SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Wireless charging for electric vehicles will be available in South Korea next month as part of the country’s deregulation plans in the information technology sector, the ICT ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Science and ICT said in a report submitted to a government meeting on regulatory reforms presided [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of a slight increase in the nation’s cumulative car registrations in the third quarter of this year, the number of new registrations of compact cars and eco-friendly cars took an upturn, data showed Sunday. The nation’s cumulative car registrations stood at 25,356,000 in the third quarter [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards has announced that the amendment of the Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety Control Act, which includes the legal basis for the reuse of retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries, passed at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The new legislation, which enters effect [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. saw their electric vehicle (EV) sales in the United States sink in September from a month earlier amid worries over the potential impact from a new U.S. law disadvantaging EV makers that do not produce the green vehicles in America, company data showed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea seeks to significantly boost production of electric vehicles to more than double domestic carmakers’ global market share to 12 percent by 2030 and to be a global car industry powerhouse, the industry ministry said Wednesday. For the goal, the government vowed to provide tax incentives and various [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp., a mobility unit under South Korean internet giant Kakao Corp., said Monday it was launching a trial of an electric vehicle (EV) valet charging service through its navigation app Kakao Navi. Kakao Mobility expects this service to contribute to enhancing user convenience through the combination of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s leading auto parts maker, said Monday it will promote its high-end auto parts at an U.S. auto show this month to strengthen its presence in the world’s most important automobile market. Hyundai Mobis aims to explore new opportunities to sell its electric complete chassis [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. electric vehicle subscription company Autonomy said Tuesday it will buy 3,140 EVs from Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. to strengthen its fleet lineup. On Tuesday (U.S. time), Autonomy placed an official order to receive 1,640 EVs from Hyundai and 1,500 EVs from Kia in a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As electric vehicles (EVs) rise as the ‘new standard’ in the automobile industry, tire producers are responding with EV-exclusive tires. Industry sources said almost half of all tire orders placed with Hankook Tire and Technology Co. for new cars were EV-exclusive tires. Hankook Tire has concluded contracts with 22 [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc.’s sales in South Korea remained stagnant in the first half of this year after enjoying strong growth in the country’s imported EV market. According to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association and the CarIsYou Data Research Center, the number of imported EVs [...]