wattEV2buy explores the Dongfeng Yueda KIA EV models, electric car strategy, sales, and brands as it vies for a position in the fast-growing Chinese EV market.
The State-owned Dongfeng, one of the top four vehicle manufacturers, is China. It partners with various international auto companies, including the PSA Group, Renault, Honda, Nissan, and KIA. Most of the vehicles it manufacturers is in Joint Venture with these multinationals, except for the vehicles branded under the Dongfeng Fengshen, which is its own. The company was the largest auto company by volume in 2014.
From 2018 to 2020, Dongfeng KIA it will launch a D2 plug-in hybrid electric car, a small SUV electric car, a C2 electric car and a C2 plug-in hybrid car.
Kia‘s Chinese partnership with Dongfeng,
Dongfeng Yueda, announced this week that it would produce three pure
electric and two plug-in hybrid models by 2020. The Korean due, Kia and
its sister company Hyundai
has experienced a drastic decline in sales and profits over the last
year and have been behind most of their peers in bringing EVs to the
fast-growing Chinese electric vehicle market.
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