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THE INVESTOR] The sale of environment-friendly vehicles surged 24 percent in the first half from a year earlier, industry data showed on Aug. 3.
In the January-June period, domestic and foreign carmakers sold a total of 40,978 eco-friendly vehicles, up from 33,123 units an year earlier, according to data from the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association and the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association.
During the same period, overall passenger vehicle sales, including eco-friendly car sales, rose a mere 3.4 percent to 903,449 units, the data showed.
Best-selling models were
Hyundai Motor’s Ioniq electric vehicle and gasoline hybrids such as Toyota Motor’s Camry hybrid and Lexus‘ ES300h sedan.
By Alex Lee and newswires (
alexlee@heraldcorp.com)