SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group raised its global electric vehicle (EV) sales target for 2026 to 1.7 million units from 1 million units, its chief executive has said, underscoring the automaker’s push to meet the growing EV demand. Hyundai Motor CEO Chang Jae-hoon made the remark in an interview with the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Sunday that environment-friendly vehicles topped 10 percent of its global car sales for the first time this year amid growing demand for electric cars. The country’s top automotive conglomerate said its two carmakers, Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., sold a total of 656,479 eco-friendly [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group unveiled on Thursday a new-concept small mobility platform that integrates state-of-the-art robotics technology. The platform, dubbed Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED), can maintain a horizontal posture even on inclined and uneven roads with a flat rectangular-shaped body and four functional wheels. Since the wheelbase and steering angles [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it will launch the all-new G90 sedan under its independent Genesis brand in the domestic market early next year to prop up sales amid the extended pandemic. Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s biggest carmaker, said it will receive preorders for the G90 flagship sedan starting [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s attempt to recover output on the back of some easing of chip supply concerns is going nowhere due to a strike at supplier Hankook Tire & Technology Co. and opposition from its own union. The carmaker applied for the approval of special overtime work to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will launch full-scale operations of EV Park, a new space combining the concepts of car washing and charging at the Washholic Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. EV Park is a special space created through collaboration with car washing specialist Washholic. Car washing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday that it handed over the Universe Operation and Control Car, a remodeled version of the premium Universe express bus, to the K League 1 football club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. The Universe Operation and Control Car is one of the ‘Universe mobile offices’ that has [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — For the very first time, Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. sold more than 100,000 eco-friendly SUVs this year, driven by the success of hybrid models. The two automakers sold a total of 119,054 hybrid, electric and hydrogen-powered SUVs in South Korea from January to November of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group ranked first on a list measuring carmakers’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in China for the sixth consecutive year. The South Korea’s top automotive conglomerate, which has Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. under its wing, announced that in the 2021 China CSR development index evaluated [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker, said Thursday it will deliver 2,300 vehicles for disabled victims in Libya by 2022. Hyundai signed a contract with the General authority for social solidarity Fund to supply the 2,300 vehicles, including 800 Tucson SUVs, 700 Elantra (or Avante) compacts and 800 [...]