SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, announced that it has launched the 13th base of the Green Light Project in Albania last Wednesday (local time) as part of its corporate social responsibility activities. The company plans to offer medical support, in collaboration with the humanitarian aid group World Vision, [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Corp. said Wednesday their vehicle sales in Europe rose 3.3 percent in the January-June period from a year earlier, helped by robust sales of their SUV models. Hyundai and Kia sold a total of 575,432 vehicles in Europe in the first [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, said Friday its accumulated vehicle production in India has exceeded 1 million units, helped by increased sales of customized models. Kia began production at the 350,000-unit-a-year Indian plant in July 2019, starting with the Seltos subcompact SUV, the company said in [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, said Thursday it will open a popup store in Seongsu-dong, eastern Seoul to support the growth of e-sports. Named Earth 6A3, the store will feature captivating displays that take visitors on a virtual journey, immersing them in the world of professional gaming. The [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, said Thursday it will invest US$200 million to produce the all-electric EV9 SUV in its U.S. plant next year. The flagship EV9 will be the first EV for Kia to be assembled in the United States, the company said in a [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp. said Tuesday it has appointed Pierre-Martin Bos, a European commercial car expert, as director of the purpose built vehicle (PBV) division at its European operations. Pierre-Martin Bos began working in the newly created position, named PBV director, at Kia Europe from the regional headquarters in Frankfurt on [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Tuesday their combined sales in the United States rose 9.9 percent in June from a year earlier on robust sales of SUVs and environment-friendly models. Last month, Hyundai and Kia sold 145,849 vehicles in the world’s most important automobile market, [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate, Kia Corp., are taking steps to solidify their top positions in Vietnam, which is emerging as a major automobile market in Southeast Asia. In the Vietnamese car market, Hyundai maintained its No. 1 position in terms of sales for the third consecutive year, [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, said Sunday it will launch its all-electric EV9 flagship SUV in the domestic market this week as part of its electrification efforts. The three-row seater is Kia’s second model equipped with Hyundai Motor Group’s dedicated electric vehicle platform, called E-GMP, after the EV6 [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is enhancing its support for employees undertaking overseas business trips, which have been increasing in number since the end of the pandemic. The carmaker said Sunday that it has partnered with WeWork, a U.S.-based coworking space provider, enabling employees on overseas business trips to utilize WeWork’s [...]