DAEJEON, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant move to boost electric vehicle safety, South Korea’s Public Procurement Service (PPS) announced on October 22 comprehensive measures to improve fire safety management and emergency response capabilities for public EV charging facilities. The new guidelines require all future public buildings to have EV charging stations installed at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign car companies are pushing to introduce more electric vehicle (EV) chargers in South Korea to better compete in the country’s growing EV market segment. BMW Korea, which currently operates 1,119 EV chargers in the country, aims to nearly double the units to around 2,100 within the year. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The results of a recent survey conducted by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KTSA) revealed that 72.9 percent of 225 electric vehicle (EV) drivers, who visited service centers between July 4 and October 12 during the ‘Special Safety Inspection for Electric Vehicles,’ would recommend purchasing an EV to their friends. [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Drivers of hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles will be allowed to charge their vehicles on their own at charging stations in urban areas, the energy ministry said Tuesday. The ministry on Tuesday announced a roadmap for regulatory reform to make it easier to build hydrogen charging stations in urban areas [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it would install 1,000 electric bike charging stations using public phone booths by 2025. The e-bike charging stations will be battery exchange-type charging stations that allow users to replace discharged batteries with fully charged ones. It is expected to take less than one [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Genesis, the luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Co., said Thursday that it had opened electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in metropolitan areas and launched a wireless charging service on a trial basis. A total of five charging stations will be set up, including two each at the Genesis exhibition [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drivers will now be able to refuel their hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles at self-serve filling stations. Hydrogen charging stations have been losing an average of 180 million won (US$153,910) each year, discouraging efforts to achieve enough stations in the country. Charging stations already in operation cannot afford [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin notifying electric vehicle (EV) drivers of the availability of charging stations in late August. The Ministry of Environment (ME) signed an agreement with mobility companies Kakao Mobility and T Map Mobility on Thursday to introduce relevant features in Kakao Navigation and T map, the two’s [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of obsolete public phone booths across the country are being transformed into charging stations for various electric vehicles, officials said Monday. The municipality of Jeonju, 240 kilometers south of Seoul, said it and KT Linkus, the operator of public pay phone networks, have agreed to convert [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the growing popularity of hydrogen vehicles, the charging infrastructure still remains poor in South Korea, industry data showed Wednesday. South Korea accounts for 33 percent or 37,400 in the total number of hydrogen fuel cell cars on the road worldwide, according to the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA). [...]