SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of Renault S.A., on Tuesday launched the Renault ZOE all-electric car to boost its lackluster sales. The company began to receive orders for the Renault ZOE on Tuesday, with a plan to begin delivering ordered vehicles in September, a company spokesman [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of French automaker Renault S.A., said Tuesday its liquefied petroleum gas-powered QM6 SUV will be used for the platform established to offer car-sharing services by hiring hearing-impaired drivers. Goyohan (meaning “silent” in Korean) Mobility, established by a local startup Coactus Ltd., [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s telecommunications giant, said Thursday it will introduce in-car infotainment services for Renault Samsung Motors Corp. vehicles set to be released this year. The service will provide in-car infotainment, such as weather reports and music or podcast streaming, through an internal communications device installed in new [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at Renault Samsung Motors Corp. voted Wednesday to accept an agreement with the company over wages for last year as the automobile industry is struggling to cope with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The company said 70 percent of the 1,700-member union voted to accept a [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of Renault S.A., said Tuesday it will launch its all-new XM3 sport utility vehicle next week to revive lackluster sales. The XM3 SUV, which hits the domestic market on Monday, comes in two versions, one with a 1.3-liter gasoline turbo engine [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp. said Friday it has decided to partially shut down its sole plant in South Korea to reduce production losses resulting from strikes staged by its unionized workers. In the past 12 days, the union held partial strikes at the plant in Busan, 453 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at Renault Samsung Motors Corp. on Tuesday voted to strike in protest against the company’s wage freeze proposal for the year. In a vote held at its sole Busan plant, 66 percent of the 2,000-member union agreed on industrial action for an increase in basic pay and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of Renault S.A. of France, said Friday it will launch six models in the domestic market next year to revive sales. Renault Samsung aims to sell over 100,000 vehicles in 2020 by launching three all-new models and three upgraded ones throughout [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault S.A on Thursday began to export the Twizy electric car produced in South Korea to help revive sales of its Korean unit. In October, Renault Samsung Motors Corp. started the Twizy’s production at its sole plant in Busan, and the first batch of 142 Twizys will be shipped [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp. said Monday it will reduce production at its sole local plant from next month amid lower demand for its vehicles. Renault Samsung plans to lower the units per hour (UPH) volume to 45 from the current 60 starting Oct. 7 as it suffers declining sales [...]