai Motor Firm has determined to provide a further 10,000 items of the Tucson Hybrid sport utility car (SUV) at its Ulsan plant in Korea beginning subsequent month. The Tucson Hybrid is so common within the North American market that it can’t be offered as a consequence of lack of quantity, with gross sales rising by over 30% this yr. Hyundai Motor Firm’s technique is to kill two birds with one stone, gross sales quantity and revenue, by increasing the manufacturing of the Tucson Hybrid, generally known as ‘cash automobile’.

Tucson, the ‘good son mannequin’, accounts for half of US hybrids

In response to the automotive business on the 2nd, Hyundai Motor Firm plans to provide the Tucson Hybrid at plant 3 out of crops 1 to five in Ulsan as early as July. Till now, the Tucson Hybrid has solely been produced at Manufacturing unit 5, however as a consequence of provide shortages, Manufacturing unit 3 has determined to provide a further 10,000 items by the tip of the yr.

It’s reported that Hyundai Motor Firm will primarily export the Tucson Hybrid produced at Plant 3 to the US market, the place demand is excessive. Though the Alabama plant in the US additionally produces the Tucson, the hybrid is imported from Korea. In the US alone, 16,848 items of the Tucson Hybrid had been offered between January and April this yr, a rise of 35.6% over the earlier yr.

The Tucson Hybrid is probably the most environment friendly mannequin amongst Hyundai Motor Firm’s hybrid lineup. Hyundai Motor Firm offered 10,096 hybrid automobiles in the US in April, surpassing 10,000 items monthly for the primary time, and Tucson hybrids accounted for nearly half of the gross sales at 4,588 items. Because of this, gross sales of Hyundai Motor Firm’s eco-friendly automobile fashions reached an all-time excessive of 16,274 items.

In response to Hyundai Motor Firm’s US subsidiary, Tucson hybrid gross sales are estimated to have elevated by 54% final month in comparison with the earlier yr. Hyundai Motor Firm determined to improve Plant 3, which primarily produced the Avante and Kona, to incorporate the Tucson Hybrid, and started trial manufacturing in April. The Tucson Hybrid, which can start in earnest within the second half of the yr at Plant 3, is supplied with a 1.6 turbo hybrid engine and has four-wheel drive.

The gross sales worth within the US is 12 million gained increased than in Korea.

There may be a proof that Hyundai Motor Firm’s resolution to ship extra Tucson hybrids to the US first took into consideration not solely gross sales quantity but in addition profitability. The Tucson Hybrid is taken into account the mannequin with the very best added worth amongst Hyundai fashions offered in the US. The Tucson Hybrid retail worth in the US begins at $32,575 (about 44.5 million gained). It’s about 12 million gained costlier than Korea (32.13 million gained). Because of this when you promote the Tucson Hybrid within the US, you can also make extra revenue.

Accordingly, Hyundai Motor Group is accelerating its eco-friendly technique with hybrid automobiles as gross sales of electrical autos gradual, together with the manufacturing of hybrid automobiles on the manufacturing plant their electrical autos (HMGMA) in Georgia, USA, which is predicted to start out working within the fourth quarter. . In response to Marklines, a market analysis firm, Hyundai Motor Firm and Kia Motors offered 175,979 hybrid automobiles worldwide within the first quarter of this yr. It ranks fifth in international gross sales, after 4 Japanese automakers together with Toyota, Renault-Nissan Alliance, Suzuki, and Honda.

Hyundai Motor Firm is predicted to ship extra product volumes to different high-demand markets, together with Korea. The Tucson Hybrid may be very common in Korea. At the moment, you need to wait at the least 4 months to purchase a Tucson Hybrid. Tucson home gross sales between January and April this yr had been 8,476 items, a rise of 26.9% in comparison with the earlier yr.

The worldwide recognition of hybrid automobiles is predicted to proceed presently. Ja-yong Koo, government director in command of IR at Hyundai Motors, mentioned originally of the yr, “The share of hybrids in whole gross sales is predicted to extend from 9% final yr to round 11% this yr.” yr,” including, “By 2030, hybrids will contribute 15% of whole gross sales, whereas electrical autos will contribute round 34%.

Reporter Shin Jeong-eun [email protected]