SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday launched the upgraded GV60 all-electric model under the independent Genesis brand in the domestic market. The GV60 SUV is equipped with a 77.4-kilowatt-hour battery and can travel up to 451 kilometers on a charge, the company said in a statement. The GV60 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it has unveiled its independent Genesis brand’s convertible concept model in the United States ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. The Genesis X Convertible concept made its debut as the Genesis brand’s third X concept model after the X and the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A vehicle with basic Level 3 self-driving technology will make its first appearance in South Korea in the fourth quarter of this year. Genesis, the luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Co., said it will introduce its Level 3 Highway Driving Pilot (HDP) system on the all-new G90 sedan up [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-electric Genesis GV60 SUV has obtained the highest safety rating in the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), the company said Thursday. The GV60 entered the European market in June and secured the maximum five-star rating from Euro NCAP, Europe’s leading independent safety testing organization. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Genesis G90, the flagship sedan of Hyundai Motor Co.’s luxury brand Genesis, has racked up strong sales since its release earlier this year. Genesis reported that a total of 14,658 units of G90, priced at over 100 million won (US$73,280) each, were sold in the South Korean market [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday the accumulated sales of its independent Genesis brand models exceeded 700,000 units last month despite the prolonged chip shortage. The South Korean carmaker sold 699,751 Genesis vehicles, including 188,547 overseas sales, from its launch in November 2015 to end-April this year, according to Hyundai’s [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. plans to lower the autonomous driving speed limit of all-new G90 flagship sedan under its independent Genesis brand to 60 kilometers per hour in line with international standards. The South Korean top carmaker is scheduled to release a G90 equipped with Level 3 autonomous driving technology [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean leading carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Sunday that its independent Genesis brand surpassed 700,000 units in accumulative global sales, thanks to the rising popularity of its brand power. The premium brand’s global sales totaled 700,612 units from its launch in November 2015 to end-February 2022, 30.5 percent [...]
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, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Genesis, the luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Co., said Thursday it is targeting a 10 percent on-year increase in sales this year spurred by new models. Genesis aims to sell 220,000 units globally in 2022, up from 200,000 sold last year, Hyundai Motor President and CEO Chang Jae-hoon told [...]