Hyundai Motor to launch six EV models in India by 2028

Hyundai Motor to launch six EV models in India by 2028

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. will spend 40 billion rupees ($530 million) on research and development to launch six electric vehicle models in Ind...

POSCO International signs parts supply deal with US EV startup Rivian

POSCO International signs parts supply deal with US EV startup Rivian

POSCO International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Thursday it has signed a $6 million contract to supply...

Hyundai launches electrified GV70’s global premiere in China to boost sales

Hyundai launches electrified GV70’s global premiere in China to boost sales

Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled an electric variant of the GV70, a premium SUV under its standalone Genesis brand, for the first time globally at a C...

Kia to go EV-only in Europe by 2035, teases EV9 SUV concept

Kia to go EV-only in Europe by 2035, teases EV9 SUV concept

Kia Corp., the automaking unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Thursday it will only sell electric and fuel cell vehicles in Eur...

POSCO Chem's rise from brickworks to EV materials leader

POSCO Chem's rise from brickworks to EV materials leader

POHANG, South Korea - When POSCO Chemical Co., better known as a refractory brick manufacturer until the early 1990s, announced its entry into the a...

Hyundai mulls reentry into Japan with EVs, FCEVs

Hyundai mulls reentry into Japan with EVs, FCEVs

Hyundai Motor Co. is considering a return to Japan with electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles after South Korea’s top carmaker r...

LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola

LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola

LG Energy Solution Ltd., a leading South Korean battery maker, has signed a deal to supply batteries to Nikola Corp., a US hydrogen fuel cell electr...

Hyundai Motor to produce EVs in US from 2022

Hyundai Motor to produce EVs in US from 2022

Hyundai Motor Co. will be bringing forward the production of its electric vehicles in the US to next year, starting with the SUV model GV70, as the ...

Hyundai, Kia invest in US solid-state battery startup Factorial

Hyundai, Kia invest in US solid-state battery startup Factorial

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. invested in US solid-state battery startup Factorial Energy in a move to secure various technologies for the next-ge...

LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit

LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit

Kwon Young-soo, the No. 2 leader of South Korea's LG Group, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of LG Energy Solution Ltd. next month, ...

Hyundai to target Southeast Asia EV market from Indonesia

Hyundai to target Southeast Asia EV market from Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Euisun has declared that the world’s fifth-largest carmaker will target the electric vehicle market in Sout...

Edison-led consortium named preferred buyer of Ssangyong Motor

Edison-led consortium named preferred buyer of Ssangyong Motor

A consortium led by electric bus maker Edison Motors Co. has been named the preferred buyer of South Korea’s troubled sport utility vehicle ma...

Enchem raises IPO price by a record 20% on strong investor demand

Enchem raises IPO price by a record 20% on strong investor demand

South Korea’s Enchem Co., which is working to list its shares on the Kosdaq market, has decided to raise its initial public offering price by ...

LG Energy, Stellantis to launch $3.4 billion EV battery JV in US

LG Energy, Stellantis to launch $3.4 billion EV battery JV in US

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. are launching a 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) joint venture ...

Race to produce high-nickel batteries accelerates

Race to produce high-nickel batteries accelerates

South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers -- LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On and Samsung SDI Co. -- are gearing up for full-scale produ...

Plug-in hybrids a dying breed as carmakers favor battery EVs

Plug-in hybrids a dying breed as carmakers favor battery EVs

A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was once touted as the next-generation automobile technology as such models carry the strengths of both a c...

SK may develop LFP batteries for low-priced EVs

SK may develop LFP batteries for low-priced EVs

SK On, the recently-launched battery company of South Korea's SK Group, is considering manufacturing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to suppl...

With Hyundai’s Genesis GV60, your face is the key to unlock the door

With Hyundai’s Genesis GV60, your face is the key to unlock the door

If you own Hyundai Motor Co.'s latest premium electric crossover, the GV60, set for roll-out next month, you can just touch the handle and show your...

SK Innovation, Ford to invest $11.4 billion to build largest EV battery JV

SK Innovation, Ford to invest $11.4 billion to build largest EV battery JV

SK Innovation Co. and Ford Co. will invest a combined $11.4 billion to build an assembly and battery complex and two additional battery factories in...

LG Energy develops safer, long-lasting solid-state battery technology

LG Energy develops safer, long-lasting solid-state battery technology

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday the company and the University of California San Diego have jointly developed a next-gene...

LG Chem shares rise as GM resumes battery module replacement

LG Chem shares rise as GM resumes battery module replacement

Shares of LG Chem Ltd. are staging a rebound a month after falling sharply due to a decision by General Motors Co. to recall 73,000 Chevrolet Bolt e...

Hyundai considers EV version of Santa Cruz pickup in US market

Hyundai considers EV version of Santa Cruz pickup in US market

Hyundai Motor Co. plans to roll out an electric version of the Santa Cruz pickup, the South Korea automaker’s first model for the American mar...

Korea’s Halla to enter EV battery materials business

Korea’s Halla to enter EV battery materials business

South Korea’s auto parts supplier Halla Holdings Corp. is making inroads into the electric vehicle battery materials business.Halla said on Se...

GS E&C to build EV battery recycling plant near POSCO

GS E&C to build EV battery recycling plant near POSCO

GS Engineering & Construction Co. (GS E&C) has launched the construction of its first lithium-ion battery recycling plant in a South Korean ...

Korean EV startup makes highest bid for Ssangyong Motor

Korean EV startup makes highest bid for Ssangyong Motor

South Korea's electric vehicle and battery startup EL B&T has offered the highest price of around 500 billion won ($430 million) for debt-laden ...

Automotive security in spotlight on growing EV market

Automotive security in spotlight on growing EV market

The automotive security technology for automotive electronics is in the spotlight as the global electric vehicle market is growing. The information ...

Daimler working with Korean EV battery makers

Daimler working with Korean EV battery makers

Daimler AG is working with South Korean battery makers, already using their technology for electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) of Mercedes-Benz, ...

Genesis goes green as Hyundai Motor accelerates EV push

Genesis goes green as Hyundai Motor accelerates EV push

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled its vision for a sustainable future, in which all its new vehicles under th...

LG delays decision on battery unit IPO to Q4

LG delays decision on battery unit IPO to Q4

LG Chem Ltd.’s battery unit LG Energy Solution Ltd. will not be listed on Kospi within the third quarter. Investors are keeping close eyes on ...

Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia

Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. is set to start producing automobiles in Indonesia around the end of this year to attract drivers in the Southeast Asia’s ...

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