SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW Group Korea said Tuesday it will invest 60 billion won (US$54 million) until 2023 in expanding its local logistics center. The logistics center in Pyeongtaek, just south of Seoul, will be able to accommodate about 18,000 vehicles, up from the current 11,000 with the expansion, the company said [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Financially troubled SsangYong Motor Co. said Monday it will cut its employee wages in half in January and February as it struggles with mounting costs amid lackluster sales. In a recent message to employees, SsangYong Motor President and CEO Yea Byung-tae said the decision was part of “desperate measures” [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. slumped in their three major markets last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, company data showed Sunday. Hyundai and Kia, South Korea’s two biggest carmakers, saw their sales slump in the United States, Europe and China in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic affected [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it plans to expand subsidies provided for electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell automobiles this year in line with the country’s green energy drive. Under the plan, South Korea will allocate 1 trillion won (US$930 billion) to promote sales of electric cars, which marks a 25 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it opened an ultra-fast charging station for electric vehicles (EVs) in southeastern Seoul in the latest move that could boost convenience for drivers of zero-emission cars. Hyundai Motor and SK networks, a chemical and energy company, jointly transformed an old gas station into South [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. are expected to post double-digit growth in their fourth-quarter operating profit, helped by robust domestic sales despite the coronavirus pandemic. Strong local demand for their vehicles helped Hyundai Motor and Kia offset their weak overseas sales in the October-December period, analysts said. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With increasing uncertainty in the automotive industry as the pandemic drags on, Hyundai Motor Group is facing a dilemma over the construction of its planned Global Business Center (GBC), a life’s dream for honorary chairman Chung Mong-koo. The world’s fifth-largest automotive group is currently split over whether to build [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group’s environment-friendly vehicle sales in the global market jumped 36 percent to over 500,000 units in 2020 from a year earlier, industry data showed Sunday. Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. sold a total of 501,487 units of eco-friendly models, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) sold by South Korean automakers sharply rose to exceed 600,000 units for the first time in 2020 on the back of the rising popularity of car camping and new lineups, industry data showed Sunday. Five companies — Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Motors Corp., GM Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday it will build its first overseas hydrogen fuel-cell systems plant in China to make a presence in global hydrogen markets. Hyundai will produce 6,500 fuel-cell systems for hydrogen-powered vehicles annually at the plant in China’s southern city of Guangzhou, starting in the second half [...]