SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting August 14, automakers in South Korea will face a significant shift in how sudden acceleration incidents are handled. Under a new amendment to the Motor Vehicle Management Act, manufacturers who fail to submit relevant data about vehicles suspected of sudden acceleration will see those vehicles presumed defective. This presumption [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly a year and a half after his 12-year-old son, Lee Do-hyun, died in a suspected case of sudden unintended acceleration, Lee Sang-hoon remains torn by the results of a reenactment test that point to a vehicle defect but offer little solace. On May 27, Lee’s legal team released the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean actor Son Ji-chang, who recently filed suit against U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors over his sudden acceleration accident, said Wednesday that he will call for the United States’ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to look into the accident. Son, residing in California, claimed in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Son Ji-chang, a South Korean actor and singer currently residing in California, is suing Tesla for the alleged sudden acceleration of his Tesla vehicle, a bad omen for the company looking to launch its first dealership in Korea. The 46-year-old celebrity, who was popular in the 1990s, uploaded a [...]