SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Mercedes-Benz Korea said Thursday it will add an all-electric sedan this year to its EV lineup amid a growing appetite for zero-emission vehicles. The German carmaker introduced the new EQS, the first pure electric sedan built on its dedicated electric modular architecture, during the media day of the 2021 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW said Tuesday it will strengthen its electric vehicle lineup in South Korea to meet growing demand for environment friendly vehicles. This week, BMW added the all-electric iX flagship SUV and the iX3 midsized SUV to its existing EV lineup composed of the pure electric i3 subcompact car and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in South Korea almost doubled in the first three quarters of this year from a year earlier, ranking seventh in the world, data showed Monday. A total of 71,006 EVs were sold in Asia’s fourth-largest economy in the January-September period, up 96 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, said Thursday it will sell only electric vehicles in Europe from 2035 and in other major markets from 2040 as it seeks to gradually phase out internal combustion-engine cars in global markets. Kia announced the 2045 carbon neutrality strategy as governments around the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SES, a Singapore-based battery developer with investments from big South Korean companies, like SK Inc. and Hyundai Motor Co., unveiled Thursday its next-generation hybrid lithium-metal battery large enough to power a sedan or SUV with the aim of commercialization by 2025. The 107 amp-hour “Apollo,” showcased at a virtual [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — While overall sales in the global automotive industry have plummeted, demand for imported electric vehicles (EVs) among South Korean consumers continues to grow, with no signs of the market cooling down. One-third of electric cars sold through the third quarter this year were imported cars, with Tesla Inc. leading [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. cars are up in Germany and Britain, the two largest economies in Europe with strong automobile industries. The German Association of the Automotive Industry reported an 8.7 percent increase in Hyundai and Kia car sales from last year with 129,257 [...]
JEJU, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The municipality of the southern resort island of Jeju will introduce a compensation system to promote the use of overproduced and wasted renewable energy for electric vehicle (EV) charging. The the Jeju provincial government on Thursday signed a business agreement with the state-run energy firm Korea Electric Power Corp. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Genesis, the luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Co., on Thursday unveiled the GV60, its first electric car built on a dedicated EV platform, ahead of its local launch later this year. The GV60 SUV is equipped with a 77.4 kilowatt-hour battery and can travel up to 451 kilometers on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As more electric vehicles (EVs), both new and old, are being sold locally, South Korea is seeing a higher number of EV recalls caused by various defects. Rep. Park Sang-hyuk of the ruling Democratic Party said that 90,746 EVs were recalled last year, according to a report from the [...]