Hyundai quietly climbs the EV sales charts and Elon Musk notices

Earlier this year, the two South Korean carmakers rolled out two new battery-powered cars – the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (pic) and its sibling, the Kia EV6 – which promptly tore up the sales charts, passing the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Bolt and every other electric vehicle on the market not made by Tesla. — Reuters

Pipe down for a second Elon, the hottest things in the auto industry – the most electric electrics – now come from Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Corp.

Earlier this year, the South Korean carmakers rolled out two new battery-powered cars – the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and its sibling, the Kia EV6 – which promptly tore up the sales charts, passing the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Bolt and every other electric vehicle on the market not made by Tesla.