SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, on Thursday launched the K8 sedan, the first model under its new brand logo, in the domestic market. The K8 comes with a 2.5-liter gasoline, 3.5-liter gasoline or 3.5-liter liquefied petroleum injection engine. The model with a 1.6-liter gasoline turbo hybrid engine will [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp., South Korea’s two biggest carmakers, said Friday their combined U.S. sales jumped 76 percent in March from a year earlier on robust demand for their SUV models. Hyundai and Kia sold a total 141,926 vehicles in the United States last month from [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp. on Tuesday unveiled the EV6, its first all-electric model built on a dedicated platform that can travel over 500 kilometers on a single charge. In an online world premier event, South Korea’s No. 2 automaker showcased its crossover EV6 based on its parent Hyundai Motor Group’s electric [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp.’s management and its sales union are in a dispute over online reservations for the EV6 all-electric model scheduled to be rolled out later this month. The sales union views EV6 pre-orders online as a sign of full-scale online sales. The carmaker’s management plans to open preliminary online [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp.’s new large sedan, the K8, received a strong response from the domestic market, with first-day preorders setting a record high among its sedan models, the nation’s No. 2 carmaker said Wednesday. Kia started receiving orders for the K8, a direct follow-up to the K7, known as the [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. will join hands with Woowa Brothers, South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, to develop unmanned delivery robots. The three companies recently signed a memorandum of understanding to start a research and development (R&D) project on robotics mobility and distribution for delivery [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp. has joined hands with a local mobility solution provider to develop a one-stop electric car pickup and charging service. South Korea’s No. 2 carmaker announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with YWMobile Co. to jointly develop an on-demand pickup and charging platform. [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, on Monday revealed the design of the EV6, its first dedicated all-electric model built on Hyundai Motor Group’s EV platform, ahead of its global unveiling later this month. The EV6 is based on the group’s own Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) and developed under [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. said Wednesday they are targeting a 23 percent on-year gain in China sales this year. Hyundai and Kia aim to sell a combined 817,000 vehicles in China in 2021, up from 664,744 units a year earlier, a Hyundai spokesman said. To help [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp. on Tuesday released a teaser for the EV6, its first dedicated all-electric model built on Hyundai Motor Group’s EV platform, ahead of its global unveiling later this month. Kia plans to launch seven all-electric models by 2027, and the EV6 is the first model of the planned [...]