SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday its vehicle sales in the United States rose 4.4 percent last month from a year earlier despite the extended chip shortage. Hyundai, its affiliate Kia Corp. and Hyundai’s independent Genesis brand sold a combined 120,642 vehicles in the world’s most important automobile [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. saw their electric vehicle (EV) sales in the United States sink in September from a month earlier amid worries over the potential impact from a new U.S. law disadvantaging EV makers that do not produce the green vehicles in America, company data showed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, on Tuesday launched the pure electric high-performance model EV6 GT in the domestic market in a move to beef up its EV lineup. The EV6 GT comes with a 77.4 kWh battery pack and can travel up to 342 kilometers on a single [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, said Thursday it will launch the pure electric high-performance model EV6 GT in the domestic market next week in a move to beef up its EV lineup. The EV6 GT comes with a 77.4 kWh battery pack and can travel up to 342 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Friday their combined sales in the United States rose 18 percent last month from a year earlier despite the prolonged global chip shortage. Hyundai, its independent Genesis brand, and Kia sold 135,526 vehicles in the world’s most important automobile market [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) from Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. are selling well despite the global popularity of EVs. Hyundai Motor Group reported that since PHEVs were first released in 2015, the average annual sales growth reached 106.8 percent, easily surpassing EV’s annual sales growth [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean carmaker Kia Corp. has topped brand sales charts in the Netherlands, led by the popularity of the company’s electric vehicles (EVs) as well as its Sportage SUV. The RAI Automotive Industry NL’s monthly statistics of automobile registration showed that Kia sold 2,954 units of cars in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. electric vehicle subscription company Autonomy said Tuesday it will buy 3,140 EVs from Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. to strengthen its fleet lineup. On Tuesday (U.S. time), Autonomy placed an official order to receive 1,640 EVs from Hyundai and 1,500 EVs from Kia in a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister automaker Kia Corp. saw their combined exports of eco-friendly vehicles exceed 200,000 for the first time in the first half of this year, industry data showed Sunday. During the January-June period, the two giant carmakers in South Korea sold a combined 224,672 electric, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Wednesday their combined sales in the United States fell 11 percent last month from a year earlier amid the prolonged global chip shortage. Hyundai, its independent Genesis brand, and Kia sold 128,283 vehicles in the world’s most important automobile market [...]