SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia’s latest autonomous EV made a surprise appearance at a KBO baseball match between the Kia Tigers and NC Dinos on Thursday. The Kia Soul EV drove into stadium from the left gate by the outfield with Korean actress and singer Lee Hae-in, who threw the ceremonial first pitch, [...]
JEJU, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting next year, private service facilities such as gas stations, cafés, and accommodations will be eligible to receive up to 20 million won ($18,318) in government funds when they install an EV charging station on their premises. According to Vice Minister Woo Tae-hee of the Ministry of Trade, Industry [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s exports of clean, renewable energy products have sharply increased from a year earlier in the first seven months of the year, the trade ministry said Monday, indicating improving competitiveness of South Korean products. Outbound shipments of solar panels and other related equipment came to US$2.01 billion in [...]
SUWON, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Being green is a good thing, and it’s clear that mankind as a whole needs to take care of the natural habitat we have been bestowed with. But a recent survey revealed that many companies are taking advantage of this sentiment by falsely promoting their products, practicing what is [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will introduce a new license plate for electric vehicles before the end of next month, the government said Thursday, in an apparent effort to further promote environmentally friendly cars. The new license plate will be picked from four designs in a public vote that will last 10 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. said Tuesday it will build an electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Hungary, with the aim of making the new plant a European hub to supply EV batteries to automakers. Samsung SDI said it will spend about 400 billion won (US$357.7 million) on the [...]
ULSAN, South Korea, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) has the perfect solution for an unwanted problem with its sewage-to-currency technology. The technology is currently being exported to China. The institute recently announced that it signed a business agreement with Chinese firm Xi Jia International Trade Co., Ltd. for [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korea government is making progress in its push to encourage the use of eco-friendly vehicles. Starting Friday, dozens of apartment building parking lots across Korea will offer EV charging using electrical outlets. The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with KT and Power Cube, installed a total of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – August 22 is Korea’s Energy Day. First held in 2004, the day was established to raise awareness of the importance of saving energy, after August 22, 2003 marked Korea’s highest-ever day of electricity consumption. To celebrate this year’s event, cities and provinces across South Korea are promoting ‘lights-out’ events [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to set up solar schools, equipped with solar panels to power learning equipment based on information and communications technologies, in Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe next year, the Education Ministry said Wednesday. A solar school is a solar-powered installation at any type of school or educational center [...]