SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of imported vehicles sold in South Korea last month dropped slightly from a year earlier, but eco-friendly vehicles such as hybrids and electric vehicles (EVs) accounted for a record 81 percent of the total, industry data showed Thursday. According to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister automaker Kia Corp. saw their combined exports of eco-friendly vehicles exceed 200,000 for the first time in the first half of this year, industry data showed Sunday. During the January-June period, the two giant carmakers in South Korea sold a combined 224,672 electric, [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Eco-friendly vehicles accounted for more than 30 percent of South Korea’s total car exports in the first five months of the year on strong overseas demand and the debut of two major electric vehicles made by local automakers in the U.S. market, data showed Monday. The value of exported [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The sales of green cars, such as electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, jumped more than 40 percent in South Korea in the first half of this year from a year earlier, industry data showed Sunday, reflecting the growing popularity of electrified vehicles in the country. The number of green [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group’s cumulative sales of eco-friendly vehicles in the United States surpassed the 500,000-unit mark in February, 11 years after its entry into the American market, the group said Monday. The group’s two flagships — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. — sold a combined 15,218 environmentally friendly [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Carmakers sold more than 120,000 units of environment-friendly vehicles in South Korea last year, up 27 percent from a year earlier, industry data showed Monday. Sales by both domestic and foreign carmakers reached 123,387 eco-friendly vehicles for the whole of 2018, jumping from 97,435 units sold the year before, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of eco-friendly cars made by Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp. jumped 2.1-fold in the first 11 months of this year, on strong domestic and overseas demand, industry data showed Sunday. The two flagship companies of Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s fifth largest automotive [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) – South Korea’s two largest automakersshowcased their first ever dedicated green cars at the GenevaInternational Motor Show on Tuesday as they strive to make inroads into the European market. Hyundai Motor Co. showed off all three powertrain versions of its IONIQ, while its corporate cousin Kia Motors Corp. drew attention with its Niro gasoline-electric crossover. The conventional hybrid IONIQ that was first unveiled in Seoul has been [...]