SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker, said Thursday it will deliver 2,300 vehicles for disabled victims in Libya by 2022. Hyundai signed a contract with the General authority for social solidarity Fund to supply the 2,300 vehicles, including 800 Tucson SUVs, 700 Elantra (or Avante) compacts and 800 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Thursday their combined sales in the United States fell 13 percent last month from a year earlier amid the global chip shortage. Hyundai and Kia sold a total of 89,663 vehicles in the world’s most important automobile market in November [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean automakers’ sales fell 15 percent last month from a year earlier as a prolonged chip shortage continued to affect vehicle production and sales, industry data showed Wednesday. The country’s five carmakers — Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Corp., GM Korea Co., Renault Samsung Motors Corp. and SsangYong Motor [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Genesis, the luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Co., on Tuesday unveiled the exterior images of the all-new Genesis G90 sedan ahead of its local launch next year. The G90 is a fully revamped model following its face-lift in 2018. Genesis plans to launch the flagship G90 sedan and its [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Self-driving cars will begin operations as a means of public transportation for the first time in Seoul this week, the city government said Monday, signaling a new era for commercial autonomous vehicle services. The Seoul metropolitan government said three self-driving passenger cars will start operating for ordinary citizens Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Just six months after its launch in the German market, Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-electric IONIQ 5 has been named the 2022 German Car of the Year (GCOTY), beating four competitors, the company said Friday. In the final round of the GCOTY award, five models — Peugeot’s 308 compact, Kia [...]
GOYANG, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Automakers on Thursday showcased a suite of electric vehicles at a Seoul motor show as they are shifting away from internal combustion engine vehicles toward zero-emission vehicles amid a global push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Hyundai Motor Group and German carmakers stole the spotlight with their upcoming all-electric [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it will carry out a test-run of a Level-4 autonomous vehicle in Seoul in the first half of next year as it pushes to get an edge in the future mobility service. South Korea’s No. 1 automaker unveiled the plan during the 2021 Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Mercedes-Benz Korea said Thursday it will add an all-electric sedan this year to its EV lineup amid a growing appetite for zero-emission vehicles. The German carmaker introduced the new EQS, the first pure electric sedan built on its dedicated electric modular architecture, during the media day of the 2021 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of imported commercial vehicles in South Korea fell 26 percent in October from a year earlier amid the extended COVID-19 pandemic, an industry association said Wednesday. The number of newly registered imported commercial vehicles declined to 336 units last month from 452 a year ago, the Korea Automobile [...]