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Conventional and plug-in hybrid powertrains as a volume strategy, including rapid hybridization of existing SUV nameplates.
GM, which sells one hybrid model, gave no date for more as hybrids rose to 19% of US vehicle sales in August from 16% before the war, according to JD Power. Record hybrid quarters went to Japanese and Korean rivals, while GM's last stated target for new hybrids is 2027.
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Kia sold a record 846,764 vehicles in the third quarter, up 7.8%, with three SUV models making up 37% of them. About 93% of the added volume came from abroad, while its fast-rising electric sales are concentrated in South Korea.
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Hyundai Motor will build the new Tucson hybrid in Alabama to ease US tariffs on an SUV that has sold 11.2 million units since 2004. The Tucson made up about 26% of Hyundai's US third quarter, so where its hybrid is built sets how much tariff each American sale carries.
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Ford outsold Hyundai Motor Group by 1,195 light-duty U.S. vehicles in the third quarter and kept the No. 3 spot. Ford links its lower volume to retiring the Escape and Corsair, and that drop is about 58% of the 62,000 vehicles its lead shrank over the year.
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Cumulative eco-friendly sales reached 9,229,837 units by mid-year. Hybrids are 61 percent of that total, and the Tucson Hybrid alone has outsold the Ioniq 5 by two-thirds.
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