SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Jose Munoz, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of South Korea’s leading carmaker Hyundai Motor Co., has been named the most influential figure in the global automotive industry by U.S. automotive publication MotorTrend, its website showed Friday. The publication named Munoz as the 2025 MotorTrend Person of the Year, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — KG Mobility Corp. said Friday the Rexton Sports, the company’s pickup truck model, has been named the best pickup truck of 2025 by Australian automotive publication Drive. Drive praised the model, which is exported under the name Musso, for its build quality, its long list of standard features, and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of lost items reported in the Seoul subway system reached 152,540 in 2024, marking a 4% increase from the previous year, according to Seoul Metro’s latest report released on February 27. On average, 418 lost items were registered daily, meaning approximately one in every 61 subway passengers [...]
Tarragona, Spain, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia and Samsung Electronics have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Samsung’s AI-powered Internet of Things (IoT) platform, SmartThings Pro, into Kia’s purpose-built vehicles (PBVs). The collaboration, unveiled at the 2025 Kia EV Day event in Tarragona, Spain, on February 24, aims to enhance business automation for commercial [...]
Tarragona, Spain, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia has introduced its first purpose-built vehicle (PBV), the PV5, as part of its strategy to lead in customized mobility solutions. Designed for passenger transport, cargo delivery, and wheelchair accessibility, the PV5 offers a highly adaptable interior, making it suitable for various specialized applications, including camping and refrigerated transport. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is set to debut South Korea’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robotic electric vehicle (EV) charging system, ‘Seoul Boy,’ on February 27. The innovative system, developed in collaboration with EV charging specialist Moderntec, will be located at the public parking lot of Sinbanghwa Station on Subway Line [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co., South Korea’s leading air carrier, said Thursday it has received the highest 5-star airline rating from Skytrax, one of the world’s most prestigious air transport rating organizations, for a fifth consecutive year. Skytrax, founded in London in 1989, launched its World Airline Star Rating program in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Emergency roadside assistance for electric vehicles (EVs) varies significantly by season, with winter dominated by towing requests and summer seeing a surge in tire puncture repairs, according to a recent study. The Traffic and Climate Research Center at Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance analyzed two years of data from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., the train manufacturing subsidiary of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said Wednesday it has won a 2.2 trillion-won (US$1.53 billion) deal from Morocco to supply advanced trains to the North African nation. Hyundai Rotem secured the contract to supply ONCF, Morocco’s national railway operator, with double-decker [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has joined hands with Hyundai Motor Co. to integrate its fifth-generation (5G) private network solutions with the carmaker’s advanced vehicle manufacturing facilities. The two companies recently completed the end-to-end Reduced Capability (RedCap) trial over a private 5G network and will showcase the technology [...]