South Korea June 2015

Kia Soul EV Turf

There were 955 electric cars sold in SK in the first half of the year, which is more 100 units than in the whole of 2014(!), pulling the EV Share up from 0,06% to 0,11%, with a record 366 units registered in June, up 80% YoY.

Looking at the YTD ranking, the Kia Soul EV wins by a wide margin, with 52% share, with the Samsung SM3 EV maintaining its #2 and the BMW i3 climbing to a rather surprising #3 and 12% Share, while the older Kia offer (Ray EV) ending its career early this year.

Pl	South Korea	June	2015	%	Pl '14
1	Kia Soul EV	221	497	52	1
2	Samsung SM3 ZE	101	259	27	2
3 4	BMW i3 Chevrolet Spark EV	39 5	118 45	12 5	4 5
5	Kia Ray EV		36	4	3
	TOTAL	366	955	100