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Vehicles pairing a gasoline engine with electric motors to improve fuel efficiency, including plug-in variants that can charge externally.
Lexus Korea launched the eighth-generation ES on Oct. 13 with its first electric version, the ES 350e, starting at 71.6 million won. It priced the 350e Premium 1.3 million won under the matching hybrid, Seoul Economic Daily reported.
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EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said China agreed to moderate hybrid and plug-in hybrid car exports to the EU, a cut that could top half. EU leaders still have the final say, so importers are planning around press remarks.
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Some months-old 2026 Toyota Rav4s are listing for $3,000 to $6,000 above new dealer prices, according to CarGurus data. Toyota cannot build the hybrids fast enough, so sellers of nearly new ones are asking shoppers to pay to skip the wait.
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Genesis priced its first hybrid, the GV80, from 76.8 million won, under estimates that had it above 80 million won. Hyundai's luxury brand is putting money back into engines, with hybrid G80 and GV70 models next in line.
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Ford outsold Hyundai and Kia by about 17,000 US vehicles in September, enough to hold third place for the quarter after trailing them in July and August. The fuel-economy rollback credited with giving Detroit room on trucks starts only in late November, so Ford won the quarter under the old targets.
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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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