{"id":34713,"date":"2025-04-28T12:24:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/?p=34713"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T07:11:08","slug":"kia-india-achieves-1-5-million-production-milestone-within-6-months-from-its-anantapur-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/kia-india-achieves-1-5-million-production-milestone-within-6-months-from-its-anantapur-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Kia India achieves 1.5 million production milestone within 6 months, From its Anantapur Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34713\" class=\"elementor elementor-34713\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35c18e68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35c18e68\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-537ac584\" data-id=\"537ac584\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f7c2ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f7c2ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34743\" alt=\"Kia India achieves 1.5 million production milestone within 6 months, From its Anantapur Plant\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-2.webp 1440w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-2-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-2-1024x512.webp 1024w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-2-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-2-150x75.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa6e7da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fa6e7da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kia India has marked a major milestone as it rolled out 15 lakh vehicles\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">since starting operations in August 2019,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Anantapur, making it the youngest automaker in India to do so.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a celebration of the achievement, <a href=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/kia-cars\">Kia<\/a> India has confirmed the launch date of the updated <a href=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/kia-cars\/carens\">Carens<\/a> on May 8, 2025.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>    <div id=\"ad-1781864945-ALbkBu-container\"\r\n         class=\"comman-ads-container\"\r\n         style=\"position: relative; 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This covers a vast range of market segments.\u00a0Howevr,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the new-gen Carnival is imported as a Completely Built-Up unit, along with the Kia EV6 and EV9 electric SUVs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Seltos dominates the count, accounting for 700,668 units (46.7%), followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/kia-cars\/sonet\">Sonet<\/a>, with 519,064 units (34.6%). The last 241,582 units (16.1%) come from Carens, with 2.6% attributed to the new entrants, Syros and Carnival.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover.webp\" alt=\"Kia India achieves 1.5 million production milestone within 6 months, From its Anantapur Plant\" width=\"1440\" height=\"720\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover.webp 1440w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-1024x512.webp 1024w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kia-India-achieves-cover-150x75.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd17efb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd17efb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tablepress-wrapper\"><div class=\"tablepress-wrapper\" id=\"tablepress-wrapper-\"><table  class=\"tablepress\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th >Model<\/th>\n<th >Units Produced Till Date<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\n<tr>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Seltos<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">7,00,668<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sonet<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5,19,064<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carens<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2,41,582<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Syros<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">23,036<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carnival (2020-2023)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-contrast=\"auto\">16,172<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a7b629 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a7b629\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Official Statement<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2d87d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2d87d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXO6120830\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXO6120830\">Speaking on this milestone,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError BCX0 SCXO6120830\">Gwanggu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXO6120830\">\u00a0Lee, Managing Director and CEO, Kia India, stated, \u201cRolling out our 1.5 millionth \u2018Make in India\u2019 vehicle is a proud and emotional moment for Kia India and every partner who has been a part of this journey. From the very first\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError BCX0 SCXO6120830\">Seltos<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXO6120830\">\u00a0to the 1.5 millionth Carens today, each car stands as a testament to the trust, love, and support of our customers and partners. We are deeply grateful for this association and look forward to continuing our pursuit of automotive excellence. The future of Kia India looks bright as we remain steadfast in driving innovation, offering industry-leading products, and shaping the mobility landscape in India.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP BCX0 SCXO6120830\">\u00a0<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kia India has marked a major milestone as it rolled out 15 lakh vehicles\u00a0since starting operations in August 2019,\u00a0from its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":34744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,18],"tags":[313,371,290,368,370,369],"class_list":["post-34713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-breaking-news","tag-carens","tag-carnival","tag-kia","tag-seltos","tag-sonet","tag-syros"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caronphone.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}