SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker, said Sunday it received more than 1,500 orders for its all-electric IONIQ 5 in Indonesia, less than a week after releasing the prices. Hyundai Motor received 1,587 orders for the IONIQ 5 in Indonesia from April 22-27, more than doubling overall electric [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s IONIQ 5 has been named World Car of the Year at the 2022 World Car Awards, beating models from sister brand Kia Corp. and Ford Motor Co. to claim the overall crown. The all-electric crossover beat Kia’s EV6 pure electric sedan and Ford’s Mustang Mach-E SUV. [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-electric IONIQ 5 has been named the UK Car of the Year 2022, beating nine competitors in the final round, the company said Tuesday. The IONIQ 5 outpaced the nine models, including the Fiat 500-e city car, BMW iX crossover and Porsche’s Taycan Cross Turismo, in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is holding an unusual promotion event for its all-electric IONIQ 5 in which the model uses its “vehicle-to-load” technology to supply electricity to a small cabin deep in the woods. South Korea’s biggest carmaker recently joined hands with Studio Puisto Architects, a Helsinki architecture studio, to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Worldwide sales of the IONIQ 5 and EV6, the first dedicated battery electric models from Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp., respectively, have exceeded 50,000 units just six months after their release, according to recent data. Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 5 was released in April and Kia’s EV6 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of Hyundai Motor Co.’s IONIQ 5 all-electric car buyers are in their 50s or older, indicating that the customer base is similar to that of its existing vehicles with internal combustion engines. The company analyzed the customer data for 5,700 units of the Ioniq 5 that had been [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The buyers of Hyundai Motor Co.’s IONIQ 5 all-electric car could face lack of state subsidies for EV purchases as a global chip shortage affects the model’s production, industry sources said Thursday. Hyundai began the delivery of the IONIQ 5 on Thursday but still lacks traction motors essential to [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it will launch the IONIQ 5 all-electric vehicle in the domestic market next week as its production resumed this week. Hyundai plans to launch the IONIQ 5 model on Monday, and government subsidies will be available for EV purchases from Wednesday, a company spokesman [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it has suspended a domestic plant that produces the IONIQ 5 all-electric model due to a chip shortage. Hyundai said it will halt the operation of the No. 1 plant in Ulsan, 414 kilometers southeast of Seoul, which also produces the Kona subcompact SUV, [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it will suspend production at a domestic plant that produces the IONIQ 5 all-electric model due to a chip shortage. Hyundai plans to halt the operation of the No. 1 plant in Ulsan, 414 kilometers southeast of Seoul, which also produces the Kona subcompact [...]