SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors unveiled the first teaser images and video for its highly anticipated EV3 on May 7, a compact electric SUV that aims to spearhead the mass adoption of electric vehicles and expand the company’s EV lineup. The EV3 is Kia’s third dedicated electric model following the EV6, the brand’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, said it will launch a ‘K Delivery’ service that will allow its customers to receive car repair service on a non-face-to-face basis throughout the country from this moth. Thus far, Kia has been running a door-to-door repair service, in which [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, on Wednesday unveiled its new company logo and brand slogan as part of its business reorganization plan. Last year, Kia announced its mid- and long-term business strategy named Plan S which put a bigger focus on securing a leading position in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Wednesday their U.S. vehicle sales fell 7.3 percent in 2020 from a year earlier amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Hyundai and Kia, South Korea’s two biggest carmakers, sold a combined 1,208,374 vehicles in the world’s most important automobile market last [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at Kia Motors Corp. have voted to accept a new annual wage deal with management, the company said Tuesday. In a vote by 27,050 members of the labor union, 58.6 percent, or 15,856, agreed to the company’s proposals, including 1 1/2 months of merit-based remuneration, 1.2 million [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors Corp.’s union has agreed on a tentative wage deal for the year as the coronavirus pandemic continues, the company said Tuesday. Kia’s 30,000-strong union tentatively accepted the company’s proposals, including 1 1/2 months of merit-based remuneration, 1.2 million won (US$1,080) in special COVID-19 allowance and 1.5 million [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at Kia Motors Corp. will extend their partial strike this week to demand higher wages and bonuses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the union said Monday. Daytime and night-duty workers will hold a four-hour strike daily at Kia’s three domestic plants in Gwangmyeong and Hwaseong, both near Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Thursday they are set to export over 100,000 electric vehicles this year on growing demand for environment-friendly cars. Hyundai and Kia shipped a combined 98,505 EVs from January to October, jumping 71 percent from 57,517 units during the same [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. ranked fourth in global electrified vehicle sales last year, helped by increased exports, industry data showed Friday. Hyundai and Kia sold a combined 350,000 electrified models in global markets in 2019, up 25 percent from a year earlier, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Wednesday their U.S. sales rose 6 percent last month from a year earlier on strong demand for their SUV models. In October, Hyundai and Kia sold a combined 113,489 vehicles in the United States, up from 107,101 units in [...]