SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor is strengthening its position in Brazil, the largest automotive market in South America, widening its lead over Toyota as competition among Asian brands intensifies. According to data released Sunday by the Brazilian vehicle distributors’ federation Fenabrave, Hyundai sold 182,948 cars in Brazil between January and November, capturing an [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — General Motors offered a rare look at its next-generation mobility technologies in South Korea this week, showcasing its Super Cruise driver-assistance system, advanced battery platforms and software-defined vehicle innovations at the company’s first tech day in the country. The event, held Thursday at GM’s Exhibition Hall in Incheon and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group has secured an order to supply more than 200 hydrogen-powered buses to the Chinese city of Guangzhou, marking the biggest single hydrogen bus procurement deal in China to date, the group said Friday. Hyundai Motor’s Chinese hydrogen fuel-cell subsidiary, HTWO Guangzhou, together with Chinese commercial vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a fully-redesigned second generation model of the Seltos compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) equipped with a larger body, along with a new hybrid trim of the vehicle. The second-generation model of the Seltos, which was first introduced in 2019, was unveiled in a world [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., the train and defense subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, on Wednesday shipped its initial batch of high-speed train exports to Uzbekistan after completing production ahead of schedule, the company said. A send-off ceremony for the shipment was held in Changwon, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group is on the verge of achieving its annual global sales target for the first time in more than a decade, helped by easing tariff pressures in the United States and surging demand for hybrid and electric vehicles in key overseas markets, the company said Tuesday. The group [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp.’s PV5 Cargo model has received the highest safety rating of five stars from the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), according to the automaker Tuesday. The PV5 earned praise across all major assessment categories for commercial vans in 2025, including driving safety, crash avoidance and post-crash [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., the defense and train subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, will participate in a major rail industry exhibition in Morocco to showcase a wide range of integrated railway solutions, the company said Tuesday. The company will participate in the two-day Rail Industry Summit Morocco to be held [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said Monday it has signed a battery supply deal worth 2.06 trillion won (US$1.39 billion) with Mercedes-Benz AG. The supply, which will begin in March 2028, will run through June 2035, LG Energy Solution said in a regulatory filing. The volume [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — All 12 cube satellites deployed by South Korea’s homegrown rocket Nuri last month have established communication with ground stations, their developers said Monday, setting a new milestone following the successful fourth launch of the space rocket. The 200-ton Nuri blasted off from Naro Space Center in the country’s southern [...]