SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, said Wednesday it will launch an electrified version of the Ray mini car in the domestic market next month. The Ray EV comes with a 35.2kWh battery pack and can travel up to 233 kilometers on a single charge, the company said in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp. on Tuesday rolled out the one-seat Ray minicar that can be used for multiple purposes. The South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker removed the passenger seat from the existing two-seater van model and created a separate loading space therein, expanding the maximum cargo capacity to 1,628 liters. Additional loading [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Used car dealer SK Encar released a report on August 23 that showed that the Kia Ray and Mercedes Benz E-Class were the fastest-selling cars in their respective categories. The company combed through its website data from the past two months to compare the amount time from when a [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO‘s Chinese member Ray will be fully backed by SM Entertainment for his solo career in China, as the company has established an agency solely dedicated to the artist’s work, according to an announcement on April 8. The agency, named Ray Workshop, will be operated under a contract between [...]
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SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to a difference of 4 centimeters in width, the Twingo, the popular city car model manufactured by Renault, will not land in Korea. Renault Samsung Motors said recently that it won’t be able to import the light car model because of incongruity with Korea’s light car regulation. Currently the Korean government defines [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors held an event dubbed “Ray Dress-up Car Festival” for the owners and fans of Ray, one of Kia’s flagship vehicles, at Wellihillipark in Gangwon Province on October 25. At the annual event which marked the second following one last year, participants competed for the title of “Best Ray,” [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Greencar, the official car sharing operator of Seoul, will introduce “Pororo Green Cars” for the first time in Korea. While the Korean automobile industry is actively promoting character marketing like Hyundai and Kia’s “Tobot” transformer series, the largest car sharing service provider in Korea will roll out car-sharing vehicles fully [...]