SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The cumulative number of eco-friendly car registrations has passed the 1.5 million mark in South Korea. According to statistics from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the number of eco-friendly car registrations stood at 1.52 million vehicles at the end of October, up 38.3 percent from a year [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s leading auto parts maker, has developed new technology that enables users to open menus simply by moving their hand near an automobile’s displays and select menu items with a hand gesture. The company announced that it had developed a proximity detection pop-up display dubbed [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean automaker Kia Corp. said Thursday it will provide support in setting up electric vehicle (EV) chargers for buyers who live in apartments, villas and other multi-dwelling homes. Kia signed an agreement with EV charging service provider Home & Service Co. to start a EV charging solution program [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said Friday it will launch the all-electric IONIQ 6 and the upgraded Seltos SUV in the United States next year to boost sales. Hyundai Motor Co. plans to introduce the IONIQ 6, the second model embedded with the group’s EV-only electric-global modular platform (E-GMP) [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday its IONIQ 6 electric vehicle has earned the top safety rating from an independent vehicle assessment organization in Europe. The IONIQ 6 achieved the highest five-star safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) in four categories, the company said in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it has unveiled its independent Genesis brand’s convertible concept model in the United States ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. The Genesis X Convertible concept made its debut as the Genesis brand’s third X concept model after the X and the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Diesel vehicles are losing ground due to the rising popularity of eco-friendly vehicles and a hike in diesel prices. The number of new diesel cars registered in the domestic market between January and October of this year stood at 288,888 units, down 21.6 percent year on year, according to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Monday it has signed an initial pact with Indonesia for an air mobility partnership in the Southeast Asian country’s capital relocation project. The South Korean carmaker signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Nusantara Capital City Authority, fully in charge of the relocation project, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it is targeting to sell more than 120,000 units of the all-new Grandeur sedan in the domestic market by the end of 2023. Hyundai will begin to sell the seventh-generation Grandeur, the first fully revamped model in six years, in Korea on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Automobili Lamborghini will bring plug-in hybrid models to South Korea in 2024 in its “hybridization” strategy before going fully electric by the end of this decade. Renowned for its wild cars and powerful engines, Lamborghini has sold models under three combustion engine lineups — the V8 engine-powered Urus SUV, [...]