Hyundai posted its best-ever June with 77K US sales, up 11 percent. Electrified models made up a third of every Hyundai sold this year. The Ioniq 5 climbed 9 percent even after its tax credit vanished. It seems as though Hyundai just can’t stop winning. The Korean automaker has posted its best-ever June sales in the United States, a record first half of the year, and a jump in sales for its electrified models, all in the same breath. Through the first six months of 2026, Hyundai moved 450,568 vehicles in the US, a 3 percent bump over the 439,280 it managed across the same stretch last year. The second quarter did most of the heavy lifting, with sales reaching 245,180 and climbing 4 percent over Q2 of 2025. June kept the momentum going, rising 11 percent year-over-year to 77,555 units. Read: The Ioniq 5 Is Selling Better Now Than When EV Credits Existed Of every new Hyundai sold locally this year, 33 percent were electrified in some form. Behind that number sat record monthly sales for the Santa Fe HEV, up 12 percent, the Sonata HEV, up a staggering 246 percent, and the Tucson HEV, which saw a 14 percent gain. Those three, along with the Elantra HEV, held strong through the entire second quarter. BEV Sales Hyundai Currently, Hyundai sells three all-electric models in the United States. The Ioniq 5 remains the most important of the trio, with 20,730 sold through the first half of 2026, a surprising 9 percent jump from last year despite the federal EV tax credit getting axed back in September. Second-quarter numbers were up too, rising 4 percent to 10,940 units. June was the exception, with the Ioniq 5 slipping 26 percent against the same month a year ago, but that comparison flatters last year more than it punishes this one. Much, if not all, of that 2025 spike traces back to the $7,500 tax credit’s looming expiration, which pushed buyers to lock in their purchases before the incentive vanished for good. Hyundai The Ioniq 9 is also performing strongly, though its year-over-year gains come with an asterisk since the model only went on sale in spring 2025. So far this year, 4,858 have been sold, with 857 finding homes in June alone, a 21 percent spike over the 711 that moved in June 2025. Working against the gains from the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 9 was a collapse in Ioniq 6 numbers, since every version has been discontinued in the US apart from the high-performance Ioniq 6 N. Year-to-date sales have dropped 80 percent to 1,241 units, and June saw just 38 leave dealer lots. Hyundai’s single strongest performer in June was the Tucson with 19,581 sold, 20 percent up from last June. Sales of the Sonata and Venue rose by 36 percent and 20 percent respectively, while the Palisade increased 23 percent and Elantra sales rose 22 percent. Things weren’t so pretty in June for the Kona, with sales falling 15 percent, and the Santa Cruz, which saw its sales drop 14 percent. Hyundai US Sales 2026 ModelJun-26Jun-25Diff.Q2-26Q2-25Diff.YTD-26YTD-25Diff.Elantra15,17912,412+22%46,77641,278+13%79,83974,768+7%Ioniq 52,3353,172-26%10,94010,481+4%20,73019,092+9%Ioniq 638701-95%4123,004-86%1,2416,322-80%Ioniq 9857711+21%2,8681,013+183%4,8581,013+380%Kona6,0367,117-15%18,77822,810-18%36,16939,828-9%Palisade11,3369,253+23%35,74930,962+15%63,45357,197+11%Santa Cruz1,7672,048-14%5,4377,573-28%9,98114,221-30%Santa Fe10,38210,230+1%30,66033,677-9%64,00365,078-2%Sonata6,9495,095+36%22,51017,189+31%37,05732,986+12%Tucson19,58116,378+20%62,18658,337+7%117,612113,310+4%Venue3,0952,584+20%8,8649,400-6%15,62515,463+1% SWIPE
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