SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co. said Friday an international electric vehicle (EV) motorsport racing event will be held in Mexico City this week. The 2025 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix, the second round of this year’s ABB FIA Formula E world championship, will be held in the Mexican capital on Saturday [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s seventh-largest tiremaker by sales, said Tuesday it started supplying tires for the Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe model early this year. Hankook Tire has provided the high-performance Ventus S1 evo Z product for the Mercedes-Benz’s sports car model in the form of original equipment [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co. said Tuesday it has signed a deal with Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to supply tires for the Japanese automaker’s Xforce compact sport utility vehicle. The South Korean tire company said it will supply its Ventus Prime 4 product to Mitsubishi. The company’s Ventus product series [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tiremaker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. said Thursday it has partnered with sport fashion brand, Pro-Specs, to launch three limited edition pairs of running shoes. The iON evo, Hankook Tire’s high-end tire designed for electric vehicles, inspired the patterns on the shoe’s outsole, which enhance its anti-slip [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s seventh-largest tiremaker by sales, said Monday it has started supplying tires for Chinese electric vehicle startup Leap Motor’s SUV model. Hankook Tire has been providing the high-performance Ventus S1 Evo3 ev product to Leap Motor’s C11 since the first quarter in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s seventh-largest tiremaker by sales, said Monday it started supplying tires for Czech carmaker Skoda Auto’s all-electric SUV this year. Hankook Tire began providing the Ventus S1 Evo3 ev product in the first half of this year in the form of original equipment [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group on Wednesday opened its driving experience center at a tiremaker’s proving ground to offer customers test-driving opportunities. Hyundai has completed the HMG Driving Experience Center inside Hankook Tire & Technology Co.’s proving ground facility in Taean on the western coast of the country, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s sixth-biggest tiremaker by sales, said Monday it will invest 2.1 trillion won (US$1.5 billion) to expand its existing U.S. tire manufacturing plant by early 2026. Hankook Tire currently produces 5.5 million tires a year for passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks in the [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s sixth-largest tiremaker by sales, said Wednesday it will make and sell more of the limited edition footwear produced by using recycled tires through a collaboration with domestic startup Treadngroove as the existing inventory had sold out. The two companies jointly produced a [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co. said Wednesday it has completed Asia’s longest tire proving ground in South Korea to meet rising demand for high-end products for next-generation vehicles. Hankook Tire has invested 230 billion won (US$180 million) to build Hankook Technoring in Taean on the western coast of the [...]