SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it has signed a deal to acquire General Motors Co.’s plant in India to strengthen its presence in the rapidly growing automobile market. The acquisition of GM’s Talegaon plant in the western state of Maharash is aimed at preemptively preparing to meet a rising [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — General Motors Co. on Friday appointed a marketing expert from its Mexican operations as president and CEO of GM Korea. Hector Villarreal, vice president in charge of vehicle sales, service and marketing at GM Mexico, will replace Roberto Rempel on August 1. Rempel has decided to retire after serving [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co. will build an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing facility in Indiana in a joint venture with General Motors Co., the South Korean battery maker said Tuesday. The 2.65 million-square-meter plant is planned to go up in the New Carlisle area in the central U.S. state, according [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Future M Co. said Friday it has agreed with U.S. General Motors Co. to build a facility to manufacture precursors, expanding the joint venture into the intermediate battery material. Ultium CAM, the joint venture between the two companies, will seek to complete the precursor plant by 2026, in [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Future M Co., a major South Korean manufacturer of secondary battery materials, said Tuesday its joint venture with General Motors Co. has secured C$300 million (US$221 million) in funding from the Canadian government for their envisioned cathode plant in Quebec. Canadian Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne made the announcement [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s vice industry chief asked General Motors Co. (GM) on Thursday to make an investment in production facilities for electric vehicles (EVs) in the country, as the Seoul government has extended support for nurturing the advanced industry sector, his office said. First Vice Industry Minister Jang Young-jin made [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co. said Tuesday it is pushing to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing facility in the United States in a joint venture with General Motors Co. The South Korean battery maker unveiled the plan in a regulatory filing, under which the two companies have agreed to [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Trax Crossover by General Motors Co. (GM) has received more than 6,000 preorders in South Korea after its debut earlier this week, industry sources said Saturday. The preorders that began Wednesday here are expected to top 10,000 early next week, they said. GM plans to fully operate its [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — General Motors Co. (GM) on Wednesday began to sell the Trax Crossover in South Korea following its launch in the U.S. market late last year. GM plans to fully operate its Korean plant in Changwon, about 300 kilometers south of Seoul, until the second quarter to meet rising global [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co. has been in talks with General Motors Co. for a potential business collaboration, although no details have materialized yet, its chief said Wednesday. Choi Yoon-ho, president and CEO of the South Korean battery maker, made the comments after media speculation that the company will build a [...]