SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., the train manufacturing subsidiary of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has submitted a bid for a new tram project in Warsaw, Poland, marking its latest push into the European urban rail market, industry sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, Hyundai Rotem participated in a tender [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it will supply official vehicles for high-level Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meetings to be hosted by South Korea next month. The automotive group signed an agreement with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to provide official vehicles for the 15th APEC Energy [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Monday it has donated 2 billion won (US$1.4 million) to support recovery efforts in areas hit by recent torrential rains in South Korea. The donation was delivered to the Hope Bridge Korea Disaster Relief Association to aid the swift restoration of flood-damaged regions and provide [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Corp. have won a combined 11 honors — two Best of the Best and nine Winner awards across eight categories — at the 2025 Red Dot Product Design competition, Hyundai Motor Group said Monday. Hyundai’s City-Pod and Urban-Pod, along with Kia’s [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Corp. said Wednesday their combined vehicle sales in the United States rose 0.9 percent in June from a year earlier, with growth slowing from the previous month amid ongoing concerns over U.S. auto tariffs. The two automakers sold a total of [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting today, drivers of select Hyundai, Kia, and BMW vehicles in South Korea will receive in-car recall notifications via dashboards and audio alerts, as part of a pilot program aimed at improving recall compliance rates. The Korea Transportation Safety Authority (TS) announced that the initiative will leverage over-the-air (OTA) software [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group has been named to TIME magazine’s prestigious TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2025, joining the Leaders category alongside global powerhouses. The South Korean auto giant was the only Korean company to make this year’s list, reinforcing its standing as a dominant force in the global automotive [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) unveiled an artificial intelligence-based sleep environment solution on Thursday, as South Korea’s leading builder accelerates efforts to integrate wellness technologies into residential living. The new system, dubbed “Hey, Sleep,” uses AI to analyze individual sleep patterns and automatically optimize environmental factors such as [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government to jointly develop and commercialize a next-generation connected digital tachograph for commercial vehicles, the automakers said Thursday. The automakers, together with the transport ministry and the state-run Korea Transportation Safety Authority, plan [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it has won four prestigious awards at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including the top prize in the entertainment category. The automaker and Innocean, the marketing and communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, won the Grand Prix for their jointly produced [...]