SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday that the company’s Elantra N TCR was victorious in the 2022 World Touring Car Cup for the second race in a row. Mikel Azcona (BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse) in the Elantra N TCR competed at the Aragón Circuit in Alcañiz, Spain on Saturday [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Genesis House New York, a Hyundai Motor Co.’s brand cultural complex that opened in Meatpacking District, New York in November of last year, is gaining positive ratings from global media and interior design associations. Hyundai announced that the restaurant, cafe, library and event space recently won at the 49th [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. had the highest electric vehicle sales in Indonesia last month, an Indonesian automotive industry association said Sunday. Hyundai sold 196 EVs — 195 units of the IONIQ 5 and one unit of the IONIQ Electric — in the Southeast Asian market in May, according [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Monday it has extended a partnership with French tiremaker Michelin to develop high-end tires dedicated for upcoming electric vehicles. The South Korean automaker will collaborate with Michelin to develop tires for all-electric and environment-friendly vehicles for the next three years, the company said in a [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. saw the total sales of their eco-friendly cars exceed 3 million units, industry data showed Sunday, 13 years after they began rolling out hybrid vehicles. South Korea’s top automaker and its affiliate sold 393,509 eco-friendly cars, including plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles, in [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. has set off to take care of the “hearts” of employees. The company on Thursday invited renowned pediatric psychologist Dr. Oh Eun-young to its headquarters in southern Seoul to hold a counseling event. The aim of the event was for employees to [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday opened the Hyundai Motorstudio Senayan Park in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hyundai Motorstudio is a place to publicize Hyundai car brands. The Jakarta studio is the seventh studio after the ones in Seoul, Goyang, Hanam, Busan, Beijing and Moscow. With a floor space of 446 square [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday the ongoing truckers’ strike is affecting production at its main domestic plants, which are already suffering from a global chip shortage. About 8,100 out of 22,000 members of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity joined the third day of the strike that began Tuesday, the transport [...]
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, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Friday their combined sales in the United States fell 31 percent last month from a year earlier amid the prolonged chip shortage. Hyundai and Kia sold 117,373 vehicles in the world’s most important automobile market in May compared with 170,315 [...]