Sales volume of Hyundai Ioniq Electric South Korea 2016-2019

Over six thousand Hyundai Ioniq cars in three variants, all electric, hybrid electric, and plug-in hybrid electric, were sold in South Korea in 2019. Compared to the year before, sales of all three variants dropped, with sales of the electric variant in particular dropping by around 3.6 thousand. Contrary to its successful exports, the Ioniq has proven rather unpopular in the Korean market. Almost 78 thousand Ioniq cars were exported in 2019.
The hybrid variant was first launched in Korea in January 2016, the same time that it was first exported.The electric variant started domestic sales in June, while exports began in February. The plug-in hybrid variant of the Ioniq was only released in March 2017, several months after it was first exported in November 2016.