Green accounted for more than 10% of the total sales of Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia this year.
Hyundai and Kia sold a total of 6. 12 million cars in the first 11 months of this year, and green cars, such as hybrids and electrics, accounted for a 10. 7 percent increase in a matrix of 7. 8 in the same era last year.
Hybrids accounted for 49. 9% or 327,438 cars sold, followed by cars with 34. 2% or 224,067, plug-in hybrids with 14. 6% or 95,542 and hydrogen cars with 1. 4% or 9,232.
Hybrid cars still accounted for the largest proportion, yet they fell below 50% for the first time as a call for changes to electric cars.
The share of electric cars has risen to 21. 1% in 2018 and 35. 5% last year.
The Kia Niro (five9,084) and Hyundai Ioniq five (five6,367) are the best-selling electric cars, the Tucson hybrid SUV (78,678).
According to tracker Market Research Future, the electric vehicle market is expected to quadruple through 2030, up from $208. 9 billion currently.