SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it will strengthen door-to-door charging services for its Ioniq electric vehicles (EVs), a move to promote consumer acceptance of electric vehicles. Hyundai Motor has recently increased the number of service vehicles which offer door-to-door charging services to 60 from 10 across the country. It formerly [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday it will launch two high-performance vehicles in Europe later this year to strengthen its i30 lineup. On Thursday in Germany (local time), Hyundai unveiled the i30N powered by a 2.0-liter gasoline turbo engine and the i30 Fastback in a world premiere, [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top 15 conglomerates said Tuesday they will voluntarily overhaul unfair practices without any intervention from the government, a local business lobby said. In a meeting with Lee Dong-geun, vice chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), 15 business leaders agreed with general calls that [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it will launch its first racing car for sale this year, a move to enhance its brand image in global markets. Hyundai Motor has developed the i30 N TCR (Touring Car Race) based on the i30 N hatchback, which has completed a 24-hour endurance [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday its sales fell 16 percent last month from a year earlier hit by weakening overseas demand, particularly in the Chinese market. The country’s biggest carmaker by sales sold a total of 376,109 vehicles in June, down from 445,021 units a year earlier, the company [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it took the top spot in J.D. Power’s customer satisfaction survey in China this year despite declining sales in the wake of a diplomatic row between the two countries. In 2017, Hyundai Motor took the No. 1 position back in China [...]
Kia’s Telluride luxury sport-utility vehicle (Imgage: Yonhap) SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister brand Kia Motors Corp. said Wednesday that four of their vehicle models have won awards or have been tapped as finalists in a U.S. design competition. The Genesis luxury G80 Sport sedan, the latest version of [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it will hold a three-week-long showcase event to unveil its luxury fuel cell concept sport utility vehicle, the GV80, in South Korea. In the showcase that will last through July 9 at its Genesis Studio in Hanam, just east of Seoul, visitors will be [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Automakers in South Korea are expected to vie fiercely for a bigger slice of the market for subcompact sport utility vehicles (SUVs) following Hyundai Motor Co.’s entry into the fast-growing segment, analysts said Wednesday. In an extravagant rollout in Seoul, South Korea’s leading automaker Hyundai unveiled its first subcompact [...]
GOYANG, South Korea, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled its first subcompact SUV Kona in a move to bolster its SUV lineup amid growing demand for recreational vehicles. The five new SUVs are an all-electric Kona, a fuel cell-based car, an SUV larger than the Santa Fe, and two smaller-sized [...]