SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart Inc. outlets’ parking lots will be renovated into multipurpose facilities that will provide charging stations for electric vehicles as well space to accommodate car-sharing vehicles. E-Mart, in collaboration with Straffic, South Korea’s leading company in traffic management systems, will open Electro Hyper Charger Stations at six of its [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7. (Korea Bizwire) — Han Jung-su, a 30-something office worker in Seoul, arrives at his office with a smile. The first thing he does after a 40-minute drive in morning rush hour is check his car’s fuel mileage to figure out how much money he’s saved. “At first, I hesitated to opt for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Thursday it will provide additional subsidies for the purchase of environmentally friendly vehicles as this year’s target has already been accomplished. The city government attained this year’s goal of subsidizing 2,257 electric vehicles (EVs) and hydrogen fuel-cell cars. The city said it will inject [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Electric car manufacturers have been unable to supply promised cars to the public on time. According to the provincial government of Jeju, 1,015 new electric cars were registered on the island during a period of six months between February and July, which is just 25.3 percent of the initial [...]
JEJU, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A recycling facility for used electric car batteries will be established for the first time in the nation on Jeju Island, a popular holiday destination off the south coast of South Korea. The Jeju provincial government announced yesterday that the groundbreaking ceremony for the facility will take place at [...]
SEOUL, Jul 2. (Korea Bizwire) — The hypermarket giant E-Mart announced today that it is planning to install charging stations for electric car use at all of its outlets nationwide by 2021. The company initiated formal service of nine electronic charging stations in a total of four regions (Sokcho, Gangneung, Geomdan, and Gumi) today. The [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Sources in China say that electric cars equipped with Korean-made batteries were not included in a list of cars awarded subsidies by the Chinese government. According to industry insiders, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China announced on its website yesterday a list of car models that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Post will acquire some 10,000 single-seat electric vehicles (EVs) by 2020 to enhance the efficiency of its delivery system, the national postal service president said Thursday. “Korea Post plans to deploy small battery powered vehicles,” Korea Post President Kang Seong-ju said during a meeting of officials. He added [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting Friday, all newly registered electric cars and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in South Korea must be mounted with light-blue license plates, instead of the previous white (and green for older vehicles). Backdropped with small yin-yang symbols taken from the national flag, the left of the new plates features [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – With the Korea Insurance Development Institute due to reveal its reference net premium rates for electric cars by the end of June, industry watchers are speculating that premiums for EVs will be some 10 percent lower than gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles. The reference premium rate will be based on [...]