SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean units of three foreign automakers — GM Korea Co., Renault Korea Motors Co. and SsangYong Motor Co. — have a negligible presence in the electric vehicle (EV) market. Their combined domestic sales stood at 133,890 units in the January to October period of this year, down 5.2 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Sunday it has signed a deal with an Indonesian aluminum company to secure a stable supply of the key material required in electric vehicle manufacturing. Hyundai Motor signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Adaro Minerals Indonesia Tbk for the partnership during the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – SsangYong Motor Co. said Friday it has graduated from the court-led debt rescheduling program 1 1/2 years after it was placed under court receivership amid the COVID-19 pandemic. SsangYong Motor applied for court receivership on April 15, 2021, after its Indian parent Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. failed to attract [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s car exports jumped 28.5 percent on-year last month on brisk demand for eco-friendly cars, data showed Friday. The value of outbound shipments of automobiles came to US$4.92 billion last month, the largest ever for any October, according to the data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Thursday they will expand a self-driving ride-hailing pilot service in Seoul’s Gangnam neighborhood as a way to further upgrade their complete self-driving technology. In collaboration with Kakao Mobility Corp., more vehicles will be added to the pilot RoboRide autonomous service, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it has signed an initial pact with a Chinese investment bank to push forward its commercial car business in the world’s biggest automobile market. Hyundai Motor Group China has signed a memorandum of understanding with the CICC Capital Management (CCM) department, an affiliate of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean carmakers are placing a bigger focus on sales of high-end vehicles with higher margins as part of efforts to better cope with a possible decline in overall car sales resulting from the global economic slump. Hyundai Motor Co. saw its third-quarter sales jump by 30.6 percent year [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. topped sales charts in the global hydrogen vehicle market during the January-September period, a market research firm said Thursday. SNE Research reported that 14,400 hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) were sold worldwide in the nine-month period, up 10.1 percent from last year. Hyundai, led [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea jumped 35 percent last month from a year earlier despite the extended chip shortage, an industry association said Thursday. The number of newly registered foreign vehicles stood at 25,363 units last month, up from 18,764 units a year ago, the Korea Automobile [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday its overall vehicle sales in the United States rose 7.9 percent last month from a year earlier despite the extended chip shortage. Hyundai Motor Co., its independent Genesis brand, and Hyundai’s smaller affiliate Kia Corp. sold a combined 123,233 vehicles in the world’s most [...]