SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of electric vehicles (EVs) will be able to charge their cars and get repair services at select gas stations operated by GS Caltex Corp., under an agreement with LG Electronics Inc., the companies said Tuesday. GS Caltex, South Korea’s No. 2 gas station operator, signed a memorandum of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and SK Networks Co. have joined hands to create new infrastructure for the establishment of an electric car charging station. Hyundai revealed yesterday that it had signed an MOU with SK Networks that would make this possible. According to the MOU, Hyundai will develop high-speed electric [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — State-run electricity provider Korea Electric Power Corp. said Tuesday that it will run some 1,500 charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) across the country starting on July 3. The 1,560 charging stations will be available at KEPCO’s operations center, public parking lots and some apartment complexes, it added. The [...]
JEJU, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju has set a concrete roadmap to be world’s first electric vehicle (EV)-only island by 2030 with the announcement of a long-term comprehensive plan. The island off the southern tip of the Korean peninsula is seeking to become carbon-free by 2030, and to achieve this vision, it will replace all of [...]
SEOUL, Korea, May 2, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul City Government has got down to encouraging the wider usage of eco-friendly electric cars, also known as EV, among Seoulites by expanding charging stations and increasing the public awareness of the EV benefits. Currently, EVs are mostly serving public purposes at places like public agencies, car [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 05 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s electric utility KEPCO, jointly with the Seoul city government and the Korea Environment Corp., said on September 5 that it would begin allowing electric car drivers to use high-speed rechargers owned by the three organizations. The three entities had agreed in March this year to share the recharging [...]