U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla saw its sales in South Korea jump 64.7 percent to 11,629 cars during the first six months of 2021 from a year before, according to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association.
As the country’s electric car market was sized at 26,632 during the first half of the year, Tesla topped local auto giants Hyundai Motor and Kia with a market share of 43.67 percent in KAIDA statistics released Monday.
The sales of Tesla’s Model 3 amounted to 6,275, while that of the Model Y stood at 5,316, compared to Hyundai Motor’s Ioniq 5 at 5,700.
Other global brands also fared well in the Korean EV market, including Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Audi.
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