SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new “ride-pooling” service that allows passengers with a similar destination to travel together in large passenger vans was launched by South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales. Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday began a pilot of its community-style mobility service “Shucle” in tandem with taxi franchise KST Mobility at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday it has signed a deal with U.S. electric vehicle startup Canoo to develop an electric vehicle (EV) platform for its upcoming models. Hyundai said it expects the new platform using Canoo’s scalable skateboard architecture to allow for a simplified and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it will cooperate with the U.S. energy department to promote hydrogen vehicles and their commercialization in the world’s most important automobile market. Hyundai has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Energy to collect and publish validated data on demonstrating [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Monday their combined electric vehicle (EV) sales exceeded Volkswagen’s EV sales in global markets last year. Hyundai and Kia, which together form the world’s fifth-biggest carmaker by sales, sold a total of 126,406 electric vehicles in 2019, higher than [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group Executive Vice Chairman Chung Euisun promoted the group’s future mobility plans in a meeting with U.S. state governors and government officials in the United States, the company said Sunday. In the National Governors Association Winter Summit held at the South Korean Embassy in Washington, D.C. on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, on Friday suspended all of its domestic car assembly plants due to a lack of parts from China amid the spreading coronavirus outbreak, with other local automakers set to halt production lines or considering doing so. Hyundai Motor plans to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp. said Tuesday they have suspended some of their assembly lines here due to shortages of parts from China amid the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Hyundai Motor halted the assembly lines for the production of the carmaker’s independent brand Genesis’s sedan [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai’s new Sonata commercial featuring Chris Evans and other stars came in a close second in USA Today’s ranking of Super Bowl ads, the outlet said Monday. The 60-second commercial played during the first quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League. It garnered [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it will inevitably suspend some vehicle assembly lines at its domestic plants due to shortages of Chinese-made auto parts in light of the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Vice President Ha Eon-tae, head of the main plant in Ulsan, said that it is inevitable that the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker, said Monday it will supply 1,000 Sonata taxis to a Saudi Arabian airport this year. Hyundai has signed a supply deal with Al-Safwa, one of Saudi Arabia’s major transportation companies, to provide 1,000 Sonata sedans as taxis for operation at King Khalid [...]